Somerset home prices span $375,000 to $724,900 in latest deed filings

SOMERSET -- Twenty property transfers were recorded in Somerset between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, with disclosed sale prices ranging from $375,000 to $724,900 and a median of $468,422 among the 13 sales that listed a price.

MARKET OVERVIEW The Bristol County (Fall River District) Registry of Deeds recorded 20 transfers involving Somerset properties during the period, of which 13 carried a disclosed consideration amount and seven did not. Disclosed prices ranged from $375,000 at 178 Folsom Ave. to $724,900 at 126 Grove Ave., with a median of $468,422. Twenty recorded transfers over a four-week span is a moderate pace based on the raw count alone; this dataset does not include prior-period or regional figures for comparison.

TOP SALES The highest-priced transaction was 126 Grove Ave., which sold for $724,900 on Aug. 28. Peter D. and Wendy L. LoPriore sold the property to Vanessa Miranda and Shawn R. Miranda. Close behind, 2118 Riverside Ave. sold for $723,200 on Aug. 28, with Carlos M. Velho selling to Olumide and Thelma Oyedeji. At 38 Anelia Ave., Christopher J. Rego sold to Matthew Serra Vidal and Katelyn Vidal for $640,000 on Aug. 21. The property at 28 Tower Hill Rd. sold for $630,000 on Aug. 21, with John M. and Karen M. Perraut selling to Alison Weldon. Rounding out the top five, 13 Wood St. sold for $525,500 on Aug. 21, with Edward J. and Nancy E. Delehanty selling to Aaron and Brianna Lobo.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN No street in the dataset had more than one recorded sale, so no single-street cluster emerged. By price tier among the 13 disclosed sales: seven sold under $500,000, including 178 Folsom Ave. ($375,000), 34 Doherty Ave. ($406,500), 36 Prospect St. ($400,000), 108 Sebastian St. ($415,000), 60 Newhill Ave. ($435,000), 26 Dias Ter. ($420,000) and 41 Wellesley Dr. ($468,422). Six sold between $500,000 and $1 million: 13 Wood St. ($525,500), 74 South St. ($595,000), 28 Tower Hill Rd. ($630,000), 38 Anelia Ave. ($640,000), 2118 Riverside Ave. ($723,200) and 126 Grove Ave. ($724,900). No sale in this period was recorded above $1 million. The remaining seven transfers, at 2756 County St., 138 Highview Ave., 326 Regan Rd., 701 Kenneth Ave., 34 Red Fox Trail, 399 Mohawk Rd. and 151 Perron Ave., had no price disclosed.

MARKET NOTES Beds, baths and square footage are not part of the deed record and are not reported here. All seven transfers without a disclosed price share a common pattern: each moved a property from an individual owner or married couple into a trust, a life estate arrangement, or a related family member, rather than to an unrelated buyer. That includes 2756 County St. (Agoro Liakos to Dimitrios and Agoro Liakos as trustees), 138 Highview Ave. (Natalie McDonald to a life estate for herself with Andrew C. McDonald as remainderman), 326 Regan Rd. (a life estate/remainder transfer within the Phillips family, with Stacy Ann Rosa named as remainderman), 701 Kenneth Ave. (Judi L. and Robert L. Sterne to Bobbie L. Sterne and Heidi L. Johnston as trustees), 34 Red Fox Trail (Michael T. and Michelle C. Dauphin transferring to themselves as trustees), 399 Mohawk Rd. (Paul and Theresa Vasques to Paul J. Vasques as trustee and the Vasques Family Trust) and 151 Perron Ave. (Aaron and Kimberly Gauthier to a life estate held by Denise Alice Garant). No motivation is indicated in the deed data. By contrast, every one of the 13 sales with a disclosed price involved a transfer to a buyer with a different surname than the seller, consistent with an arm's-length sale.

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.