Hadley Deed Records for Late May and June Reflect Financing Instruments, Not Home Sales

HADLEY — Deed records filed with the Hampshire County Registry of Deeds between May 28 and June 26, 2026, contain nine entries for Hadley addresses, but none of the nine appears to represent a standard arm's-length residential sale between a private seller and a private buyer.

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• The nine recorded instruments span addresses on Stockbridge Street, Mount Warner Road, Maple Avenue, River Drive, Breckenridge Road, Lawrence Plain Road, Scott Lane, and Shattuck Road. Two entries carry disclosed consideration amounts — $142,000 at 66 Stockbridge St. and $375,000 at 440 River Dr. — but in both cases the named buyer is Florence Bank, a pattern consistent with foreclosure or mortgage-related recordings rather than open-market sales. The remaining seven entries carry no disclosed price. Because the dataset does not contain verifiable arm's-length sales, no meaningful market price range or median can be responsibly calculated for this period.
• TOP SALES
• No transactions in this dataset can be confirmed as open-market sales. The two entries with disclosed prices involve Florence Bank as buyer. At 440 River Dr., Jeremy J. Nuttelman is listed as seller and Florence Bank as buyer at $375,000, recorded June 1. At 66 Stockbridge St., Scott R. Johnson and Amy E. Johnson are listed as sellers and Florence Bank as buyer at $142,000, recorded June 2. The nature of both transfers — including any foreclosure, deed-in-lieu, or other process — cannot be determined from deed data alone.
• NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
• River Drive appears twice in the dataset, at street numbers 27 and 440. The entry at 27 River Dr. lists the buyer as "Declaration of Homestead," which is a homestead protection filing, not a property conveyance. Three entries across the dataset — at 69 Mount Warner Rd., 27 River Dr., and 13 Shattuck Rd. — list the buyer as "Declaration of Homestead," indicating homestead filings rather than sales. One entry, at 62 Breckenridge Rd., lists buyers Palmetto Solar LLC and Lightreach, consistent with a solar lease or easement instrument. One entry, at 29 Lawrence Plain Rd., lists the buyer as "Assignment of Rents," a financing instrument. One entry, at 8 Maple Ave., involves Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as seller, which is a mortgage-industry nominee entity; John P. and Susan A. Bye are listed as buyers.
• MARKET NOTES
• The registry activity recorded in this period reflects a mix of instrument types — homestead declarations, what appear to be bank-related transfers, a possible solar lease, and an assignment of rents — rather than a set of residential sales transactions. Readers seeking current Hadley home sale prices should consult additional months of deed data or a licensed real estate professional with access to MLS records for this period. This column will report market sales figures when deed records for the period contain verifiable arm's-length transactions.