Somerset Median Home Price Holds at $555,000 Amid Late-Summer Sales

SOMERSET -- Nineteen properties changed hands in Somerset between July 17 and Aug. 15, with prices ranging from $350,000 to $855,000 and a median sale price of $555,000 among the 13 transactions that disclosed a price.

MARKET OVERVIEW The town recorded 19 deed transfers during the four-week period, with sale prices disclosed on 13 of them. Prices ranged from $350,000 to $855,000, and the median disclosed sale price was $555,000. With sales spread across the full period at a pace of roughly one every 1.5 days, the raw count suggests a period of ordinary, sustained activity rather than a notable spike or lull; the data does not include prior-period figures for direct comparison.

TOP SALES The highest-priced transaction was 57 Oneil Rd. (Parcel 2, Plan Book 169, Page 71), which sold for $855,000 on July 31. Lucy Shumate and James Keith Shumate sold the property to Javier Ancre Carr and Jena Rossignol.

At 92 Everett St. (Lot 4, Plan Book 100, Page 53), Paul D. Chodkowski Jr. and Elizabeth Anne Chodkowski sold to David J. and Caisie M. Bucklin for $685,000 on Aug. 7.

15 Dolphin Cir. (Parcel 5, Plan Book 100, Page 62) sold for $651,000 on Aug. 6. Nicholas R. Pierce sold to Emily R. and Kevin Patrick Rose.

194 Grove Ave. sold for $585,000 on July 17. Trinity L. Kizer sold to Veronica P. Taubman and Thomas Greeno.

26 Robin Ln. (Lot 10, Plan Book 41, Page 26) sold for $564,810 on July 31. The Yugenys Trust, with Maria Yugeny Escobar as trustee, sold to Venilde Connie Botelho and Nuno Teixeira.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN No street in the dataset recorded more than one sale, so no single-street cluster emerged. Sales instead break out by price tier. Under $500,000: five sales, at 535 Shirley Ave. ($445,000), 8 Deer St. ($470,000), 111 Mt. Vernon Ave. ($489,000), 175 High St. ($495,000) and an address listed only as Somerset ($350,000). Between $500,000 and $600,000: five sales, at 46 Lilac Ave. ($515,000), 192 Calvin Ave. ($555,000), 43 Fairview Ave. ($557,000), 26 Robin Ln. ($564,810) and 194 Grove Ave. ($585,000). Above $600,000: three sales, at 15 Dolphin Cir. ($651,000), 92 Everett St. ($685,000) and 57 Oneil Rd. ($855,000).

MARKET NOTES Every one of the six sales with no disclosed price in this period involved a seller and buyer sharing the same surname or a transfer into a personal trust: 24 Knapp St. (a Grey family member on both sides), 2438 Riverside Ave. (Randall C. and Donna M. Reed transferring to their own trust), 259 Lynch Ave. (Timothy Patrick Evans on both sides), 438 Elm St. (a Fitzgerald-to-Fitzgerald life estate transfer), 70 Wellesley Dr. (Edward L. and Joshua Mello) and 1529 Read St. (Robert and Frederick Jackson). By contrast, every transaction between unrelated buyers and sellers in this dataset disclosed a price, including sales originating from trusts or estates, such as 111 Mt. Vernon Ave. (sold by the Ricardo estate to Erin Murray for $489,000) and 175 High St. (sold by the Cecilia R. Sousa Irrevocable Trust to Nickolas W. and Christine D. Silva for $495,000). Six of the 19 deeds referenced a recorded lot and plan book number, consistent with subdivided or platted parcels: 92 Everett St., 15 Dolphin Cir., 26 Robin Ln., 192 Calvin Ave., 259 Lynch Ave. and 70 Wellesley Dr. Beds, baths and square footage were not available in the deed data for any property.

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.