Median Amesbury Home Sale Hits $675,000 As Family Trust Transfers Multiply

AMESBURY -- Fifteen property transfers were recorded at the Essex South Registry of Deeds in Amesbury between June 26 and July 25, ranging from $379,000 to $1,199,000. Exactly six of the 15 deeds moved property within the same family name into or within a trust, and none of those carried a disclosed sale price.

MARKET OVERVIEW The registry recorded 15 total property transfers during the period. Nine of the 15 included a disclosed consideration amount, ranging from $379,000 to $1,199,000, with a median sale price of $675,000 among those nine. The other six transfers -- all involving a grantor and grantee sharing the same surname, several explicitly naming a family trust -- were recorded without a sale price, which is standard for that type of transfer. Fifteen recorded deeds in a month is a moderate volume for a single town; the data alone does not indicate whether that represents an active or slow period compared to prior months, since no historical comparison figures were provided.

TOP SALES The highest-priced transaction was 30-32 Orchard St., which sold for $1,199,000 on July 23. Robert Edward Small sold the property to Michael Lysik. The second-highest was 468 Main St., which sold for $1,100,000 on July 17; Francisco R. Villalobos, as trustee, sold to Olivier Clot. Third was 30 Summit Ave., which sold for $999,999 on July 23; the seller was Michael J. Lysik -- the same buyer who purchased 30-32 Orchard St. the same day -- and the buyer was Megan Arnold. Rounding out the top five: 60 Whittier Meadows Dr., Unit 26D, sold for $710,000 on July 21, with Patricia A. Doyle selling to Cynthia A. Baggeroer, trustee; and 24-26 Thompson St. sold for $675,000 on July 23, with 24-26 Thompson Street LLC selling to Joseph Robert Dimercurio.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN No two sales this period shared a street name, so sales are grouped by price tier among the nine with disclosed prices. Under $500,000: two sales, 9 Acadia Kimball Rd., Unit 9B ($379,000) and 25 Cedar St., Unit 17 ($478,000). Between $500,000 and $1 million: five sales, the largest tier -- 88 Whitehall Rd. ($600,000), 11 E. Greenwood St. ($630,000), 24-26 Thompson St. ($675,000), 60 Whittier Meadows Dr., Unit 26D ($710,000), and 30 Summit Ave. ($999,999). Over $1 million: two sales, 468 Main St. ($1,100,000) and 30-32 Orchard St. ($1,199,000).

MARKET NOTES Six of the 15 recorded deeds -- 3 Woodlawn St., 3 Kimberly Cir. Lot 1, 14 Glen Devin Unit 14, 55 Haverhill Rd., 3 Lindbergh Ave. Lot 1 and 27 Woodman Rd. Lot 50 -- show a grantor and grantee with matching or closely related names, several explicitly transferring into a named trust (the Clancy Living Trust, the Mario M Makhluf Trust, the Ciaramitaro Living Trust, among others). None of these six carried a disclosed sale price. That leaves the nine disclosed-price sales as the only basis for the price range and median reported above. Property types among the disclosed sales include condominium units (25 Cedar St. Unit 17, 60 Whittier Meadows Dr. Unit 26D, 9 Acadia Kimball Rd. Unit 9B) alongside sales with standard street addresses. No square footage or bedroom/bathroom data was available in the deed records, so per-square-foot comparisons cannot be made.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jul 13 - Jul 19

Jul 20 - Jul 26

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