Rochester Median Home Sale Price Reaches $729,000 In Late July

ROCHESTER -- Five properties changed hands with recorded sale prices in Rochester between July 10 and Aug. 8, while another five deeds filed during the same period were nominal-consideration transfers, not market sales, with several appearing to move property within the same family based on shared surnames.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Rochester recorded five sales with disclosed prices during the period, ranging from $308,000 to $899,000, with a median sale price of $729,000. Five additional deeds were recorded as nominal-consideration transfers and are not included in the price range, median or sales count, consistent with their status as non-market transactions. With only five priced sales in a roughly four-week window, the raw count suggests a quiet period, though the data does not provide enough history to compare against other months.

TOP SALES

The highest-priced sale was 136 Paradise Lane, which sold for $899,000 on July 30. The sellers were listed as Ross Tyler Larsen, trustee, and Cassie Ann Canastra, trustee; the buyers were Sean Griffith and Danika Hopkins. The second-highest sale was 15 Cross Road, Lot 12, which sold for $762,900 on July 16; Sarajon Realty LLC was the seller, and Awad Mora and Dalia Tosa were the buyers. Third was 119 County Road, which sold for $729,000 on July 17, also sold by Sarajon Realty LLC, to buyers Patrick M. Taylor and Hailee Bouchie. Fourth was 47 Walnut Plain Road, which sold for $685,000 on July 30; sellers Scott and Brenda Pierce sold to Benjamin J. Harris. The fifth priced sale was 105 Quaker Lane, which sold for $308,000 on July 17; sellers Paul R. and Joanne Costa sold to Paul R. Costa.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

No street had more than one priced sale in this period, so sales are grouped by price tier. One sale fell under $500,000: 105 Quaker Lane at $308,000. Four sales fell in the $500,000 to $1 million range: 47 Walnut Plain Road ($685,000), 119 County Road ($729,000), 15 Cross Road Lot 12 ($762,900) and 136 Paradise Lane ($899,000). No sales in the dataset exceeded $1 million.

MARKET NOTES

Beds, baths and square footage are not available from the deed records, so no price-per-square-foot comparisons can be made. Sarajon Realty LLC appears as the seller in two of the five priced transactions, 119 County Road and 15 Cross Road Lot 12, on properties roughly a month apart in price but on different streets. The dataset does not provide property-type detail, so single-family, condominium or multi-family status cannot be determined from the address alone; "Lot 12" at 15 Cross Road is a parcel designation and is not, by itself, evidence of condominium status. Of the 10 total deeds recorded in the period, five were nominal-consideration transfers under $10,000, a pattern distinct from market sales. Several of those nominal transfers involved matching surnames between grantor and grantee, including DeVilliers at 19 Mattapoisett Road, Fillip at 132 Pine Street, Ducharme at 37 Robinson Road and Perry at 99 Wolf Island Road, while the transfer at 23 Pierce Street moved between two entities both bearing the Carlson name and referencing a "Pierce Street" trust. The deed records do not state the reason for these transfers.

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.