Acton Home Sales Post $1.17 Million Median Amid Wide Price Range

ACTON -- Nineteen property transfers were recorded in Acton between June 19 and July 18, with disclosed sale prices ranging from $270,000 to $2,170,000 and a median of $1,173,000. Seven of the 19 transfers were between family members or into family trusts, with no sale price disclosed.

MARKET OVERVIEW

The South Middlesex Registry of Deeds recorded 19 property transfers in Acton during the period, of which 12 disclosed a sale price. Disclosed prices ranged from $270,000 to $2,170,000, with a median of $1,173,000. Of the 19 total transfers, seven appear to be transfers within the same family or into a family trust, based on matching names between grantor and grantee; none of those seven disclosed a price. The raw count of 19 recorded transfers is consistent with an active recording period, though with more than a third of transfers being non-arm's-length family or trust transactions, the 12 priced sales are the more reliable gauge of market activity.

TOP SALES

The highest-priced transaction was 18 Woodchester Drive, which sold for $2,170,000 on June 24. The seller was Darren A. Jaroch and Jennifer L. Jaroch, as trustees; the buyer was Gulam Parihar and Uzma Mohammad Siddiqui.

41 Canterbury Hill Road sold for $2,025,000 on June 22. The seller was Yi Qian and Huaqiao Liu; the buyer was Peng Ye and Mingqi Zhang.

20 Marshall Path, Unit 12, sold for $1,775,000 on June 23. The seller was Deborah A. Santilli and Ronald S. Santilli; the buyer was Connemara Wadsworth.

315 Nagog Hill Road sold for $1,420,000 on June 26. The seller was Dia Wasley Chigas, as trustee of the Dia W. Chigas Trust; the buyer was Lorne Groe and Michelle Groe.

An Acton property, listed in deed records without a specific street address, sold for $1,380,000 on June 25. The seller was Stephen Steinberg, as trustee of the AC Trust; the buyer was Aspire Associates LLC.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

Two units at 405 Great Road -- Unit 12 (sold for $270,000 on June 22) and Unit 4 (price not disclosed) -- were the only shared-street sales in the period. Among the 12 disclosed sales, one was under $500,000 (405 Great Road, Unit 12, at $270,000). Four fell between $500,000 and $1 million: 8 Carriage Drive ($539,000), 148 School Street ($692,000), 14 Minot Avenue ($910,000) and 34 Flint Road ($990,000). Four fell between $1 million and $1.5 million: 37 Concord Road ($1,025,000), 7 Woodfield Road ($1,321,000), the unaddressed Acton sale ($1,380,000) and 315 Nagog Hill Road ($1,420,000). Three sold above $1.5 million: 20 Marshall Path Unit 12 ($1,775,000), 41 Canterbury Hill Road ($2,025,000) and 18 Woodchester Drive ($2,170,000).

MARKET NOTES

Seven of the 19 recorded transfers -- at 87 Liberty St., 23 Mohawk Drive, 42 Brewster Lane Unit 42, 17 Overlook Drive, 1 Hillcrest Drive, 405 Great Road Unit 4 and 18 Arlington St. -- show matching or overlapping names between grantor and grantee, consistent with transfers into a trust or between family members rather than open-market sales; none of these seven disclosed a price. Deed records did not distinguish property type beyond unit designations, but four of the 19 transfers were condominium units (42 Brewster Lane Unit 42, 20 Marshall Path Unit 12, and both 405 Great Road units), while the remaining 15 were single-address, non-unit properties. Bed, bath and square-footage figures are not available in deed records for this period.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 22 - Jun 28

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