Saugus Sales Top Out at $890,000 With Median Price of $641,000

SAUGUS -- Thirteen properties changed hands in Saugus between July 17 and August 15, with recorded prices ranging from $400,000 to $890,000 and a median of $641,000 among the sales that disclosed a price.

MARKET OVERVIEW The registry recorded 13 transactions in the period, nine of which listed a sale price. Those nine ranged from $400,000 to $890,000, with a median of $641,000. The remaining four deeds did not disclose a consideration amount, which is common for transfers into trusts or among family members and does not necessarily reflect market value. Based on raw count alone, 13 recorded deeds in a one-month span represents a moderate volume for the town; the data does not include enough historical context to characterize the period as active or quiet relative to other months.

TOP SALES The highest-priced transaction was 42 Walnut St., which sold for $890,000 on Aug. 11. Kathleen A. Swanson was the seller and Gabriela Berube the buyer. Close behind, 53 Gates Rd. Lot 283-286 sold for $875,000 on Aug. 14, with Bonnie Turner as seller and Pierre Wildens Nicolas as buyer. At 19 Pinehurst Ave. Lot B, the property sold for $740,000 on Aug. 7, with Aldina M. Faria as seller and Michael Robert DiGirolamo Sr. as buyer. The unit at 6 Stillings Rd. Lot B-1 sold for $660,000 on Aug. 13, with C.E.R. Rockwood as seller and a buyer identified in deed records as "MYR STR REA TRU." Rounding out the top five, 46 Hesper St. sold for $641,000 on Aug. 10, with Santiago A. Mendoza as seller and Jose Ronald Arnulfo Pascual as buyer.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN No street in the dataset had more than one recorded sale, so no street-level clustering emerged this period. Grouped by price tier among the nine disclosed sales, two fell under $500,000: 9 Sumner St. Lot C at $400,000 and 9 Cleveland Ave. at $450,000. Seven fell between $500,000 and $1 million: 12 Longwood Ave. Lot 1 ($525,000), 73 Sweetwater St. ($563,000), 46 Hesper St. ($641,000), 6 Stillings Rd. Lot B-1 ($660,000), 19 Pinehurst Ave. Lot B ($740,000), 53 Gates Rd. ($875,000) and 42 Walnut St. ($890,000). No sale in the period was recorded above $1 million.

MARKET NOTES Seven of the 13 recorded deeds, 53 Gates Rd., 6 Stillings Rd., 2 Evans St., 9 Sumner St., 19 Pinehurst Ave., 12 Longwood Ave. and 6 Richardson Cir., carry unit or "lot" designations in the registry, indicating condominium or multi-unit properties rather than standalone single-family homes. That is more than half the period's transactions, though the data does not specify unit sizes or configurations. Four of the 13 deeds, 47 Appleton St., 2 Evans St. Lot 13, 15 Aberdeen Ave. and 6 Richardson Cir. Lot 33, involved a grantor transferring property to a trust bearing the same surname or to themselves as trustee: Donald C. Strychalski Sr. to the Donald C. Strychalski Grantor Trust, Christopher J. Buckley to the Buckley Kids Trust, D.J. Whyte to D.J. Whyte T., and Frederick M. Ryan to Frederick M. Ryan Tr. None of these four disclosed a sale price. Beds, baths and square footage were not available in the deed data 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.