Stow Sales Span $311,000 to $1.23 Million With Median at $749,000

STOW -- Eighteen property transfers were recorded in Stow between Aug. 21 and Sept. 19, but only seven carried a sale price in the registry's data so far, with those figures ranging from $311,036 to $1,230,000 and a median of $749,000.

MARKET OVERVIEW

The South Middlesex Registry of Deeds recorded 18 transfers for Stow properties during the period. Of those, seven carried a sale price, ranging from $311,036 to $1,230,000, with a median of $749,000. The remaining 11 transfers show no price yet; most of these involve a seller and buyer with matching or closely related names, suggesting family or trust transactions rather than open-market sales. Based on the raw count of 18 recorded transfers, deed activity was active for the roughly four-week period, though more than half of that activity was not a traditional sale between unrelated parties.

TOP SALES

21 Sylvan Dr. sold for $1,230,000 on Aug. 26, the highest price recorded in this period. The sellers were Jennifer H. Wall and James P. McWalter; the buyers were Zachary Desmarais and Victoria Desmarais.

40 Ridgewood Dr. Unit 35 sold for $1,095,000 on Sept. 11. The sellers were Donald and Barbara Vandeveer; the buyer was Carter Buckley.

48 Orchard Dr. Unit 50 sold for $800,000 on Aug. 31. The sellers were Ayswarya Tirucheri Shreeder and Govindaraaj Mudumbai Narayanan, as trustees; the buyer was Vickie L. Panetta, as trustee.

13 Edson St. sold for $749,000 on Sept. 15, matching the period's median price. The sellers were James and Alina Mullin; the buyer was Michael G. Jew.

7 Faxon Dr. Unit 2 sold for $627,150 on Sept. 10. The seller was Janet M. Marshall; the buyer was Marjorie Braunstein.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

Sylvan Drive saw two transfers in the period: 21 Sylvan Dr. sold for $1,230,000, while 38 Sylvan Dr. changed hands on Aug. 21 with no price yet recorded, moving from Wayne C. and Tracy M. Deats to the Deats Family Living Trust. No other street had more than one recorded transfer. By price tier among the seven sales with recorded figures: two sold above $1 million (21 Sylvan Dr. and 40 Ridgewood Dr. Unit 35); three sold between $500,000 and $1 million (48 Orchard Dr. Unit 50, 13 Edson St. and 7 Faxon Dr. Unit 2); and two sold below $500,000 (34 Meeting House Ln. Unit 203 at $369,000 and 6 Baldwin Dr. Unit 90 at $311,036).

MARKET NOTES

Of the seven sales with a recorded price, five were condominium units (40 Ridgewood Dr. Unit 35, 7 Faxon Dr. Unit 2, 48 Orchard Dr. Unit 50, 34 Meeting House Ln. Unit 203 and 6 Baldwin Dr. Unit 90), while two were single-family homes (21 Sylvan Dr. and 13 Edson St.). Beyond the priced sales, 11 of the 18 recorded transfers in this period show sellers and buyers with matching or overlapping names, consistent with trust, estate or family transfers rather than open-market sales; those include properties on Elm Ridge Road, Delaney Street, West Acton Road, Packard Road, Boxboro Road, Farm Road, Davis Road, Taylor Road, Wheeler Road and Sylvan Drive. No square-footage data was available in this dataset, so price-per-square-foot comparisons cannot be made.

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.