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What to purge, relocate or rearrange to quickly reduce visual clutter in your home
By Jolie K err
The Washington Post
IT’S
THE PILE OF MAIL
on your counter, the rats’ nest of cords on the floor, that gallery wall in the living room that never quite came together. If you’re feeling off-kilter in your home, visual clutter may be to blame. Even when neatly arranged or displayed, too many objects, too many colors, too many shapes in your line of sight can overwhelm the brain, diminishing the aesthetics and functionality of your space.
Once you know the most common sources of visual clutter, dealing with it is surprisingly easy. If your home is in need of a low-cost or cost-free refresh, try purging, relocating or rearranging these things in pursuit of a more visually calming living space.
Cords
Cords are everywhere, and all those electronic tentacles are a major source of visual clutter. Ways to control cords range from simple, low-cost options like zip ties or Velcro strips to cable clips, mounted racks and cable boxes designed with cord management in mind. Charging
stations and specialty items like stick-on cord holders for small kitchen appliances and caddies for heated hair styling tools can also help to keep cords tidy and out of the way.
Remotes and gaming controllers
We live in a world in which even the air conditioner has a remote control, and now those little suckers are everywhere. The solution is a basket, or box, or caddie — someplace where you can toss them all instead of leaving them strewn about. Those who feel especially industrious can print labels to help keep the TV remote straight from the light-up scent diffuser remote.
Has the mail piled up?
Sort through it and consider scheduling a block of time to unsubscribe from paper bills in favor of going digital. Then, find a way to stash incoming mail that works for you — a mounted wall organizer, a trash can near the mail slot for instantly junking junk mail, or a decorative basket are all good options. Plus, when it starts overflowing, you’ll have a visual
indicator that it’s time, once again, to climb Mt. Mail.
Physical media
Physical media collections, including DVDs, records, magazines and books, can be sources of pride that feel worthy of displaying, but all those cases and spines and colorful cover art can add up to a lot of visual clutter. Investing in closed storage furniture is a great choice for housing these collections (and will help keep them dust-free and in good condition). If displaying some or all of your collection is important to your aesthetic or vibe, a glass-front display case can trick the eye into seeing a collection of items as a unit rather than as individual items.
Small kitchen appliances
For many people, storing their air fryer, juicer and Ninja CREAMi is not just a matter of convenience, but a reminder to actually use these things. To the eye, though, all those small appliances look like a big jumble. Experts recommend storing only the small appliances you use every day, such as a coffee maker or toaster, on countertops and moving the rest into a closed storage space.
Countertop clutter
Knife blocks, bread boxes and utensil crocks create extra storage on the counter, but they also contribute to visual overwhelm. Consider if these items can live elsewhere, and if new storage solutions are called for: Can a flat knife block that fits in a drawer replace the bulky upright one on your counter? Could you store the bread box in the pantry? Small tweaks can make a world of difference in busy kitchens, and if you find the change
doesn’t work for you, you can always switch it back.
Refrigerator magnets
This is a tricky one, because magnets are popular collectors’ items and wonderful mementos. There’s an easy way to decide if you prefer a naked or a dressed refrigerator: Take all the magnets, and whatever they’re holding, off of the refrigerator. Then, clean the refrigerator door because it definitely needs it, and wipe the magnets clean, too, because they also definitely need it. Set the magnet collection aside for at least 24 hours — a day or two of living without them may make you realize you like the look of your fridge better without the souvenir motif.
Too many knickknacks
The problem with knickknacks is that once you put them somewhere, they can feel like they’re fixed in place. Plus, we often have emotional attachments to decorative items — after all, we’ve chosen to display them in our homes for a reason — and letting go can feel hard. But there’s no law that says
everything has to be out all at once. Can you rotate your display? For example, a collection of copper diving helmets can make way for a display of tragedy and comedy masks when the seasons change, turning your home into a mini gallery or museum. Or: Can some of those mementos be turned into Christmas ornaments, or be displayed elsewhere?
Out of control skin care, fragrance displays or makeup
Branding and marketing experts know that we’re suckers for packaging, which is why so many personal care products come in such beautiful, display-worthy jars, bottles and tubes. The acrylic organizer trend, as well as those irresistible ASMR restocking videos, encourage us to display everything, but consider whether that trend actually works for you. Is there a happy medium, such as displaying two or three perfume bottles and keeping the rest of your collection in closed storage?
Try purging, relocating or rearranging things in pursuit of a more visually calming living space. (PHOTO/COVER
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Lee Reich | In the Garden
Bittersweet suddenly comes into focus
Asian bittersweet is running rampant in eastern US
MY VISION BEcame blurred with dollar signs as I looked out the car window at mile after mile of bittersweet (Celastrus scandens) clambering over trees along a stretch of parkway. That was a few years ago, as I was driving away from a visit to New York City. While there, I had wandered into a florists’ shop, where I had been stunned by the price for a few sprigs of bittersweet. A quick mental calculation as I gazed out the car window told me there was gold in them thar’ trees.
My financial empire crumbled before it even had a chance to grow. In some states, bittersweet is a protected plant. Anyone harvesting a protected plant from private property without the landowner’s permission may be subject to a fine.
To look at bittersweet, you might very well mistake it for a weed. The plant is a rampant, fast-growing vine.
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into focus. The bright fruits will last well into winter, cheering up the grays and browns of that season, and sparkling against white snow. Indoors, the fruits add color to dried flower arrangements. (The fruit is poisonous, so take precautions with toddlers in the home.)
bittersweet run wild can correctly surmise that the plant is not finicky as to site.
Given support, it will climb skyward twenty feet or more. Bittersweet can engulf small trees and shrubs, even kill them by twining around, then strangling them.
And bittersweet isn’t found in restricted ecological niches over a small geographic area. The plant grows wild in thickets and along roadsides over an area bounded by southeastern Canada across to the Dakotas, south to Texas, and then back across to North Carolina.
Whether looked upon as
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a weed or as a plant worthy of protection, bittersweet is in its glory now. Neither the leaves nor the flowers (long, whitish panicles in June) are noteworthy. Most seasons the plant is all the more inconspicuous because of its habit of getting lost in a tangle of other wild shrubs and small trees.
But now, as the thin, yellow or orange coating of each fruit flares open to contrast and expose the three-lobed, orange capsule within, bittersweet suddenly comes
I now am content to admire and pick just a few sprigs from the bittersweet vines I have found growing along the abandoned railroad bed behind my property. But any other gardener who chooses to plant bittersweet must know something about sex. Bittersweet is regarded as polygamodioecious or dioecious. The first botanical mouthful means that each plant has some flowers with male and female parts and some flowers that are partly female or male. Dioecious means that individual plants are either male or female. Only female flowers produce fruit, and to do so they must be pollinated by a male. (In practical terms, this means plant two vines and hope.)
Anyone who has seen
Clutter
Overcrowded wall art
The gallery wall art trend isn’t going away any time soon, and we’re not telling you to strip the walls bare, but too many framed items and hangings can make a room feel cluttered and claustrophobic. The solution may be to invest in matching or coordinating frames to give your collection a more streamlined look, or simply to remove or rearrange art. Consider relocating pieces that you can’t part with, but that you don’t especially love, to places with blank wall space like walk-in closets, garages or attic.
Outdated decor
You don’t have to chase fads, but every five years or so it’s not a bad idea to scan your home for outdated decor that is past its prime. We become so accustomed to our decor that it’s easy to forget it’s even there, but as Corey
Full sun or part shade is suitable, though plants bear fruit more profusely in full sun. Soil can be rich or poor. Poor soil and some pruning helps keep plants in bounds. And aesthetically, a rampant plant like bittersweet is at home in the same habitat it invades in the wild: rambling over banks and rough stone walls, and up old trees.
Not too long after the collapse of my envisioned financial empire followed by an appreciation of bittersweet’s autumn beauty, a dark cloud floated into view. It turns out that most, perhaps all, of the wild bittersweet I see is the unprotected Chinese bittersweet (also known as Asian bittersweet and botanically as C. orbiculatus). It’s more than just unprotected, having escaped from cultivation and now running rampant throughout the eastern part of the U.S..
Both the native and introduced species are very similar in appearance, but still easily distinguished.
Pence, a senior manager of in-home organizing services at the Container Store, pointed out in our article about visual clutter, “Wall signs and decorative rugs or runners can also contribute to unnecessary visual clutter if not carefully curated.”
Overly abundant umbrellas
Go take a look at your umbrella collection (which is probably in the entryway and therefore one of the first things you see when you enter your home), and answer these questions: Is there one umbrella you always reach for? Are there two or three others that you use as backup when your favorite isn’t available, or when you need to offer an umbrella to someone else? Great, keep those three or four umbrellas and put them in a holder by the door. Then get rid of any that are broken, or that are terrible (you know the ones). Now take what’s left and put that box on your sidewalk marked “FREE UMBRELLAS THAT ARE NOT BROKEN OR TERRIBLE” because it’s good citizenship not to give away broken or terrible umbrellas.
Bittersweet growing in these trees might look pretty but it’s crowding out our native bittersweet. (LEE REICH PHOTO)
How to cook, freeze or pickle plant scraps instead of throwing them away
By Jessica Damiano Associated Press
MY BEETS WERE slow to grow this year, so I bought a bunch at the farmers’ market. I was taken aback when the seller chopped off the vegetable’s foliage and attempted to discard it after handing me a sad sack of leafless roots.
“Wait! I’ll take those, please,” I blurted, catching him just before they hit the trash bin, and explaining that they’re edible. He knew, of course, but said that most customers don’t want them.
There are a lot of tasty and nutritious uses for secondary plant parts that would otherwise be discarded or, at best, added to compost. Waste not, want not!
A zipper bag of ‘scraps’
When I roast beets — homegrown or otherwise — I sauté their greens with olive oil, salt, pepper and garlic for a tasty and nutritious second side dish from the same plant.
Likewise, I have a gallon-size, zipper-top “scraps” bag in the freezer to which I add (washed) carrot nubs and peels, onion skins, celery leaves and parsley stems. When the bag is full, I empty its contents into a stock-
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The easiest ways to tell them apart is when in fruit: Fruits and flowers develop all along stems, and fruits have a yellow covering in the Chinese species; the American species develops its fruit only at the tips of stems, and fruit have an orange covering. Those identifiers are not a slam dunk because only females bear fruits and the two species can hybridize. Chinese bittersweet is listed as an invasive plant. I can attest to this characteriza-
pot with chicken and water, simmer it for a couple of hours, and then strain it for a flavorful and nutrient-rich soup base or broth.
Young zucchini leaves are also edible. It’s OK to take a few from each plant (cut stems at their base), but take care not to remove too many, as they’re needed to produce energy for the growing crop. Scrape each leaf’s surface with a sharp knife to remove any bristles, then rinse, slice and sauté with the peeled, chopped stems. Mature leaves are too thick and prickly for this treatment, but can be used to flavor soups and stews, then removed before serving.
You can also stuff the zucchini leaves with rice and Mediterranean seasonings in place of grape leaves. Go ahead and add chopped meat, too, if you like.
Figs, flowers and watermelon
Fig leaves make a delicious tea-like beverage. Harvest them at the end of the season, just before they turn yellow. Rinse, pat dry, then place them in a food dehydrator, air fryer or oven set to 200 degrees Fahrenheit for several hours, until crispy.
tion by just looking towards the woods to the west of my meadow. The vines are gamboling beneath tall trees, some of them latching onto other vines or trees small enough to wrap around and begin a skyward journey. As those small vines twine, they thicken and can kill their host tree.
Eradication isn’t easy. I had to clear an encroaching section of plants. My weapons were hand shears, loppers, and pruning saw. Some of the vine sections I cut were four inches in diameter. The fat, sinuous vines were ominous, but pretty.
This Aug. 17, 2023, image provided by Jessica Damiano shows newly harvested beets on Long Island, N.Y. Sautéing beet greens with oil, salt, pepper, and garlic is a great way to get a second side dish from one plant.
(JESSICA DAMIANO VIA AP)
House once rented by legendary actress in ‘Wizard of Oz’ is for sale on Cape Cod
There’s no place like home
By H eather Morrison hmorrison@masslive.com
A7-BEDROOM, 5,058 SQUARE-FOOT HOUSE known as the Judy Garland House is for sale on Cape Cod.
The iconic 1890 house located in Hyannis Port has a wraparound porch overlooking the Hyannis Harbor and the Nantucket Sound, multiple fireplaces, four-and-ahalf baths and a private wing.
In the early 1960s, legendary actress and singer Judy Garland — known for her role as Dorothy in “The Wizard of Oz” — rented the house while her daughter, Liza Minnelli, was performing at the Cape Cod Melody Tent, according to Robb Report. It is directly across from the Kennedy Compound.
The house is listed for $6,795,000 by agent Paul Grover, of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Robert Paul Properties.
It last sold in 1990 for $930,000.
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Crumble them up, then store them in a glass jar.
Steep a heaping tablespoon in boiling water for 10 minutes, then strain. You’ll swear you’re drinking a
sweetened coconut-vanilla infusion.
And if you’re growing untreated, chemical-free nasturtiums, pansies, violets, roses or borage, elevate your beverages with floral ice cubes! Add a single flower to each compartment of an ice cube tray and fill with water
before freezing. You can also garnish salads with these edible flowers (nasturtiums have a peppery bite; borage is reminiscent of cucumber) or use them to decorate desserts.
And don’t toss those watermelon rinds. They can be pickled. Slice them up, then
boil for 5 minutes, drain and set aside. When they’ve cooled, add them to a jar with a boiled (but cooled) solution of water, cider or white vinegar, kosher salt, sugar and allspice (or pickling spices for a savory snack). They’ll be ready to enjoy in a couple of hours
and will keep in the refrigerator for a couple of weeks.
Jessica Damiano writes weekly gardening columns for the AP and publishes the award-winning Weekly Dirt Newsletter. You can sign up here for weekly gardening tips and advice.
Various photos of the Hyannis Port house that Judy Garland rented during the 1960s. The house is listed for $6,795,000
(PAUL GROVER PHOTOS)
Terry & Kim Kovel | Antiques & Collecting
Famed designer’s ‘La Mamma’ chair
POSTMODERN FURniture is a parade of quirky styles and colors, unexpected shapes and materials, and innovative construction. Few designers are more quirky, colorful or creative than Gaetano Pesce.
Like many of the great 20th-century designers, Pesce (1939-2024) trained as an architect and designed lamps, jewelry, other home furnishings, furniture and buildings. He is known for his clever work with resin and extruded plastic, but his creative output has a softer side, too. His most famous furniture design might be the UP-5 chair, also called “La Mamma” for its curvy, feminine shape, with fabric upholstery over foam and rubber. The soft foam used in the UP chairs allowed them to be compressed flat for easy packaging, shipping, and storage. They sprang back into shape when the package was opened.
The Feltri chair, which Pesce designed in 1987 for Italian company Cassina, is another one of his famous upholstered designs.
As its name may suggest, its base is made of felted wool. Its tufted upholstery may give it a slightly more conventional, even old-fashioned, look than Pesce’s usual work, but his playful, experimental approach to form and function is clearly there. The soft, pliable back and sides of the chair can be folded into different configurations. The Feltri chair has been made in many colors. This vibrant purple vintage Feltri chair sold for $3,696 at Wright.
Q. My Hummel ornament with two angels, one playing a stringed instrument, has an unusual mark that I have been unable to identify. It looks like part of the TMK-2 Full Bee, with a bee over the “V” and “(R)” to the lower right. The number “146” and “M.I. Hummel” in script are impressed underneath. I cannot find any
Gaetano Pesce’s Feltri chair is made of soft yet sturdy materials that can be folded into different configurations for a new look or custom comfort. (WRIGHT)
reference to the “(R)”. Is it possible to enlighten me as to its meaning?
A. The “(R)” stands for “Registered.” It is unusual, but it does not affect the meaning of the mark or the value of the figure. There are some variations of Hummel marks, especially in the earliest (pre1970s) marks. According to mihummel.org, the “R” is most often seen in figures dating from 1950 to 1955. TMK-2 Full Bee, the first Hummel mark to feature the bee over a “V,” was used from about 1940 to 1959. Later marks use a stylized bee over the “V” or do not have a “V.” Most Hummel figurines are impressed with “M.I. Hummel,” for designer Sister Maria Innocentia Hummel, and an identification number. Based on the number and your description, yours is the “Angel Duet” baptismal font.
Q. I bought a collection of interesting old, framed prints. When I took them out of the frames, the edges were uneven, like they had
New printmaking and mass-production techniques developed about this time made prints extremely popular in advertising.
In addition to hiring popular artists and illustrators like Andrew Wyeth and Marc Chagall to create art for print advertisements, many companies gave away prints or calendars as premiums.
If you believe you have prints from this time period, you may want to look into the history of advertising or contact a club like the Antique Advertising Association of America (pastimes.org) or the Ephemera Society (ephemerasociety. org).
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been cut with scissors, and some of them didn’t have any information about the artist, title, or publisher. Is there any way to identify them?
A. When prints are trimmed, like yours were, they are harder to identify, but it is still possible. One way is to consult an art museum or gallery in your area. They are the experts, and some have events where they provide free identification or appraisal to the public. Some antique prints are copies of famous paintings. If you would rather research on your own, art museums and libraries in your area may have books on the history of printmaking or online resources to help you identify yours.
Some prints can be fairly easily dated by details like people’s clothing or transportation methods. Many of the most popular collectible prints date to the late 19th to early 20th century.
These include Japanese woodblock prints (ukiyo-e), American and English prints of the Arts & Crafts period, and advertising prints.
About the same time, artists of the Arts & Crafts movement produced woodblock prints in opposition to the commercialization of art. However, remember that prints are easily reproduced. The design for your print may date to the 19th century, but the print itself may have been made much later, especially if it is trimmed.
TIP: Don’t put plastic covers on upholstered furniture or the top of the dining room table. Eventually, the plastic could stick to the furniture and ruin the finish.
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Current prices are recorded from antiques shows, flea markets, sales and auctions throughout the United States. Prices vary in different locations because of local economic conditions. Redware, decanter, figural, black cat, head stopper, green eyes, red bow around neck, kitten handle, Japan, 1950s, 8 1/2 inches, $25. Lunch box, Play Ball, yellow and green, two baseball players and base umpire, Magnetic Game Lunch Kit, tin, Thermos, red cup, $60. Halloween, figure, scarecrow, jack-o’-lantern head, small jack-o’-lantern at feet, round base, orange and black, blow mold, Union Empire, 13 1/2 inches, pair, $85. Rug, Sarouk, center medallion, maroon field, ivory spandrels, multicolor main border, flowers, Persian, 11 feet 9 inches x 9 feet, $250. Glass-Bohemian, vase, mottled brown, copper inclusions, silver overlay, lattice around shoulder, trailing flower garland, slightly flared base, art nouveau, 6 inches, $320. Halloween, decoration, witch, flying on broom, painted, black, orange hat, metal cutout, 17 1/2 x 26 inches, $375. Furniture, cabinet, Adirondack style, hanging, twig panels, painted, yellow, peaked top, two front paned panels, double arched top, interior shelves, c. 1900, 41 x 27 inches, $435. Lamp base, electric, figural, snake, coiled tail, raised head, socket in mouth, allover scale texture, bronze, Continental, c. 1900, 16 inches, $575. Rookwood, vase, shaded turquoise blue, nautical scene, ships and boats on water, tapered base, round foot, flame mark, Carl Schmidt, 1923, 7 inches, $770.
Jewelry, earrings, round cabochon, green gripoix, faux pearl teardrop, clear stone collar, gold tone setting, post back, marked, box, Chanel, France, 1 1/2 inches, $1,535.
Average long-term US mortgage rate slips to 6.27%
Rate is nearing a low for 2025
By A lex Veiga Associated Press
The average rate on a 30year U.S. mortgage declined again this week, easing to just above its lowest level this year.
The average long-term mortgage rate slipped to 6.27% from 6.3% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. A year ago, the rate averaged 6.44%.
The latest dip brings the average rate to just above 6.26%, where it was four weeks ago after a string of declines brought down home loan borrowing costs to their lowest level since early October 2024.
Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, popular with homeowners refinancing their home loans, also eased this week.
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The average rate dropped to 5.52% from 5.53% last week. A year ago, it was 5.63%, Freddie Mac said.
Mortgage rates are influenced by several factors, from the Federal Reserve’s interest rate policy decisions to bond market investors’ expectations for the economy and inflation. They generally follow the trajectory of the 10-year Treasury yield, which lenders use as a guide to pricing home loans.
The 10-year yield was at 4.02% at midday Thursday, down from around 4.14% the same time last week.
Mortgage rates started declining in July in the lead-up to the Federal Reserve’s decision last month to cut its main interest rate for the first time in a year amid growing concern over the U.S. job market.
At their September policy meeting, Fed officials forecast that the central bank would
Carol Ann Carmichael, Carol Ann Szoka and Frank Conaci to Luis Moises Wong-Guiterrez and Citli M. Marquez-Caro, 1317 Suffield St., $330,000.
Chester A. Comins, trustee, Chester R. Comins, trustee, and Chester A. Comins 2024 Revocable Trust, trustee of, to West Co. Investments LLC, 115 Meadowbrook Road, $230,000.
Cynthia J. Smart to Duncan Gray, 50 Broz Terrace, $305,000.
David J. Mason Sr., to JJCS Real Estate LLC, 181 Springfield St., $237,500.
David J. Mason Sr., to JJCS Real Estate LLC, 183 Springfield St., $237,500.
David J. Mason Sr., to JJCS Real Estate LLC, 185 Springfield St., $237,500.
David J. Mason Sr., to JJCS Real Estate LLC, 189 Springfield St., $237,500.
Dreambighomes LLC, to Joanne Viets and Scott J. Viets, 8E Castle Hills Road, $315,000. Elaine Lehan-Fitzgerald and Elaine Lehan-Fitzgerald to John Urusoff, 222 James St., $407,000.
Lutfullah Baskoy to Sergiy Lutsenko, 662 Cooper St., $620,000.
Michael Styckiewicz and Joanne Styckiewicz to Alyssa Bertera and David P Bertera, 444 Meadow St., $387,500.
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Susan T. Beliveau to Susan T. Beliveau, trust-
reduce its rate twice more this year and once in 2026. Still, the Fed could change course if inflation jumps amid the Trump administration’s expanding use of tariffs and the recent trade war escalation with China.
Even if the Fed opts to cut its short-term rate further that doesn’t necessarily mean mortgage rates will keep declining. Last fall, after the Fed cut its rate for the first time in more than four years, mortgage rates marched higher, eventually reaching just above 7% in January this year.
“Looking ahead to the rest of the year, it is difficult to forecast where rates will go, but the likely bet is that they are not going to fall much further,” said Lisa Sturtevant, chief economist at Bright MLS. “Buyers who think they want to wait for lower rates could find themselves facing higher
ee, and Susan T. Beliveau Revocable Trust, 24 Greenleaves Drive, $100.
Beth M. Wechsler and Zachary H. Bissonnette to Christina Scharbaai, 170 East Hadley Road and 170 E. Hadley Road, $185,000.
Estevao B. Rodrigues, Estevao Barros Rodrigues and Marcel N. Sena, attorney-in-fact, to Auriza Wright, 97 Pondview Drive, $530,000.
Natalie E. Rhodes, Natalie E. Rhodes Drake and Natalie E. Drake to Lucas Tragos, 10 Eaton Court, $210,000.
Clarity Realty LTD., to Spark Penn LLC, 205 University Drive, $550,000.
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Lynn R. Dole and Jane M. Shaney to Daniel T. Butler and Debbie Verhoff, 1450 West Road, $457,000.
Amy M. Cullen and Daniel K. Lederer to Jordan Friede, 688 Bear Swamp Road, $635,000.
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Angel L. Carattini and Emily Ortiz-Carattini to Jamie Cocco and Morgan Lentz, 128 Barton Ave., $475,000.
Joanna R. Kent and Martin H. Kent to Martin H. Kent, trustee, Joanna R. Kent, trustee, and Kent Family Trust, 29 Magnolia Lane, $100.
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John W. Graves and Kathleen G. Graves to Zain Naveed, 390 Bald Mountain Road, $560,000.
BMFN LLC, to Peter Harrington, 55 & 60
prices but without an improvement in mortgage rates.”
The average rate on a 30year mortgage has remained above 6% since September 2022, the year mortgage rates began climbing from historic lows. The housing market has been in a slump ever since.
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes sank last year to their lowest level in nearly 30 years. So far this year, sales are running below where they were at this time in 2024.
Still, many homeowners who bought in recent years after rates climbed above 6% have sought to refinance their home loan to a lower rate as mortgage rates have come down in recent weeks.
Mortgage applications, which include loans to buy a home or refinance an existing mortgage, fell 1.8% last week from a week earlier, according to the Mortgage Bankers
Keets Brook Road, $349,000.
BLANDFORD
Karl T. Pearce to Kyle Genereux and Haley L. Genereux, 25 Sperry Road, $122,000.
William Kenney and Michele Kenney to Jeffrey Burke and Carol Burke, Otis-Tolland Road, Lot 2, $50,000.
William Kenney and Michele Kenney to Mark Benham and Abigail Benham, Otis-Tolland Road, Lot 1, $50,000.
BRIMFIELD
David P. Brigham and Ellen YH Brigham to Roger M. Denome and Sylvia A. Denome, 92 Allen Hill Road, $709,000.
Elissa M. Vogel to Nicholas Markopoulas, trustee, and Markopoulas Family Revocable Trust, trustee of, 40 Warren Road, $230,000.
Jonathan C. Cummings, Heather J. Cummings and Heather J. Bacon to David Carl Warfield and Karen Warfield, 41 Cubles Drive, $430,000.
Deutsche Bank National Trust Co., trustee, and Ameriquest Mortgage Securities Inc., Series 2005-R6, trustee of, to Iesha Marie Ocasio-Santos and Emanuel David Ocasio-Ramos, 51 Brookfield Road, $273,000.
Ruy DeSousa, Ruy De Sousa and Kristy L. Kearns to Jean Thompson and George Thompson, 155 Old Palmer Road, $387,000.
BUCKLAND
Carole A. Paye, individually and as trustee of the Carole A. Paye Investment Trust, and
Association. But applications for mortgage refinance loans made up 53.6% of all applications, a slight increase from the previous week.
Many prospective homebuyers are also turning to adjustable-rate mortgages. Such loans, which typically offer lower initial interest rates than traditional 30-year, fixed-rate mortgages, accounted for 9.3% of all mortgage applications last week.
Mortgage rates will have to drop below 6% to make refinancing an attractive option to a broader swath of homeowners, however. That’s because about 80% of U.S. homes with a mortgage have a rate below 6% and 53% have a rate below 4%, according to Realtor.com. Economists generally forecast the average rate on a 30-year mortgage to mostly remain near the mid-6% range this year.
Donald G. Paye, individually and as trustee of the Donald G. Paye Investment Trust, to John Gravenmier and Maria Andrea Vidal, 24 Conway Road, $551,000.
CHARLEMONT
William Allen Miller and Suzanne Webber to Sharon Matthews. 463 Legate Hill Road. $170,000.
CHICOPEE
Barbara L. Lapierre to Zachary T. Lemay and Jennifer Lemay, 152 Royal St., $304,000.
Barry J. Brouillard and Madeleine C. Brouillard to Kelly Pouliot, 37 Putting Lane, $460,000.
Brian R. Koldy and Stacy Lucas to Sophia Martins, 34 Regency Court, Unit 14, $270,000.
Cesar Lopez to Grace M. Marcano Vega, 106108 Skeele St., $494,000.
Constance Mary Clark, estate, and Nancy A. Connaughton, representative, to Mark J. Dion, 176 Asselin St., $350,000.
Francis R. Garrow and Ellen M. Garrow to Ronald J. Brindle Jr., and Enid Linares Velazquez, 73 Riverpark Ave., $305,000.
Gisele Correia Lima Pinheiro and Almir Dias to Peter G Watiri and Jennifer W Gitau, 41 Sullivan St, $415,000.
Ian Gabbidon to Thomas M. Terault, 90 McKinstry Ave., Unit 111, $193,000.
Jessica M. Picard, Sarah J. Brandt, representative, and Melvin P. Ogonowski, estate, to Bretta Construction LLC, 0 Wildermere St., Lot 2, $85,000.
Deeds
John O. Martin and Claire M. Martin to Nathan M. Lapine and Lilly Thang, 195 Greenwood Terrace, $200,000.
Kathleen Malouin and Michelle Brown to Christina Marie Gebo, 103 Bonneville Ave., $310,000.
Kenneth T. Arvanitis and Ellen M. Arvanitis to Jason Balut, 48 Beeler Ave., $245,000.
Linda S. Senk and Robert W. Senk to Manchester Enterprises LLC, 123 Beesley Ave., $170,000.
Lisa C. Robinson to Spectrum Property Associates LLC, 28 Lincoln St., $100.
Michael B. Jones and Lynn Jones to Lee Dunn, 7 Gerard Lane, Unit 15, $300,000.
Prospect Meadow Associates LLC, to DCL General Construction LLC, Prospect Street, Lot 1B, $99,900. RG East Street LLC, to Zahoor Mian, trustee, and 560 East Street Realty Trust, trustee of, 560 East St., $850,000.
Roman V. Kouzmouk to Brianna Bassett, 10 Juliette St., $315,000. Whisperwood LLC, to Donna Jean Boston, 168 Hampden St., $355,000.
CUMMINGTON
Michael J. Gorski, trustee, Susan M. Labrie, trustee, and Gorski Family Irrevocable Trust to Kathryn J. Donoghue and Derek Grahn, 81 Shaw Road, $419,500.
Melissa J. Krueger and Mary Gorski to Travis Tolzdorf and Ashley Tolzdorf, Shaw Road, $44,500.
DEERFIELD
Silvina Richards to Jacquelyn O’Connell, 61, “aka” 61B, Mill Village Road, Unit B “aka” Unit 6B, Mountainview Condominium, $290,000.
R Sitterly LLC, to 43 Whately Road LLC, 43-51 Whately Road, $1,950,000.
EAST LONGMEADOW
Matthew K. Campbell to Iman Sadoughi and Solmaz Masoudi, 56 Westwood Ave., $600,000.
Michael C. Marino and Lori A. Marino to Krista Knowlton, 18 Harris Drive, $197,335.
Michael Carabetta to Michael B. Fenney, 76 Alpine Ave., $190,000.
Michael Renkawitz and Constance Gallagher to Jacob R. Barber and Tori Barber, 23 Brook St., $430,000.
Sarah E. Casimiro, Sarah E. Metcalf and Andre Casimiro to Diep Lam and Hanh Thi Nguyen, 11 Crescent Hill, $282,500.
EASTHAMPTON
Robert D. Thibodo to Jennifer Rivers, 32 East Maple St., $650,000.
Jody D. Kasper and Melissa Marie Lake to Elizabeth Angowski and Leanna Barlow, 15 River Valley Way, $640,000.
Edward J. Bloniarz III, and Jenny A. Bloniarz to Stephen J. Rowan and Bonnie Capen-Rowan, 20 Morin Drive, $343,000.
Michael F. Houle to Edward Bloniarz and Jenny Bloniarz, 4 Bien Circle, $450,000.
J & J Elkins Properties LLC, to DCB Industrial Parkway LLC, 6 Industrial Parkway, $2,825,000.
Jairus & Carole Burt Living Trust, Carolyn L. Burt, trustee, and Donna L. Pawlikowski, trustee, to Adam Kenneth Burt Jr., and Amy Elizabeth Burt, 308 East St., $460,000.
GILL
MW & MW Realty to Marek Tresnak, 7 Riverview Drive, $495,000.
GOSHEN
Jonathan R. Sass, Christine S. Sass, Susan E. Garrett and John E. Wright to Christine S. Sass, trustee, Jonathan R. Sass, trustee, Christine S. Sass Revocable Trust and Jonathan R. Sass Revocable Trust, Beaver Lane, $2,250.
David Kaufman and Jodi Kaufman to David Kaufman, trustee, Jodi Kaufman, trustee, David Kaufman Revocable Trust and Jodi Kaufman Revocable Trust, Adams Road, $100.
Janine Meltzer, personal representative, Rosemarie F. Clark, estate, and Rosemarie Frances Clark, estate, to John Bourgejois, Amanda Rose Bourgeois and Betty Rose Cayo, 5 Lilly Pond Lane, $383,000.
GREENFIELD
PRB LLC, to Livingood LLC, 130 Elm St., $336,000.
Christine R. Lincoln, personal representative of the Estate of Sebastian J. Ruggeri, to Vladimir Agapov and Yelena Agapov, Off 166 South Shelburne Road, $27,945.
David C. Brooks, trustee of the Freedom Hill Realty Trust #4, to Brandie L. Soulia and Gage Soulia, 221 Hope St., $244,000.
Applied Industrial Solutions LLC, to 38 Butternut LLC, 38 Butternut St., $330,000.
Michael A. Biskerski to Brian M. Hillard and Eliza Wan Young, 44 Russell St., $160,000.
Emily S. Greene to Karla Beatriz Escobar Quintanilla, 260 ½ Davis St., $225,000.
HADLEY
Tyler Davis Chambers and Molly Danielle Chambers to Judith Neyhart, trustee, and Revocable Trust of Jeffrey & Judith Neyhart, 35 Rocky Hill Road, $575,035.
HAMPDEN
Nancy Kathleen Decker and Kenneth Michael Morino to Bryan Cohen and Elizabeth Dora Cohen, 24 Walnut Road, $456,000.
Nathan R. Plumb to Timothy D. Clark, 166 Allen St., $320,000.
Oliver M. Knode III, to Randy P. Pascale and Kim K. Pascale, Glendale Road, Lot 7A, $125,000.
Richard L. Harris to Gary Como Jr., 22 Ames Road, $350,000.
HATFIELD
James S. Thomas and Diane M. Thomas to Nicole Turner and Alyssa Ducharme, 116 Prospect St., $100.
HEATH
Barbara R. Travers and David H. Travers to Yevgeniy Yefimov, 93 Colrain Stage Road, $625,000.
HOLLAND
Kathryn A. Calo and Joseph A. Calo Jr., to Matthew Ryan Lemiuex, 37 Lakeridge Drive, $575,000.
Kimberly J. Creamer and Kimberly Fitzpatrick to Gary Scott Pulda and Bonnie Lynn Pulda, 53 Sandy Beach Road, $498,000.
Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., to Laurie J. Black, 5 Roberts Park Road, $186,000.
U S Bank Trust, trustee, and RCAF Acquisition Trust, trustee of, to Alberto Paulino and Erika A. Helferich, 3 Chaffee Road, $250,000.
HOLYOKE
Adam J. Mulcahy and Christina L. Gusek to Jose Ramos, Mountain Road, Lot 4, $215,000.
Brian Wright to Finn Lubold and Merissa McClain, 372 Hillside Ave., $252,000.
Debra D. Kramer to Anne O’Connor, 717 Northampton St., Unit 41, $420,000.
Donald E. Graf to Dream Builders Construction LLC, 37 Sun Valley Road, $185,000.
Joan M. Daly, Susan J. Daly-Pelchat and Susan J. Daly to Idalia J. Javier Marinez, 1657 Northampton St., $402,000.
William T. Drohan to Richard P. Marsh, 15 Maple Crest Circle, Unit B, $120,000.
HUNTINGTON
Jeffrey Charbonneau and Krystle Charbonneau to Jennifer M. Mahan, 23 Nagler Cross Road, $145,000.
LEVERETT
Michael J. Dover, trustee of the Michael J. Dover Investment Trust, and Rebecca Reid, trustee of the Rebecca Reid Investment Trust, to Ellen Seeger, 154 Long Plain Road, Unit A, Old Field Farm Condominium, $410,000.
LONGMEADOW
Kevin J. Connor to Olivia Nan Shapiro, 113 Berwick Road, $310,000.
Mary L. McDonnell-Nolan and Christopher Nolan to Jillian T. Consolini and Samuel N. Jensen, 97 Salem Road, $687,500.
Sunder Shanmuganathan and Priya Chandrasekaran to Livingwater Capital LLC, 93 Jonquil Lane, $580,000.
LUDLOW
Ludlow Town to Charlie Park Main LLC, 0 Center Street, $10,000.
Ludlow Town to Charlie Park Main LLC, 0 Center Street, $10,000.
Ludlow Town to Keem LLC, 61 Massachusetts Ave., $215,000.
NAF Cash LLC, to Stephanie Lemelin-Bliss and Keith Lemelin-Bliss, 12 Stebbins St., $443,700.
MONSON
Heather A. Morse to Shneur Zalman Lipschitz and Emma E. Mayou, 30 Washington St., $343,500.
Stephen Kozloski Jr., and Kelly Kozloski to Mathew W. Walch and Meghan Ann Walch, 68 Waid Road, $537,500.
MONTAGUE
Marcel James Viens, trustee of the Marcel James Viens Trust, to Owen Nied and Robert Nied, 43 J Street, Unit 8 Heritage Park Condominium, $181,000.
NORTHAMPTON
Rhys A. Eppich and Catherine L. Rowen to Sara Jacobs, 30 Landy Ave., $671,000.
Ronald J. Blank and Fidela S.J. Blank to Ronald J. Blank, trustee, Revocable Indenture of Trust of Ronald J. Blank, Fidela S.J. Blank, trustee, and Revocable Indenture of Trust of Fidela S.J. Blank, 27 Sheffield Lane, $100.
David Kaufman and Jodi Kaufman to David Kaufman, trustee, Jodi Kaufman, trustee, David Kaufman Revocable Trust and Jodi Kaufman Revocable Trust, 50 Strawberry Hill, $100. Ellen M. Lacroix, Donna A. Maimes,
Donna S. Maimes and Ivy West to Jonathan Pedigo, 157 Round Hill Road, $205,000.
Jonathan G. Leonard to William C. Carlo, trustee, Ellen K. Carlo, trustee, and Carlo Revocable Trust, 575 Bridge Road, $298,000.
Mary Lou Robinson to Donna W. Hoener, 96 Rick Drive, $335,000.
Dennis P. Hebert to Paul Bachand, 52 Elizabeth St., and 52-54 Elizabeth St., $600,000.
Richards Fuel & Heating Inc., and Richards Fuel Inc., to Simmons Family Real Estate LLC, Easthampton Road, $900,000.
JJK Investments LLC, to 16 Fairfield LLC, 16 Fairfield Ave., $696,200.
Michael J. Quinlan Jr., and Kimberly Quinlan to Lathrop Community Inc., 712 Bridge Road, $600,000.
Antonia Krell and Benjamin Krell to Elizabeth Weiland and Peter Makridakis, 156 Chestnut St., $660,000.
ORANGE
Kurt M. Moisan to Alexis Mejia and Angelica Mejia, 286-288 Butterworth Road, $325,000.
Craig Ballou to Heather Dinitto and Walter Ferreira, 77 Daniel Shays Highway, $325,000.
PALMER
Lynn M. Mainville to Brandon Sawabi and Ngan Mi Pham, 3038 Main St., Unit 3038, $245,000.
Richard M. Cartier and Maureen A. Cartier to William E. Powers and Eileen F. Powers, 34 Old Farm Road, $580,000.
PLAINFIELD
Susan G. Allen and David K. Allen to Susan Allen, trustee, David Allen, trustee, and Susan Allen Revocable Trust, 35 Grant St., $100.
Susan G. Allen and David K. Allen to David Allen, trustee, Susan Allen, trustee, and David Allen Revocable Trust, Grant Street, $100.
RUSSELL
Tracy Shaw to Gregory J. Skop and Allison L. Skop, 0 Pine Hill Road, $65,000. Trust 196 Blandford Stage Road Land, trustee of, and Countryside Woodcraft LLP, trustee, to Joseph Beaudry, 196 Blandford Stage Road, $185,000.
Valerie R. Depina to Dean Drzewiecki, 75 Laurel Road, $325,000.
SHELBURNE
Todd A. Sumner, trustee of the William H. Stafford Investment Trust, and Todd A. Sumner, trustee of the Brenda C. Stafford Investment Trust, to Christian Parenti, 175 Peckville Road, $500,000.
Deeds
SOUTH HADLEY
Anthony W. M. Nepal to Joshua J. Rathbun, 11 Hildreth Ave., $330,000.
Robert H. Adams, Brenda A. Adams and Brenda Ann Adams to Robert J. Adams, trustee, Brooke A. Liguori, trustee, Robert H. Adams & Brenda A. Adams Irrevocable Trust, 24 Alvord St., and Ferry Street, $100.
Gregory W. Long and Sue Ellen Snyder to Katherine E.A. Orszulak and Brian Keller, 3 Chestnut Hill Road, $750,000.
SOUTHAMPTON
John F. Sheehan and Maureen M. Sheehan to Joshua Freniere and Jaclyn Essa-Freniere, 127 Pomeroy Meadow Road, $465,000.
SOUTHWICK
Hamelin Framing Inc., to Chris Balboni, 17 Silvergrass Lane, $675,000.
Lily M. Psholka and Robert A. Psholka to John A. Grupposo and Diana M. Grupposo, 214 Vining Hill Road, $370,000.
SPRINGFIELD
Property Management Investors & Developers LLC, to Torres Prime Holdings LLC, NS Liberty Street, $40,000.
Adolfo Serrano Torres to Yoselin Hidalgo, 37 Chase St., $457,000.
Aleethea Francis and Aleetha Francis to Louis Isham, 139 Westminster St., $260,000.
Ana M. Maldonado, Ana M. Maldonado-Lozada and Jose L. Maldonado-Narvaez to Jose Alexis Maldonado, 14 Bayside St., $202,500.
Angel M. Rodriguez to Kristine Martinez, 28 Holy Cross St., $315,000.
Astrid Naiomy Soto Serrano and Juan Antonio Medina Cruz to Guelin Beltre, 98-100 Fenwick St., $365,000.
Cheryl A. Rzewnicki, representative, Theresa Walker, estate, Theresa M. Walker, estate, and Theresa Marie Walker, estate, to Douglas Dichard, 82 Wallace St., $175,000.
Clara J. Kijak to Alberto Hernandez, 41 Pelham St., $225,000.
D. L. Stephenson to Severo Alicea and Karinee Caballero-Cordova, 18 Castlegate Drive, Unit D, $263,500.
David R. Orr and Judith M. Orr to Stephanie R. Campbell, 128 Catalpa Terrace, $575,000.
Denise M. Echols, Michelle A. Denette, Michael E. Denette and Edward C. Denette to Emtay Inc., 28 Miller St., $255,000.
Edward Dones, trustee, and 735 Carew Trust, trustee of, to Carlos Aguilar Jr., 735-737 Carew St., $355,000.
Francis A. Russell and Francis A. Russell Jr., to MHI Properties LLC, 128 Wilber St., $127,000.
Gemini Town Homes LLC, to Idalia Olivieri, 64 Morris St., Unit 702, $227,000.
Home Savers Group LLC, to Kimberly Ann Koffie, 56 Yale St., $305,000.
Jannette Santiago and Javier Santiago Gon-
zalez to Genaro Butler-Madrigal Jr., West Side Eastern Ave., $242,500.
Jeanne T. Defalco-Downey to Adam Ryszard Anulewicz, 90 Roanoke Road, $325,000.
Jesus Morales to Real Estate Investment Northeast LLC, 252-254 Eastern Ave., $165,000.
Karen M. Harrington to Pah Properties LLC, 72 Sunapee St., $150,000.
Katherine Ramos-Moreta to Eligene Merisier, 77-79 Grenada Terrace, $450,000.
Kevin R. Echavarria to Mohamud M. Rino and Winnie Wanambisi, 162 Gilbert Ave., $450,000.
Krystal R. Duncan to Nicolas Beattie, 18 Cuff Ave., $220,000.
Lawrence A. Daviau and Kathleen A. Daviau to Alden Investment Group LLC, 168 Keddy St., $185,000.
Controlled Chaos Real Estate LLC, to Gregory Roberson and Norris E. Roberson, 531 Berkshire Ave., $364,900.
Lloyd Harris and Carol Harris to Onyx Investments LLC, 41-43 Virginia St., $275,000.
Lori Mayhew-Wood, representative, Nancy E. Forbes, estate, and Nancy Elizabeth Forbes, estate, to Kathleen Reid, 119 Powell Ave., $155,000.
M. L. Schmitt Inc., to Servicenet Inc., S S Taylor Street, $600,000.
Marjorie Perry to NRES LLC, 28 Bristol St., $120,000.
Meliza Linarez and Meliza Vega to Debbie M. Miller-Valle and Edgar Valle, 79 Stephanie Circle, $385,000.
MHI Properties LLC, to Jacob Pawlowski, 128 Wilber St., $165,000.
Michelle Renee Gilley and Brian Gilley to Shane Rhiney, 14 Sunridge Drive, $315,000.
Nicola A Cuccovia and Carmen D. Cuccovia to Mark Aaron Scott, 200 Ellsworth Ave., $299,900.
Nicole L. Enderlin to Zoe Heasley, 145 Darling St., $192,500.
NRES LLC, to Javier Santiago Gonzalez and Jannette Santiago, 305 Laurelton St., $345,000.
Phantom Holdings LLC, to Michael A. Restrepo, 59-61 Humbert St., $325,000.
Robert L. Gibson to Real Estate Investments Northeast LLC, 238 Sumner Ave., $197,000.
Ronald W. Lariviere, Scott M. Lariviere, Russell J. Lariviere and Gregory T. Lariviere to R&R Home Improvement & Remodeling LLC, 19 Parkin St., $225,000.
Welcome Orchard Limited Partnership, Maha S. Al-Absi and Aqeel Ahmed to Francois Maisonneuve, 305-307 Main St., $430,000.
Rupert R. Gordon and Doreen Williams-Gordon to Stacyann Archibald, 24 Longview St., $335,000.
Severo Alicea and Karinee Cabellero-Cordova to Barbara Chau and Mabel Yung, 19-21 Clayton St., $390,000.
Shane Shelton and Jessica Shelton to Dustin N. Roberts and Ashley L. Roberts, 295 Harkness Ave., $305,000.
Shirley Ann Hall, W G Kelly Jr., Irma D. Talbert, Victor S. Kelly and James Clemons to Stafford G. Martin and Jacqueline D. Redd, 117 Buckingham St., $310,000.
Thomas A Schmitt and Thomas Schmitt to Servicenet Inc, 0 NS Worthington Street., $60,000.
Wagner Baez Soto and Cinthia E. Arias to Gerineldo Alfonseca, 199 Eastern Ave., $430,000.
Wicked Deals LLC, to Angel Rodriguez, 16 Stuart St., $319,900.
SUNDERLAND
JELB Properties LLC, to Morse & Morse Realty LLC, 31 Garage Road, $490,000.
WARE
Joyce Dansereau to Jill Stolgitis, 2 Anderson Road, $100.
Scott C. Forsyth, Brandon C. Forsyth and Maria K. Forsyth, estate, to Brandon Bouniconti, Hardwick Pond Road, $50,000.
Maicon Douglas Goncalves De Carvalho and Dawinny Cristhina Amorim Leite Goncalves to Haleigh Paul-Thompson and Justin Thompson, 58 West Main St., $309,000.
Ronald J. Rucki to Lisa J. Floury and Scott R. Rucki, 225 West St., $100.
WARWICK
Jose Manuel Calderon Bovio to Barbara Tourigny and Craig Tourigny, 37 Smith Road, $530,000.
WEST SPRINGFIELD
Glory Homes LLC, to Pedro Diaz, Fidelina Colon and Keishmarie D. Lopez, 738 Piper Road, $299,000.
Jean Jonker, representative, and Eileen H. Stopa, estate, to Daniel Breglio, 54 Colony Road, Unit 54, $130,000.
Kristen A. Gawle to Edith Salgado and Chante Garcia-Salgado, 52 Exeter St., $295,000.
Madeline L. Laflamme to Richard Champigny and Michelle Champigny, 17 Allston Ave., $77,000.
Megan Burke to Michael James Lyons, 105 Meadowbrook Ave., $303,000.
Patrick W. Argiro to Justin M. Trench and Elizabeth Trench, 163 Baldwin St., $285,000.
Rick J. Leshinski, representative, Darin Richard Leshinski, estate, and Darin R. Leshinski, estate, to Valerie Depina, 391 Rogers Ave., $347,500.
Stefano S. McGhee, representative, and Pia McGhee, estate, to Mark J. Cancelliere, 811 Amostown Road, $385,000.
WESTFIELD
Bryan M. Hagberg to Wendy Anne Barre, 20B Greenwood St., Unit 10, $185,000.
Crystal L. Eheander and Edward J. Eheander to Jose-ph Goncalves Jr., (JR) and Allycen Goncalves, 84 George St., $322,000.
Derek J. Friend Jr., to Derek J. Friend Jr., and Kerry A. Friend, 32 Highland View St., $100.
Frank A. Demarinis to Mark Klyuchits, 0 Root Road, $120,000.
Jonathan W. Gegetskas and Melissa Gegetskas to Dana Keenan and Laura Keenan, 150
Hillside Road, Unit 23, $230,000.
Lucas Giusto, trustee, Dominic Santaniello, trustee, and Naples Home Buyers Trust, trustee of, to 539 Lancaster Street Realty LLC, 19 Kellogg St., $210,000.
MPS Monarch RE LLC, to Hum Real Estate Holdings LLC, 24 Elise St., $650,000.
MPS Monarch RE LLC, to Hum Real Estate Holdings LLC, 34 Elise St., $550,000.
Robert G. Gordon Jr., to Donald J. Polonis and Ellen A. Glosick, 60 Orchard St., $475,000.
Robert L. Lepage to Bryan Turcotte and Margaret Barcomb, 659 Montgomery Road, $333,000.
Scott T. Burek and Angela Burek to Bryan Pierlon and Aidaliz Pierlon, 25 Carroll Drive, $340,000.
Sergiy Ilyin and Olena Ilyina to Caleb Brannan Kearby and Courtney Kristen Kearby, 1358 East Mountain Road, $558,500.
Teresa E. Tash, Teresa E. Tash-Kimball, Adam R. Selovoski-Kimball and Adam Selvoski-Kimball to Connor Richter, 80 Knollwood Drive, $350,000.
Zachery Hartdegen Naldrett to Vladislav Chemeris, 19 Noble Ave., $278,500.
WESTHAMPTON
Analytical Sciences Marketing Group LLC, and Anniemac Private Equity Cash2keys LLC, to Scott Wilson, 49 Burt Road, $550,000.
WILBRAHAM
Brendan T. Blake and Amy C. Blake to Min Dong and Ping Weng, 55 Chilson Road, $970,000.
Donald J. Flannery to 413 Property Management LLC, 3 Springfield St., $310,000.
Carol A. Marchesseault Revocable Trust, trustee of, and Carol A. Marchesseault, trustee, to Norman Flebotte and Suzanne Flebotte, 56 High Pine Circle, $520,000.
Jennifer W. Gitau, Jennifer Wanjiru Munge, Peter G. Watiri and Peter Gitau Ndanuko to Michael Medeiros, 644 Stony Hill Road, $493,000.
Mark A. Blais and Mark S. Fowles to Steven K. Merzigian and Sharon A. Kravies-Merzigian, 21 Monson Road, $665,000.
Maureen R. Dixon to Melissa Greene and Jeremiah Cherbonneau, 111 Stony Hill Road, $295,000.
Philip M. McCarthy and Kimberly A. McCarthy to Steven J. Pellegrino and Kathleen M. Pellegrino, Sandalwood Drive, Unit 12, $649,000.
Regina A. Gordon and Jeffrey Gordon to Adrian Zapala and Monika Zapala, 29 Bolles Road, $735,000.
WILLIAMSBURG
Jane S. Diamond to J. Mary Sorrell, 31 South Main St., and 35 South Main St., $70,000.
WORTHINGTON
Jane A.P. Christensen, trustee, and Jane Christensen Family Revocable Trust to Marie J. Wolf, 169 West St., $410,000.
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