Somerset August Sales Top Out at $855,000, Median Holds at $520,250

SOMERSET -- Twenty properties changed hands in Somerset in the four weeks ending Aug. 29, according to deeds recorded at the Bristol County (Fall River District) Registry of Deeds, with disclosed sale prices ranging from $350,000 to $855,000.

MARKET OVERVIEW The registry recorded 20 property transfers during the period. Of those, 12 deeds disclosed a sale price, ranging from $350,000 to $855,000, with a median of $520,250. The remaining eight transfers, 40 percent of the total, did not list a consideration amount, which is common for deed records involving trusts, estates or transfers among family members. A count of 20 recorded transfers over roughly one month reflects a measurable, though not unusually high, level of activity for the town based on the raw figures alone; the data provided does not include prior-period totals for comparison.

TOP SALES The highest-priced transaction was 57 Oneil Rd, which sold for $855,000 on July 31. Sellers Lucy Shumate and James Keith Shumate transferred the property to buyers Javier Ancre Carr and Jena Rossignol. At 92 Everett St (Lot 4), Paul D. Chodkowski Jr. and Elizabeth Anne Chodkowski sold to David J. Bucklin and Caisie M. Bucklin for $685,000 on Aug. 7. The property at 15 Dolphin Cir (Parcel 5) sold for $651,000 on Aug. 6, with Nicholas R. Pierce as seller and Emily R. Rose and Kevin Patrick Rose as buyers. At 74 South St, Michael Paquette and Stephen Paskowski sold for $595,000 on Aug. 14; no buyer was listed in the deed data. And 26 Robin Ln (Lot 10) sold for $564,810 on July 31, transferring from the Yugenys Trust, with Maria Yugeny Escobar as trustee, to Venilde Connie Botelho and Nuno Teixeira.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN No street in the dataset had more than one recorded sale, so no single-street clustering emerged this period. By price tier among the 12 disclosed sales: five sold under $500,000, at 108 Sebastian St ($415,000), 34 Doherty Ave ($406,500), 8 Deer St ($470,000), an address listed only as Somerset, MA ($350,000), and 535 Shirley Ave ($445,000). Seven sold between $500,000 and $1 million: 13 Wood St ($525,500), 74 South St ($595,000), 92 Everett St ($685,000), 46 Lilac Ave ($515,000), 15 Dolphin Cir ($651,000), 57 Oneil Rd ($855,000) and 26 Robin Ln ($564,810). No sale in the dataset topped $1 million. The remaining eight transfers, at 701 Kenneth Ave, 34 Red Fox Trail, 399 Mohawk Rd, 151 Perron Ave, 64 Dias Ter, 125 Butler St, 24 Knapp St and 2438 Riverside Ave, did not disclose a price.

MARKET NOTES Eight of the 20 recorded deeds, at 701 Kenneth Ave, 34 Red Fox Trail, 108 Sebastian St, 399 Mohawk Rd, 92 Everett St, 15 Dolphin Cir, 57 Oneil Rd and 26 Robin Ln, reference a lot, parcel or plan book and page number, indicating condominium units or subdivided parcels rather than standalone single-family lots; the remaining 12 are plain street addresses. Several of the undisclosed-price transfers show the same or related family names on both the grantor and grantee side, consistent with trust, estate or intra-family transfers: 701 Kenneth Ave (Sterne to Sterne/Johnston, trustees), 34 Red Fox Trail (Dauphin to Dauphin, trustees), 399 Mohawk Rd (Vasques to Vasques, trustee, and the Vasques Family Trust), 64 Dias Ter (Erika Cassese appears as both seller and buyer), 125 Butler St (Sherri E. Avery, as personal representative of the Arruda estate, to herself), 24 Knapp St (Siretta Grey appears as both seller and buyer) and 2438 Riverside Ave (Reed to Reed, trustees). No beds, baths or square footage figures were available in the deed data for this period.

Recorded Deeds

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

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