New Salem Deed Data Thin as Just One of Four June Sales Carries Disclosed Price

NEW SALEM -- Four property transfers were recorded in New Salem during the five-week period ending July 11, 2026, with three of the four transactions involving financial institutions as sellers and only one sale price disclosed in the public deed record.

MARKET OVERVIEW Four deeds were recorded in New Salem between June 15 and June 29, 2026. Of those, only one carried a disclosed consideration amount -- $80,000 -- making a meaningful price range or median calculation impossible for the period as a whole. The single disclosed figure stands alone as a data point, not a market trend. Four transactions in roughly a month reflects the characteristically low volume typical of a small rural community; no comparison to prior periods is available from this dataset.

TOP SALES The sole transaction with a disclosed sale price was recorded June 18, when Michael D. Parker and Kathy F. Parker sold a New Salem property to Sara Phal and Samang Phal for $80,000. No street address was included in the deed record for this transaction. The three remaining transfers -- at 70 North Main St., 44 South Main St., and 137 South Main St. -- were recorded with no disclosed consideration.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN South Main Street accounts for two of the four recorded transfers during the period. On June 15, Greenfield Savings Bank conveyed 137 South Main St. to Jeffrey W. Reynolds and Natalie J. Reynolds, price not disclosed. On June 17, First Fidelity Corp. conveyed 44 South Main St. to Richard R. Leonard and Barbara Kay Leonard, price not disclosed. A third transfer, at 70 North Main St., was recorded June 29 with Deutsche Bank National Trust and PHH Mortgage Corp. listed as sellers; no buyer name appears in the deed record for that transaction.

MARKET NOTES The most notable pattern in this period's deed data is the concentration of financial institutions on the seller side. Three of the four recorded transfers list a bank or mortgage entity as grantor: Deutsche Bank National Trust and PHH Mortgage Corp. at 70 North Main St.; First Fidelity Corp. at 44 South Main St.; and Greenfield Savings Bank at 137 South Main St. The deed record does not characterize the nature of these transactions, and no further detail is available from the data provided. With only one disclosed sale price across the four transfers, price-per-square-foot analysis and property-type breakdowns are not possible from this dataset.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 15 - Jun 21

Jun 29 - Jul 5

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