Ipswich Home Sales Top $1.6 Million as Market Posts Wide Price Range

IPSWICH -- Fifteen properties changed hands in Ipswich between Sept. 4 and Oct. 3, according to deeds recorded at the Essex County Southern District Registry of Deeds, with prices ranging from $240,000 to $1.6 million and a median sale price of $680,000.

MARKET OVERVIEW

The registry recorded 15 property transfers during the four-week period. Of those, 11 included a sale price at the time of this report; the remaining four had not yet had a price entered in registry data, which typically appears within about a week of recording and does not indicate the parties withheld the figure. Among the 11 sales with a recorded price, the range ran from $240,000 to $1,600,000, with a median of $680,000. Fifteen recorded transfers in four weeks represents ongoing transaction activity in town; no prior-month figures were provided for comparison.

TOP SALES

The period's highest-priced transaction was the property recorded as "SEE RECORD" in Ipswich, which sold for $1.6 million on Oct. 2. Richard W. Chase was the seller; the buyer was listed as Karen E. Donovan, trustee.

11 Eagle Ct., Lot 136, sold for $1,281,000 on Sept. 30. Susanne M. Cavan was the seller; Jeffrey Joseph Rhuda was the buyer.

24 Fellows Rd., Unit 3, and 6 Northgate Rd., Lot 1, each sold for $1,225,000. The Fellows Road unit, sold Sept. 30 by the 24 Fellows Road Realty Trust to Michael James Jenkins, is a condominium unit. The Northgate Road property, sold Sept. 29 by Robert T. Kidder to Meredith Arborview Boston LLC, was the only sale in the dataset to a named corporate buyer.

381 Linebrook Rd., Lot 1, sold for $810,000 on Sept. 30. Matthew Merry was the seller; Ryan Urbanski was the buyer.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

Linebrook Road was the only street to register more than one sale in the period: 381 Linebrook Rd., Lot 1, sold for $810,000, and 175 Linebrook Rd. also transferred, though its price was not yet available in registry data. By price tier among the 11 sales with recorded figures, four sold above $1 million (SEE RECORD, 11 Eagle Ct., 24 Fellows Rd. and 6 Northgate Rd.); three sold between $500,000 and $1 million (381 Linebrook Rd. at $810,000, 10 Lafayette Rd. Lot 27 at $680,000, and 19 & 21 East St. at $520,000); and four sold below $500,000 (401-16 Colonial Dr. Unit 16 at $488,000, 4 Kimball St. at $425,000, 16 Appleton Pk. Unit B-2 at $285,000, and 10 Newmarch St. at $240,000). The four transfers without a recorded price as of this report were at 23 Heartbreak Rd. Lot A, 175 Linebrook Rd., 134 Argilla Rd. Lot 4 and 23 County St.

MARKET NOTES

The period's sales included a mix of property types: at least three condominium units (401-16 Colonial Dr. Unit 16, 24 Fellows Rd. Unit 3 and 16 Appleton Pk. Unit B-2) alongside single-family and other residential parcels. Several transfers in the dataset involved a grantor and grantee sharing the same last name, with the buyer listed as a trustee: 23 Heartbreak Rd. Lot A (Sandra A. Galanis to Sandra A. Galanis, trustee), 175 Linebrook Rd. (Luis Rivero to Lisa J. Rivero, trustee), and 23 County St. (Jacqueline DaCosta Zieff to Jacqueline DaCosta Zieff, trustee). A fourth, 4 Kimball St., listed the seller as "Klimaseski, Brian F, Rep," indicating an estate-related transfer. None of these four had a recorded sale price as of this report. Bedroom, bathroom and square-footage figures were not available from deed records for any property in this period.

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.