Worthington's Two Disclosed Sales Top Out at $200,000 in June-July Period

WORTHINGTON -- Eleven deeds were recorded at the Hampshire County Registry of Deeds for Worthington between June 12 and July 11, 2026, but only two of those documents disclose a consideration amount, and several represent institutional, trust, or lender-related transfers rather than conventional arm's-length sales between private parties.

MARKET OVERVIEW Of the 11 recorded documents, only two carry disclosed sale prices: $125,000 at 4 Capen St. and $200,000 at 0 Huntington Rd. That places the disclosed price range for the period at $125,000 to $200,000, with a midpoint of $162,500 between the two figures. Because prices were disclosed on just two of 11 documents, any market-wide pricing conclusions from this period are sharply constrained. The raw count of 11 recorded deeds over roughly four weeks is consistent with the pace of a small rural community and does not, by itself, indicate unusual activity in either direction.

TOP SALES Two transactions in the period disclosed a consideration amount.

The higher of the two was the conveyance of 0 Huntington Rd. on June 26 for $200,000. The "0" street number in registry records typically denotes an unaddressed or undeveloped land parcel. Chester and Susan Kellogg conveyed the property to Donald Chase.

The second disclosed transaction was 4 Capen St., which sold June 15 for $125,000. David M. Smedley conveyed the property to Greylock Federal Credit Union. The institutional grantee is notable; the nature of the conveyance — whether a lender taking title through foreclosure or another instrument — cannot be confirmed from deed data alone.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Huntington Road is the only street with more than one recorded document in the period, accounting for two of the 11 entries. The $200,000 land conveyance at 0 Huntington Rd. closed June 26. A separate transfer at 611 Huntington Rd. recorded June 16 conveyed property held by UMassFive College Federal Credit Union to Robert E. and Mary L. Bagg; no sale price was disclosed.

The nine remaining documents are distributed singly across individual streets: Kinne Brook Rd. (313), Scott Rd. (200), Brown Hill Rd. (29), West St. (829), Adams Rd. (9), River Rd. (79), Capen St. (4), and Starkweather Hill Rd. (40), along with one entry that carried no street address. No geographic clustering is apparent beyond the two Huntington Road recordings.

MARKET NOTES Several of the 11 recorded documents reflect non-sale instruments that routinely appear in registry data alongside conventional deeds. The entry for 829 West St. lists "DECLARATION OF HOMESTEAD" as the grantee — a homestead protection filing, not a transfer of ownership. Documents at 200 Scott Rd. and 40 Starkweather Hill Rd. list Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. (MERS) and Wells Fargo Bank N.A., respectively, as sellers conveying to other lending entities; these are consistent with mortgage assignments or loan servicer transfers rather than property sales.

Florence Bank appears as seller at 313 Kinne Brook Rd., with individual buyer Jessica Siersma — a pattern that can indicate a bank-owned property sale, though the character of the conveyance requires confirmation from additional records.

Two documents list revocable or named trusts as sellers: the Susannah Brown Trust (no street address given) and the Mary Harrington Revocable Trust at 29 Brown Hill Rd. Trust-to-individual and trust-to-estate transfers commonly reflect estate planning or intergenerational arrangements; no sale price was disclosed in either, and no market pricing conclusions can be drawn from them.

The combination of minimal price disclosure and a substantial share of institutional and trust-related instruments makes this a data-sparse period for conventional residential market analysis. Buyers and sellers seeking broader context should consult assessed values through the Worthington Board of Assessors or the full recording index at the Hampshire County Registry of Deeds.

Recorded Deeds

Source: Registry of Deeds. Sale amounts shown as recorded; transfers without a disclosed consideration are noted as such.

Jun 15 - Jun 21

Jun 22 - Jun 28

Jun 29 - Jul 5

Jul 6 - Jul 12

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.