Most Marshfield Deed Transfers In July Were Family Trust Moves, Not Sales

MARSHFIELD -- Nine properties recorded deed transfers in Marshfield between July 24 and Aug. 22, but records show most were not open-market sales. Seven of the nine transfers moved property from individual owners into revocable or irrevocable trusts bearing the same family name, and only two transfers disclosed a sale price.

MARKET OVERVIEW Nine deeds were recorded for Marshfield properties during the period, but only two disclosed a sale price: $400 for 867 Webster St. and $520 for 6 North St. Based on those two figures, the price range for the period is $400 to $520, with a median of $460, the average of the two disclosed considerations. That median does not reflect a broad property market, since the other seven transfers list no sale price at all. Taken on its own, a raw count of nine recorded transfers does not indicate whether buying and selling activity in Marshfield was busy or slow during the period, particularly with disclosed pricing limited to two of the nine records.

TOP SALES Only two of the nine transfers carried a disclosed sale price, so those two account for the full range of recorded transactions. 6 North St. sold for $520 on July 24. The seller was listed as Frederick L. Dolan III and Joan M. Dolan, as trustees, and the buyer was Brilton Partners LLC. 867 Webster St. sold for $400 on July 24. The seller was listed as Beth Feinberg Keenan and the estate of Sarah S. Feinberg; no buyer name was included in the available data for that transfer. Beds, baths and square footage were not available in the deed records for either property.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN The nine transfers were spread across nine different streets: Fairways Edge Drive, Warren Avenue, Wellington Avenue, Ninth Road, Dog Lane, Summer Street, North Street, Webster Street and Traceys Pathe. No street accounted for more than one transfer in the period. Because only two of the nine transfers carried a disclosed price, a price-tier breakdown is not meaningful for this data set.

MARKET NOTES Seven of the nine deeds recorded transfers between parties sharing the same last name, moving property from individual owners into a trust bearing that name. Shelley Guerrette Ohara transferred 177 Fairways Edge Dr. to herself as trustee of the Shelley Guerrette Ohara Revocable Trust. Eric P. Rightmire and Ann E. Rightmire transferred 70 Warren Ave. to Eric P. Rightmire as trustee of the Eric P. Rightmire Trust. Thomas H. Jarvis and Marianne Jarvis transferred 62 Wellington Ave. to themselves as trustees. William T. Horan and Bridget C. Horan transferred 22 Ninth Rd. to themselves as trustees. Maureen B. Mamet transferred 70 Dog Ln. to Mark Mamet as trustee of the Maureen B. Mamet Irrevocable Trust. Roberta Ann Nelson and Edmund Charles Shea transferred 800 Summer St. to Roberta Shea as trustee of the Roberta Shea Trust. Scott A. Barclay and Beth A. Barclay transferred 12 Traceys Pathe to themselves as trustees. None of those seven transfers disclosed a sale price, consistent with a transfer among family members or into a trust rather than a market sale.

The remaining two transfers, 6 North St. and 867 Webster St., were the only ones in the period to list a disclosed consideration. Both figures, $520 and $400, fall well below typical home sale prices; the deed records available do not explain the basis for those amounts. One transfer, 867 Webster St., involved an estate as seller. One transfer, 6 North St., moved property from individual trustees to a limited liability company, Brilton Partners LLC, the only recorded transfer in the period to a business entity. No condominium or multi-family designations appeared in the available data, and no square-footage figures were available to assess price per square foot.

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.