Ayer Home Prices Span $250,000 To $725,000 With Median At $552,500

AYER -- Nineteen deeds were recorded in Ayer between July 3 and Aug. 1, with disclosed sale prices spanning $250,000 to $725,000 and a median of $552,500 among the transactions that included a price.

MARKET OVERVIEW The registry recorded 19 property transfers during the period, 14 of which included a disclosed sale price. Those 14 prices ranged from $250,000 for 34 Partridge Run to $725,000 for 32 Sandy Pond Road, with a median of $552,500. The remaining five transfers carried no disclosed consideration; four of them show matching last names between grantor and grantee or a transfer into a trust held by the same individual, consistent with a family or estate transfer. By raw count alone, 19 recorded sales in a four-week span is a moderate volume for the town, though the dataset does not include prior-month or year-earlier figures to say whether that represents a change in pace.

TOP SALES The month's highest-priced sale was 32 Sandy Pond Road at $725,000, sold July 17 by Howard S. and Cidalia R. Keeley to Jhonatan M. Silva Oliveira and Natiely Hoffmann Tonini Oliveira. 1 Magnolia Drive sold for $718,000 on July 15, with Matthew Scannell as seller and Cynthia Pinkus and Bryan Faherty as buyers. 36 Norwood Avenue sold for $710,000 on July 8; sellers Vikram Venkatadri and Sreedevi Srinivasan sold to buyer Bryan A. Yergeau. 23 Nashua Street sold for $629,000 on July 15, transferred by Philip F. and Patricia A. Horgan, as trustees, to Nicholas Edward Breen and Leila Jeannette Walker. Two properties tied for the next-highest price at $590,000: 53 Willard Street, sold July 17 by Charles and Janice Sortino to Nicole T. Mack and Michael Regan, and 44 Sandy Pond Road, sold July 9 by Deborah A. Kay/Pelley to Jody Kopple.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN Sandy Pond Road saw the most activity of any single street, with three recorded transfers: 32 Sandy Pond Road ($725,000), 44 Sandy Pond Road ($590,000) and 12 Old Sandy Pond Road, a family transfer between Elizabeth S. Carawan and William Ryan Carawan with no price disclosed. Whitcomb Avenue also had two transfers, at 9 Whitcomb Ave and 3 Whitcomb Ave, neither with a disclosed price; both involved transfers into family trusts. By price tier, six of the 14 priced sales fell under $500,000: 34 Partridge Run ($250,000), 14 Brook St ($341,000), 57 Shirley St ($359,000), 124 Central Ave ($390,000), a sale recorded without a specific street address ($435,000), and 18 Bates St Unit E ($453,000). Five sales fell between $500,000 and $700,000: 16 Douglas Dr ($530,000), 117 Oak Ridge Dr ($575,000), 53 Willard St and 44 Sandy Pond Rd (both $590,000), and 23 Nashua St ($629,000). Three sales exceeded $700,000: 36 Norwood Ave ($710,000), 1 Magnolia Dr ($718,000) and 32 Sandy Pond Rd ($725,000).

MARKET NOTES Five of the 19 recorded transfers -- at 9 Whitcomb Ave, 3 Mulberry Cir, 12 Old Sandy Pond Rd, 41 E Main St and 3 Whitcomb Ave -- involved a trust, matching family names, or a self-transfer into a trust, and none disclosed a sale price. That pattern accounts for all five undisclosed-price transactions in the dataset. One sale, 18 Bates St Unit E, was identified as a condominium unit by its deed designation; no other unit-style addresses appear in the data. Beds, baths and square footage are not available from deed records, so no price-per-square-foot comparisons can be made this period.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jul 6 - Jul 12

Jul 13 - Jul 19

Jul 20 - Jul 26

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