Median Bridgewater home sale holds at $750,000 in recent recording period

BRIDGEWATER -- Eight property transfers were recorded in Bridgewater between Sept. 11 and Oct. 10, with the top recorded sale reaching $977,900 on Trinity Circle. Five of the eight transactions carried a recorded sale price; the remaining three were nominal-consideration transfers, typically used to move property within a family or into a trust rather than to sell it on the open market.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Five sales carried a recorded price during the period, ranging from $519,000 to $977,900, with a median sale price of $750,000. Three additional transfers were recorded at nominal consideration and are not included in the price range or median. Three price-bearing sales of the five clustered around the town's median, suggesting a narrow band of activity near $750,000, though with only five priced transactions the sample is too small to characterize the overall market as particularly active or quiet relative to prior periods.

TOP SALES

The highest-priced sale was 3 Trinity Circle, which sold for $977,900 on Sept. 11; Nicholas and Danielle M. Iafrate sold the property to Jason L. and Brooke Artioli. 45 Boxwood Lane sold for $874,000 on Sept. 11; David L. Valdina and the estate of Karen A. Sullivan sold to Gregory D. and Jessica Carter. 10 Wynnwood Circle sold for $750,000 on Sept. 11, with Gerald S. and Carole A. McGowan selling to Joshua and Jennifer Diane Houghton. 310 Auburn Street sold for $562,000 on Sept. 11; Derrick A. and Ashley A. Plante sold to Daniel J. and Emily K. Ferguson. 543 Cross Street sold for $519,000 on Sept. 15; Peter S. and Rita J. Lehtola, as trustees, sold to Nathan B. Fleet.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

No street recorded more than one priced sale during the period. By price tier, two sales fell in the $500,000-to-$750,000 range: 543 Cross Street at $519,000 and 310 Auburn Street at $562,000, with 10 Wynnwood Circle at $750,000 marking the top of that band. Two sales exceeded $750,000: 45 Boxwood Lane at $874,000 and 3 Trinity Circle at $977,900, the period's two highest recorded transactions.

MARKET NOTES

Three of the eight recorded transfers were made for nominal consideration rather than a market price and are not counted among the period's sales figures. Two of those, at 381 West Pond Street and 32 Worcester Street, involved shared surnames between grantor and grantee, Thomas P. Trabulsie to Thomas P. and Emily May Trabulsie, and Susanne M. MacLellan and Dorothy A. Marshall to John R. MacLellan, trustee, and the MacLellan Irrevocable Trust, indicating family or trust-related transfers. A third nominal-consideration transfer, with no street address listed, moved from Arthur H. Lesperance and Ida M. Hathaway, as trustees, to Robert I. Hathaway III, also reflecting a shared surname. One priced sale, 45 Boxwood Lane, involved an estate as co-seller. Bedroom, bathroom and square-footage figures were not available in the deed data for any property, so no price-per-square-foot comparisons could be made. Property type (single-family, condominium or multi-family) was not specified in the deed records and is not reported here.

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.