New Salem June Deed Activity Dominated by Institutional Sellers, One Price Disclosed

NEW SALEM -- Five property transfers recorded in New Salem during June reflected a month defined more by institutional and estate-pattern activity than by open-market transactions, with only one of the five sales carrying a disclosed price.

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Five deeds were recorded between June 6 and July 5, 2026. Of those, only one disclosed a consideration amount: $80,000, making that figure both the floor and ceiling of the disclosed price range and the de facto median for the period. With four of five prices unreported, no meaningful price trend can be drawn from this data alone. The raw count of five transactions is modest for a full month, consistent with New Salem's character as a small rural community.
• TOP SALES
• The sole transaction with a disclosed sale price was a parcel in New Salem — no street address was listed in the deed record — that sold June 18 for $80,000. Michael D. Parker and Kathy F. Parker were the sellers; Sara Phal and Samang Phal were the buyers. The remaining four transfers — at 70 North Main St., 44 South Main St., 137 South Main St., and 16 West Main St. — were recorded without a consideration amount; prices were not disclosed.
• NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
• Three of the five transfers involve properties on South Main Street or its immediate vicinity: 44 South Main St. and 137 South Main St. recorded without disclosed prices, plus the undisclosed sale at 70 North Main St. on the town's other primary corridor. The single address on West Main Street — 16 West Main St. — rounds out the recorded activity. Three of the town's four named streets represented in this period share the "Main St." designation, suggesting deed activity was concentrated along the town's central road network.
• MARKET NOTES
• Two of the five transfers involve institutional sellers — Deutsche Bank National Trust with PHH Mortgage Corp. at 70 North Main St., and First Fidelity Corp. at 44 South Main St., and Greenfield Savings Bank at 137 South Main St. — indicating possible lender-owned or post-foreclosure conveyances, though the nature of those transfers cannot be confirmed from deed data alone. Separately, the transfer at 16 West Main St. conveyed the property from John W. DeWitt to US Bank Trust NA TR, a pattern consistent with a trust or lender-related transfer; no further characterization is supported by the available data. With bed, bath, and square footage figures unavailable from deed records, price-per-square-foot analysis cannot be performed.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 8 - Jun 14

Jun 15 - Jun 21

Jun 29 - Jul 5

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