Egremont June Deed Activity Dominated by Bank and Trust Transfers, Not Open-Market Sales

EGREMONT -- Just one of 11 recorded deed transactions in Egremont between June 6 and July 5, 2026, carried a disclosed sale price, making meaningful market analysis limited for the period. The remaining 10 transfers reflect a mix of bank-held property conveyances, trust restructurings, and institutional transfers that together obscure what the open-market residential picture looks like.

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Eleven deeds were recorded during the period, but only one transaction disclosed a consideration amount: 38 Main St., which sold for $335,000. With a single disclosed price, no meaningful price range or median can be calculated beyond that lone figure. The volume of recorded instruments is notable, but most reflect financial institution or trust activity rather than arm's-length residential sales. Readers should not interpret the raw count of 11 as indicative of broad market activity.
• TOP SALES
• The only transaction with a disclosed price was 38 Main St., which sold June 18 for $335,000. The seller was William G. Murphy; the buyer was Pittsfield Cooperative Bank. The nature of that conveyance — with a bank as grantee — suggests this may be a deed in lieu of foreclosure or similar settlement rather than a conventional sale; the deed record does not specify, and no further characterization is warranted by the data.
• NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
• Main Street accounted for three recorded transfers during the period: 38 Main St. (the sole priced transaction at $335,000), 67 Main St. (price not disclosed, involving EMLAW Holding Co. LLC and EMLAW Danielle as sellers), and 0 Main St. (price not disclosed, same sellers). Jug End Road saw two transfers: 138 Jug End Rd., conveyed from Bank of Greene County to a revocable trust, and 139 Jug End Rd., conveyed to Washington Federal/First Mutual Bank — both without disclosed prices. The remaining transfers were distributed across Button Ball Lane, Undermountain Road, Hillsdale Road, Baldwin Hill Road, and an Egremont Town-held parcel conveyed to Massachusetts Electric Co. and Verizon New England Inc.
• MARKET NOTES
• Several transactions in this dataset follow patterns consistent with institutional activity rather than conventional residential sales. The buyers in four cases are banks or credit institutions — Pittsfield Cooperative Bank, Lee Bank, Washington Federal/First Mutual Bank, and NBT Bank NA appearing as a seller — which may reflect foreclosure-related or collateral conveyances. One transfer at 3 Button Ball Lane appears to be an internal trust restructuring, with Bonnie S. Greenwood serving as both grantor trustee and grantee trustee under a revised living trust arrangement. The conveyance from Egremont Town to Massachusetts Electric Co. and Verizon New England Inc. at 171 Egremont Town is a municipal transfer to utility companies. With bed, bath, and square footage data unavailable from deed records, no per-square-foot analysis is possible.

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 22 - Jun 28

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