North Adams June Deed Filings Dominated by Mortgage Recordings, Not Open-Market Sales

NORTH ADAMS -- Deed records filed with the Northern Berkshire Registry of Deeds between June 6 and July 5, 2026, contain 14 entries for North Adams, but the large majority are mortgage instruments and lender recordings rather than open-market property conveyances, leaving limited data from which to characterize residential sales activity for the period.

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Of the 14 recorded entries, at least 10 identify a bank, credit union, or mortgage company as grantor or grantee — a pattern consistent with mortgage originations, refinancings, or lender-related transfers rather than arm's-length sales between private parties. Five entries carry disclosed consideration amounts ranging from $40,000 to $251,907, but four of those five involve a financial institution as the named buyer, indicating the figures reflect mortgage instrument recordings rather than purchase prices. Because fewer than three open-market property sales with confirmed consideration amounts can be identified from the dataset, standard market metrics — including median sale price, price range, and sales volume — cannot be meaningfully calculated for this period. Readers seeking a fuller picture of North Adams sales activity should consult subsequent monthly deed compilations as more records are filed.
• TOP SALES
• The highest consideration amount in the dataset, $251,907, appears on a June 9 recording for 450 E. Main St., with Rocket Mortgage LLC and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. listed as grantees — a structure consistent with a mortgage origination rather than a property purchase. The seller of record is Tyler Shaw. No open-market sale price for the underlying property is determinable from this entry.

A June 11 entry without a street address lists a consideration of $182,250, with JLS Nest LLC as seller and Commercial Lender LLC as buyer. The absence of a property address and the identity of the grantee as a commercial lender suggest this may be a foreclosure-related or collateral transfer; details are limited by what the deed record discloses.

Two entries each carrying a $100,000 consideration — 421 Notch Rd. (seller: Christina M. Breakell and Christina M. Stoiciu, buyer: MountainOne Bank, recorded June 9) and 243 Union St., Unit 303 (seller: Kathleen Anne Kennedy, buyer: Greylock Federal Credit Union, recorded June 9) — list financial institutions as grantees, again consistent with mortgage rather than purchase transactions.

• NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
• Notch Road appears twice in the dataset: 421 Notch Rd. (June 9) and 336 Notch Rd. (June 8). Marion Avenue also appears twice: 26 Marion Ave. carries two sequential entries on June 9 involving Adams Community Bank and Greylock Federal Credit Union alongside owners Harry F. and Anne N. Urban, suggesting a refinancing transaction. No geographic clustering of confirmed open-market sales is evident given the limited data.
• MARKET NOTES
• The prevalence of lender and mortgage-company names among grantees and grantors in this month's deed filings makes it difficult to draw conclusions about property values, buyer demand, or sales volume in North Adams for the period. Two entries — 33 Hall St. (Loan Servicer LLC to Gregory Farm LLC, price not disclosed) and 79 Walden St. (Alfred G. Denault to DMT LLC, price not disclosed) — involve private-entity buyers and may represent actual property conveyances, but neither carries a disclosed sale price. A paired entry for 228 Greylock Ave. reflects a city tax-taking deed returned to Peter R. Trabold Jr.; no consideration is disclosed.

Recorded Deeds

Source: Registry of Deeds. Sale amounts shown as recorded; transfers without a disclosed consideration are noted as such.

Jun 8 - Jun 14

Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.