ANTIQUES & COLLECTING: Father’s Day took time to catch on, F7
IN THE GARDEN: How to fight powdery mildew, F5
GARDENING: Five tomato superstars for summer harvest, F6
11 cleaning mistakes that are making your home dirtier
By Jolie K err
The Washington Post
CLEANING MISTAKES
come in many forms and some are more serious than others. At their worst, incorrect cleaning methods and techniques can sicken or kill you. More often than not, though, mistakes can leave things not as clean as you would like, affecting your home’s air quality or leaving residue that attracts and traps dirt.
Some bad cleaning habits are hard to break, but many common mistakes are easy to correct, leaving your home cleaner — and preventing costly or irreversible damage.
Forgetting to clean the things you use to clean
The vacuum. The washing machine. The toilet brush. The things we use to clean things need to be cleaned, too. It’s easy to overlook such tasks, but staying on top of routine maintenance helps keep things cleaner by preventing cross-contamination from dirty equipment, and it extends the life of household appliances and reusable cleaning tools.
can trap dirt, dust, hair and other particles.
Spraying cleaning agents directly on surfaces
This is a kissing cousin to using too much cleaner, and ditching the habit of applying products directly to surfaces can help reduce the urge to overuse them. Unless directed by the manufacturer, it is generally better to apply cleaning agents to a sponge, cloth, brush or whatever tool you clean with. Doing so will help control the amount of cleaner used and prevent streaks, cloudiness and dulling.
Combining cleaning agents that render each other ineffective
Laundering cleaning rags with fabric softener
Fabric softener is the enemy of fabrics such as terry cloth and microfiber. If you’re accustomed to pouring liquid fabric softener into the wash or using fabric softening dryer sheets when you launder your cleaning cloths, stop. Fabric softener leaves a coating on these materials that will transfer onto whatever surface they come in contact with, leaving residue, streaks and cloudiness behind, especially on glass.
Mopping
floors with laundry detergent
This “TikTok made me do it” cleaning hack is one to avoid for a number of reasons, including safety and efficacy. But the main reason to avoid using laundry detergent as a mopping solution is that it makes floors dirtier. It leaves a residue that attracts and traps dirt, and buildup from the residue gives a dull appearance to floors.
Using cleaning agents incorrectly because you didn’t read the instructions
Magic Erasers can be magical, indeed, but using them correctly is not necessarily intuitive. Did you know that the melamine foam sponge needs to be wet to be effective? This is just one example of why it’s so important to read the instructions that come with a new cleaning product or tool. Consulting manufacturer guide-
lines also can help prevent damage such as scratching, warping or taking off a finish.
Applying way too much cleaner to hard surfaces
It might seem like using more of a cleaning agent will make things cleaner, but the opposite is true: Applying too much cleaner, from sprays and foams to pastes and powder cleansers, is counterproductive and leaves surfaces dirtier than before. This is true for two reasons: First, you’ll have to spend an inordinate amount of time removing the cleaning agent, and second, even after all that wiping or rinsing, the surfaces are likely to be coated in residue that
After witnessing the fun fizzing effect from combining baking soda and vinegar, you’ll be left with saltwater — and saltwater can’t be counted on to clean most things. (It’s great on blood stains, though!) Mixing vinegar with detergents, especially castile soap, is another one to avoid: The acid in vinegar can alter the pH of detergents, making them less effective and, in the case of castile soap, destabilizing and changing its viscosity.
Overlooking dust buildup on vents and fans
Dust builds up quickly on vent covers, air registers, ceiling fans, window air-conditioning units and standing fans, lowering the air quality in your home and spreading the dust far and wide. Keep these areas dust-free with regular vacuuming; canned air is another useful tool in the fight against dust, especially for hard-to-reach fan blades and narrow vent slats.
When vacuuming, it’s worth giving furniture and curtains a going-over, too.
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A toilet brush, and other things we use to clean things, need to be cleaned too. (ADOBE STOCK IMAGE)
Fabric softener can be the enemy of laundering cleaning rags. (ADOBE STOCK IMAGE)
Canned air is a useful tool in the fight against dust, especially for hard-to-reach fan blades and narrow vent slats. (ADOBE STOCK IMAGE) SEE CLEANING, PAGE F3
Applying too much cleaner, from sprays and foams to pastes and powder cleansers, leaves surfaces dirtier than before.
Cleaning
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Running the vacuum only on floors and carpets
Dust, hair, pollen, dander and other airborne soils settle on the surfaces in your home, including fabrics such as upholstery and window treatments. Regular vacuuming is the best way to address dust buildup, so when you haul the vacuum out to clean your floors and carpets, it’s worth giving furniture and curtains a going-over, too.
Washing windows on a bright, sunny day
It’s lovely when sunshine streams through the windows — unless your windows are dirty, and that sunshine reveals it has been some time since the glass was cleaned. It’s understandable to reach for the glass cleaner and take care of the problem that very second. But resist that urge. Cleaning glass on a bright day is a recipe for streaky, cloudy windows. Hold out for a cloudy or overcast day to do your window washing.
Cleaning infrequently and/or sporadically
Why not end this on the most irritating note imaginable? Small messes such as soap scum, mineral deposits or greasy buildup will turn into big problems when ignored. Regular cleaning won’t entirely eliminate the need for heavy-duty or deep cleaning, but it can greatly reduce the time and effort to remediate severe cleaning problems caused by neglect.
GARDEN NOTES
STOCKBRIDGE
Upcoming events at Berkshire Botanical Garden
Berkshire Botanical Garden presents the following upcoming program. Saturday, June 27, “Plant Walk with Alex Klein,” 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Plants contain multitudes. They might be potent medicine, delicious food, fine
craft or building material (or all of those things at once), but they also hold stories, memories and connections our human ancestors have formed with the landscape. Join herbalist Alex Klein for a saunter through the Berkshire
Botanical Garden. Cost $30 members, $45 nonmembers. For more information, or to register visit www.berkshire botanical.org. Berkshire Botanical Garden is located at 5 W. Stockbridge Road.
SEE NOTES, PAGE F4
HOLYOKE
Holyoke Preservation Trust’s annual garden tour
shine. Check in is at Masonic Temple, 235 Chestnut St. Tickets are $15 in advance via Eventbrite or $20 on the day of the event. Registration and map pickup will take place at the Masonic Temple. For more information, visit www.holyokepreservation trust.org
Nancy Little at nancy.little@ greenfield-ma.gov or call 413-772-1544.
MONSON Monson Garden Club scholarship winners
ways to combat powdery mildew
THE POWDERY
white coating I notice on leaves of my peony and lilac plants gives them a very Mediterranean look. Not attractive, though, at least to me, because that’s a sign of a disease, appropriately called powdery mildew. If I look around the garden, the disease is probably showing itself, or soon to do so, on a wide variety of plants, including phlox, zinnia, squash, gooseberry, and many more. Even though powdery mildew is pretty reliable in showing up each season on certain plants — this is important! — the disease doesn’t necessarily spread from one kind of susceptible plant to the next. Many different fungi are responsible for the disease we collectively call powdery mildew, and each of these fungi have specific plant hosts. Thus, the fungus that causes powdery mildew on lilac cannot cause powdery
mildew on rose (caused by the fungus).
Even though powdery mildew on cucumbers and phlox is caused by the same genus and species of fungus, the race of this fungus that attacks cucumber is incapable of attacking phlox; and vice versa.
The name powdery mildew describes the appearance of the disease, typically beginning as white patches on leaves and under suitable conditions eventually coating whole leaves. The fungal threads spread primarily on the outside of the plant and periodically send “pegs” down into the plant with which to extract food. As the disease progresses, leaves become deformed, infected fruits turn leathery, and flower buds fail to open.
I’ve had it. You’ve probably had it. What can we do about it? Read on.
The Holyoke Preservation Trust announces its sixth annual garden tour. This year’s event features seven diverse locations, including four new gardens, a tree tour, and insights form guest experts representing the DCR, Kestrel Land and Trust and a local turtle conservation specialist. The tour highlights the transformation of traditional residential lawns into lush, biodiverse landscapes using native plantings and innovative design. Additionally, two sites feature accessible pathways, allowing all guests to explore and learn about protected natural habitats. The tour takes place on June 27, from 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m., rain or
GREENFIELD Seed library
The Greenfield Public Library has officially launched its new seed library. Home gardeners are invited to visit the seed library, located on the second floor of the library at the Information Services Desk, to choose up to five packets of seeds for their gardens. A wide variety of vegetable seeds (arugula to zucchini), as well as herb and flower seeds (amaranth to zinnia) will be available. Borrowing guidelines will be provided, and gardeners are encouraged to return seeds after the harvest season ends. This program is free and open to everyone. For more information, contact
Julia Royce and Annabelle Tulloch are the recipients of the Monson Garden Club’s scholarships this year. They were chosen based on academic achievements along with personal qualities of citizenship and leadership. Each received $500 to help continue with their education.
Royce will begin her studies in speech, language, and hearing sciences at Worcester State University.
Tulloch will be studying environmental science at Westfield State University. Since 1991 the club has awarded $30,450 in scholarships to 59 students.
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Lee Reich | In the Garden
One type of powdery mildew disease can attach apples, causing these telltale blemishes on the fruits. (LEE REICH PHOTO)
In contrast to most other plant diseases, powdery mildew thrives in dry weather. Rainfall actually washes the spores off plants. The spores do need a little moisture to induce them to germinate and infect a plant, but dew left on leaves when cool nights follow hot days is sufficient.
Pruning can help keep powdery mildew in check. Less overcrowding of branches lets more sunlight and breezes dry leaves quickly to limit the amount of disease, others in addition to powdery mildew. Giving herbaceous plants sufficient elbow room has the same effect of drying leaves faster for less powdery mildew disease. Cutting all stems of these plants down to the ground at the end of the season removes some of the inoculum for next year’s infection, although it won’t prevent spores from blowing in from your neighbors’ gardens, and further.
Good nutrition also helps. Plants are more resistant to attack if they are adequately nourished with potassium and not overly lush from too much nitrogen.
Some plants are inherently more resistant to powdery mildew than are others. The apple varieties Cortland, Baldwin and Jonathan are particularly susceptible to powdery mildew, as are grapes of European, but not American, origin. Miss Lingard (Wedding Phlox) and Eva Cullum are amongst the phlox varieties resistant to powdery mildew.
Last year a friend gave me some red bee balm (Monarda) that’s resistant to the disease. Resistant perhaps, but not immune. A web search will turn up a number of varieties, a few of them red-flowered, that are powdery mildew disease resistant.
If site selection, pruning, and fertilization fail to thwart powdery mildew — and, sad to say, they often do fail — sprays can come to the rescue. Before spraying, weigh the benefits of spraying against the costs in terms of time and
trouble. Powdery mildew on plants such as lilac and zinnia usually occur late enough in the season so that the effect is purely cosmetic, doing the plants little harm. I generally let it be or find some resistant variety. But you can do more .... The simplest, least toxic and most convenient spray would be water. Rain it on plants to wash off the spores, doing so on a dry, sunny day so that leaves dry quickly.
If the decision is made to spray, just any fungicide won’t do. Some, even some nonorganic, chemical sprays, can’t do anything to stop the disease. One organic sprays that is (allegedly) effective against powdery mildew is baking soda. I never found it effective. If you want to give it a try, mix four teaspoons of baking soda in a gallon of water, adding a little soybean oil to make it stick better to leaves. Baking soda is sodium bicarbonate; commercial formulations, containing instead potassium bicarbonate (Kaligreen and Greencure, for example), are less likely to damage plants.
Another organic spray is a commercial formulation — named Serenade — of the beneficial bacterium Bacillus subtilis. This one also didn’t work for me but, as is often said for lots of situations, “Your experience may be different.”
I have some faith (with some basis) on two other relatively benign sprays, both organic, for controlling powdery mildew: sulfur and horticultural oil.
The latter is sometimes sold as “summer spray” oil; also suitable would be one of the plant-based oils such as neem oil or jojoba oil.
Certain plants could be damaged by sulfur, and either sulfur or oil damages most plants if sprayed in very hot weather, when temperatures are above 90°F. Never spray both materials within two weeks of each other.
Powdery mildew is no newcomer to gardens. It is perhaps the mildew mentioned in the biblical passage “I smote you with blight and mildew; I laid waste your gardens and vineyards ....” (Amos 4:9).
Similarly, sulfur — tradition-
ally known as brimstone — has a long tradition of use as a fungicide. As far back as 800 B.C., in Homer’s epic poem “The Odyssey,” he writes that Odysseus, following the bloodbath of killing all suitors to his wife Penelope, calls out to his “dear nurse” Eurycleia: “Old woman, bring sulphur here to purify the house. And bring me fire so I can purge the hall.” Burning sulfur was, and still is sometimes, used for fumigation.
is afflicted with the aptly named powdery
This peony
mildew disease.
(LEE REICH PHOTO)
5 tomato superstars for a mouthwatering summer harvest
By Jessica Damiano
Associated Press
TOMATO TIME IS MY FAVORITE TIME.
In spring, the anticipation of slicing into a juicy, meaty ball of perfection has me planting more than I should. By midsummer, plumping tomatoes on fragrant vines motivate me. And in late summer, when the payoff arrives here in my zone 7 garden, I’m reminded why they’re the most popular backyard vegetable.
Tomatoes, of course, are technically fruits, as is every crop with seeds inside its edible part. True vegetables are plant parts such as flowers, stems, leaves and roots. Still, we colloquially refer to tomatoes as vegetables, so who am I to argue?
Every year, I grow at least one new-to-me variety in hopes of discovering the next best thing, but in the end, I keep returning to the same five superstars (all require a minimum of six to eight hours of direct sunlight daily and about 1 to 1 ½ inches of water per week):
Bull’s hearts, or oxhearts
These are staples in my raised beds. I fell in love with them on a trip years ago to Italy’s Amalfi Coast, where they’re called cuore di bue; in France, they’re coeur de boeuf. Your seed packet might call them by any of these names (tomato, to-mah-to!).
Plants produce large, meaty, fragrant and tasty heart-shaped (human, not Valentine’s) fruit with few seeds. They make great salads, sandwiches and, because of their low water content, tomato paste and sauce, too.
There are variations among subtypes (pink, Russian, Hungarian, etc.). Some are heirloom; others, hybrids.
Expect most to be ready for harvesting roughly 80 days after planting.
Rutgers
First introduced to home gardeners in 1934, this is a new favorite in my garden. Technically hybrids bred by Rutgers University and the Campbell Soup Company, their seeds can be saved for replanting as with heirlooms because they have been open-pollinated. Sometimes called Jersey tomatoes, the round, bright red, flavorful, 4- to 6-ounce “slicer”
tomatoes are nice and meaty, making them great for sandwiches and salads. You can expect to harvest in about 75 days.
Big Boys
These may look like perfectly round, boring supermarket tomatoes, but just one bite will put an end to the comparison. Among the tastiest of the hybrids, the beefsteak was introduced by the Burpee Seed Company in 1949. Plants are highly productive, pumping out a steady stream of (at least) 10- to 12-ounce, aromatic tomatoes starting about 78 days after planting.
Sungold cherry tomatoes
These have a somewhat cult following among tomato growers, myself included. Since they’re prone to splitting, they aren’t typically found in grocery stores, so unless you’re lucky enough to stumble upon them at the farmers’ market, you’ll have to grow these babies yourself if you want to taste what all the fuss is about. Plants produce clusters of candy-sweet, low-acid, orange tomatoes, each approximately an inch wide. Use them in salads and crudite platters, or just snack on them right off the plant. Ready in about 60-65 days.
Brandywines
Large, juicy heirloom beefsteaks that date to the late 1800s. The plant has potato-type foliage and produces 6- to 7-inch pinkish-red fruits that weigh up to a pound apiece and make perfectly sized sandwich slices. Pink-fruited varieties are available, as well.
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A halved Brandywine tomato. (JESSICA DAMIANO VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS)
A container of candy-sweet Sungold cherry tomatoes. (HUDSON VALLEY SEED CO.)
A homegrown Bull’s heart tomato. (JESSICA DAMIANO VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS)
Terry & Kim Kovel | Antiques & Collecting
Father’s Day didn’t catch on right away
AS THE OLD SAYING goes, “A man’s home is his castle.” According to ads like this one, on Father’s Day, he’s king. While holidays honoring fathers have been observed for hundreds of years, the first American Father’s Day, as we know it, was observed on June 19, 1910, in Spokane, Washington. Coincidentally, the mid-century advertising display for Seagram’s Fine Whiskies, which sold for $100 at Potter & Potter Auctions, also has Father’s Day on June 19, but observations of the holiday had changed by then. The first Father’s Day was observed with a church service. It was organized by a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd whose father, a Civil War veteran and widower, raised her and her five siblings by himself. Inspired by a Mother’s Day church service, she believed there should be a day to honor fathers, too. However, Dodd’s idea did not catch on immediately. In fact, many men disliked the idea; they thought Father’s Day was too much like Mother’s Day, and therefore too feminine. Still, the holiday spread across the country and gradually became the gift-centered holiday it is today.
During the Great Depression, it was promoted as a way to stimulate the economy by buying gifts. Men’s service in World War II gave families more reasons to celebrate fathers. The Seagram’s advertisement, a 22-inch cardboard display with an easel back, is a product of the time. Promoting whiskey, not to mention the royal regalia pictured on the man, appears to be a sign of postwar prosperity.
Q. I find the information on Kovels.com about Wave Crest glass confusing. You say it was made by Pairpoint, but that’s not true. Pairpoint and other glass companies supplied Wave Crest blanks to C.F. Monroe, who decorated them, added
Happy Father’s Day! Even before it was officially a national holiday, advertisements encouraged shoppers to buy gifts for Dad — and treat him like a king. (POTTER & POTTER AUCTIONS)
mountings and liners, and marketed them alongside Kelva and Nakara.
A. We apologize for any confusion! You are correct that C.F. Monroe, located in Meriden, Connecticut, decorated and marketed glass blanks as Wave Crest, Kelva and Nakara; and that the blanks were made by other companies, including the Pairpoint Manufacturing Company of New Bedford. In our Kovels.com Identification Guide listing for Wave Crest (also spelled Wavecrest), Kelva and Nakara, we credit C.F. Monroe for the decoration, and Pairpoint and other factories, including French manufacturers, for the glass blanks. Wave Crest registered in 1892, Nakara, made about the same time, and Kelva, registered in 1904, were all lines of art glass
imagery. The pottery was initially called The Frank Potteries when it opened in 1933, but changed its name in 1934. Ada clay was used until 1956, when the company switched to red clay from Sapulpa, Oklahoma, where it was located. So, you are right; your saltshaker must be more than 60 years old. The bull saltshakers were first made in 1942. Green is the most common glaze color. The company called the color “patina” at first, then “prairie green.” Earlier this year, a pair of Frankoma Ada clay bull figurines the size of your saltshaker sold at auction for about $120. The common color and the damage to your saltshaker’s mate would make them worth slightly less. Individual Ada clay saltshakers can sell for about $20 to $50, depending on their design, color, and condition. A collector’s club like the Frankoma Collectors Association (frankomacollectors. org) or other online resources like FrankomaCollector.com may have more information that can help you.
CURRENT PRICES
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. Trunk, camphor wood, flat lid, relief carved, scenic panels, geometric borders, brass hardware, latch closure, Chinese, 12 1/2 x 28 1/2 x 13 1/2 inches, $45. Arts & Crafts, tankard, porcelain, Wesley Dow style, multicolor, hand painted scene, landscape, trees, houses, water, hills in background, c. 1900, 7 inches, $100.
Advertising, figure, Miller High Life, Lucky Guy, fisherman, yellow hat, holding rod and three fish, beer bottle, c. 1950, 8 inches, $120. Kitchen, teakettle, lid, cast iron, tilter, round body, swan’s neck spout, bail handle, three-footed, 18th century, 12 x 15 inches, $145.
with an opaque white base, decorated in delicate pastel colors with painted flowers or scenic. They can be difficult to tell apart, especially because they were rarely marked, but collectors can recognize differences in color, design, and decoration styles.
Q. I have a bull saltshaker in green by Ada Clay, 2 by 3 1/4 inches. It is in pristine condition. I also have its mate, but it is damaged. They are at least 50 or 60 years old. Can you let me know the value?
A. “Ada clay” refers to the light cream-colored clay from Ada, Oklahoma, used by Frankoma Pottery. Frankoma is best known for its mid-century dinnerware and animal figures, many of which had Western
TIP: Check a poster for age with a black light. Almost all new paper and cardboard will glow under long-wave black light. Paper made before 1940 rarely glows.
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Thermometer, Dad’s Root Beer, bottle cap graphic with ribbon, Just Right ... For ...Tastes Like Root Beer Should!, blue, yellow, orange, tin, 27 inches, $285. Daum, figurine, rabbit, seated, shaded brown to blue, dark blue cabochon eyes, pate de verre, etched mark, Daum France, 4 1/2 x 8 inches, $345.
Rug, Navajo, Ganado, center diamond medallion, corner motifs, black, ivory, red, gray ground, red border, 56 x 41 inches, $455. Tiffany, humidor, hinged lid, mahogany, square, two interior departments, inset handles, marked liner and box, Tiffany & Co., 5 1/2 x 12 1/2 x 11 inches, $705. Furniture, table, Pembroke, George III, satinwood, rosewood, drop leaves, marquetry, center oval medallion, leafy scrolls, drawer, brass pulls, England, c. 1830, 29 x 35 1/2 inches, $1,055.
Sports, baseball, ball, autographed, 26 signatures, Detroit Tigers, World Series Champions, JSA authentication, 1984, $1,200.
Average 30-year US mortgage rate falls to 6.47%
By M att O tt
Associated Press
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate fell this week, tracking Treasury yields that have retreated since a deal to end the war with Iran was announced.
The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate fell to 6.47% from 6.52% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the average rate was 6.81%.
Borrowing costs on 15-year fixed-rate mortgages, often sought by borrowers refinancing a home loan, also came down this week. That average rate fell to 5.81% from 5.84% last week. A year ago, it was at 5.96%, 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.
With inflation still well above the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, officials at the U.S. central bank left the benchmark interest rate where it was on Wednesday. It was the first meeting with new Fed Chair Kevin Warsh, who replaced Jerome Powell after his eightyear run as the U.S. central bank’s leader.
A number of Fed policymakers said they are actually willing to consider at least one interest rate hike this year. Rates have been mostly trending higher since the conflict between the U.S. and Iran began in late February, disrupting the flow of crude oil from the Persian Gulf to customers worldwide. That’s sent oil prices sharply higher, helping drive up inflation, bond yields and mortgage rates.
Deeds
AGAWAM
Cameron Davidson and Alexis McElligott to Maddison Taylor Bissonnette and Arthur Edwards Barnes IV, 72 Granger Drive, $318,000.
However, earlier this week, the U.S. and Iran came to a tentative agreement to end the war and allow Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz and sell its oil freely.
That sent the yield on the U.S. 10-year Treasury note down from 4.53% last week to 4.44% Thursday. It was just 3.97% in late February, before the war broke out.
As recently as late February, the average rate on a 30-year mortgage had slipped just under 6% for the first time since late 2022. It’s hasn’t fallen below that threshold since.
Two weeks ago, it climbed to 6.53%, its highest level since Aug. 28.
While average long-term mortgage rates remain lower than they were at this time last year, their mostly upward trajectory and uncertainty over how much higher they may go has kept many would-be homebuyers on the sideline.
Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes declined in the first three months of the year compared to a year earlier, extending a nationwide housing slump that dates back to 2022 when mortgage rates began to climb from pandemic-era lows. Sales were essentially flat in April, but accelerated in May to their fastest pace since December.
Still, sales of existing U.S. homes continue to hovering close to a 4 million annual pace, far short of the historic norm that is closer to 5.2 million.
Though mortgage applications fell according to the most recent Mortgage Bankers Association survey, they jumped 10.8% the week before.
Pending home sales also rose last month, an encouraging sign for the housing market heading into the second half of the year after a lackluster spring homebuying season.
Christopher John McElligott and Christopher J. McElligott to Alexis McElligott and Cameron Davidson, 3 White Oaks Drive, $375,000.
Editha Realty LLC, to Nicholas Williamson, 20-22 Editha Ave., $378,500.
Haskell Holdings LLC, to Ibrahem Assaf and Ahmad Assaf, 10-12 River St., $600,000.
Jeffrey S. O’Keefe and Donna L. O’Keefe to Zachary Towle, 23 Katharine Drive, $404,700.
Jonathan Kwiat, trustee, Pauline Santoro, trustee, and 511 Shoemaker Trust, trustee of, to Steven Kenneth Mazza, 511 Shoemaker Lane, $418,000.
Karol Celmer and Kelly Celmer to Corey J. Koske and Morgan Koske, 201 Southwick St., $395,000.
Kurt J. Hanson, representative, and John A. Hanson, estate, to 31 Kellogg LLC, 31 Kellogg Ave., $175,000.
Laury A. Frazier to West Co. Investments LLC, 85 Albert St., $250,000.
Leonard R. Bruso Jr., trustee, Leonard R. Bruso Jr. Trust, trustee of, Janet G. Bruso, trustee, and Janet G. Bruso Trust, trustee of, to Monica A. Peterson, 26 Columbus St., $350,000.
Mona Mastalisz to Mareva Properties LLC, 204 Regency Park Drive, $165,000.
Paul A. LaFlamme and Teresa R. LaFlamme to Sayeda Sohail and Syed Akhtar, 82 Pleasant Drive, $405,000.
Sheila A. Kida, representative, and Elizabeth J. Kida, estate, to Vitalii Kozar and Angelina Kozar, 23 Sylvan Lane, $309,000.
Yildiz Ucar and Ferhat Ucar to Tustin Moore, 208 School St., $445,000.
AMHERST
Weizhao Huang and Annabelle Guo to Amanda Mancic-Coe and Igor Mancic, 228 Aubinwood Road, $635,000.
Karl P. Longto to Eleven Million Olive Trees LLC, 135 Pelham Road, $400,000.
Ann R. Sklar, trustee, and Ann R. Sklar Revocable Trust to Joyce E. Alleman, 27 Greenleaves Drive, $287,000.
Edward M. Gordon, trustee, Richard M. Gordon, trustee, and Nancy M. Gordon 2015 Trust to Joel Greenbaum and Lisa Greenbaum, 27
Pease Place, $615,000.
Yi Zhang to Albert Wang and Ruxandra Paul, 27 Summerfield Road, $1,155,000.
Amhad Development Corp., to Susan West, trustee, and Susan West Revocable Living Trust, 28 Greenleaves Drive, $325,000.
BELCHERTOWN
Jeffrey B. Herron, Linda M. Herron, and Linda M. Lanney to Jeffrey B. Herron, trustee, Linda M. Herron, trustee, Jeffrey B. Herron Revocable Trust and Linda M. Herron Revocable Trust, 236 Old Enfield Road, $100.
Dorothy A. Adams and Frank L. Adams to Cara L. Lapenas, trustee, Denise M. Newland, trustee, and Paul & Donna Lapenas Irrevocable Trust, 23 Tucker Lane, $400,000.
Susan M. Darlington to David Perkins, 20 Old Bay Road, $620,000.
BERNARDSTON
Abdelillah Bouafi and Delizia Bouafi to Joseph C. Connelly, trustee of the Connelly Farm Realty Trust, 727 Brattleboro Road, $399,900.
Dianne Michaud to Peter Klimoski, 116 Bald Mountain Road, $322,500.
BRIMFIELD
Emily A. Christian, Nicholas C. Christian and Emily A. Sokol to Alysia Zamantakis and Ilias Enetzelis, 156 Wales Road, $449,900.
Lisa Ann Wong and Anthony Soto to Daniel Fuller, 88 Cubles Drive, $320,000.
BUCKLAND
Brian M. Weston, trustee of the 9-13 State Street Realty Trust, to Newell Block LLC, 9 State St., $750,000.
CHARLEMONT
Jonathan J. Flaherty and Timothy Flaherty to Barbara A. Sinclair and James Sinclair, Warfield Road, $80,000.
CHESTER
Barbara P. Huntoon, Russell D. Pease, Allen D. Pease and Karen A. Beam to Kevin Merola, 120 Prospect St., $200,000.
CHICOPEE
Barbara M. Bennett to Peter Joe Alicea Correa and Colleen K. Hutcheson, 59 Ellerton St., $350,000.
Diane M. Wilson to Lewis Deauseault Jr., and Renee Alicia Deauseault, 37 Greenwood Terrace, Unit 6055B, $240,000.
Donna M. Taney to Galina Babich
and Vitaliy Babich, 119 Oakridge St., $540,000.
Ellen M. Franklin Furgason, Linda A. Chretien, Dorothy M. Franklin and Nancy J. Franklin to Urszula Stetson, trustee, and Urszula Nominee Trust, trustee of, 477-479 Springfield St., $60,000.
Eugenia Popielarczyk to CIL Realty of Massachusetts Inc., 62 Parenteau Court, $487,000.
Irene Kepler to Juan Carlos Ramos and Claire Montanez, 22 Harrington Road, $375,000.
James D. McNeill to Shari Morehouse, 269 Chicopee St., Unit C-16, $205,000.
Kevin J. Leahy and Kathleen M. Leahy to Collin Boucher, 88 Basil Road, $445,000.
Lisa L. Dill to Naples Home Buyers Inc., 44 Shepherd St., $120,000.
Lorraine R. Anderson to Anthony Kelly, 20 Edbert St., $300,000.
Nancy Theriault, representative, Duane Alton Renaldi Sr., estate, and Duane A. Renaldi, estate, to BKBuilders LLC, 461 Sheridan St., $350,000.
Richard F. Dzialo and David F. Dzialo to David F. Dzialo and Cynthia Dzialo, 92 Blanchard St., $100,000.
Saddam Al Akraa and Alyaa Hadi Saleh to Lakia Wheeler, Nazyah Wheeler, Ahzariya Wheeler and Tajzhier Wheeler, 49 Bennett St., $360,000.
Yekaterina A. Alekseyeva to Jaime Santiago, 28 Maple St., $347,000.
CUMMINGTON
Georgia Metz to Bridgette M. Davis and Ellen Sale, 141 Stage Road, $151,000.
DEERFIELD
Susan D. Anderson and Brander M. Sieber to Julie Hanieski and Michael Hanieski, 37 River Road, $475,000.
Kathleen O’Connor to Heather Rose Floyd-Haupt, 407 River Road, $500,000.
EAST LONGMEADOW
Christie Pezzetta to Mark Zilewicz and Van T. Zilewicz, 15 Shaw St., $340,000.
Paradox Capital LLC, to West Jam Man LLC, 73 Edmund St., $221,500. Phuong Nguyen, Lien Phuong My Nguyen and Tan Ngoe Nguyen to Mehmood Sheikh and Sabeen Fatima Sheikh, 69 Maplehurst Ave., $370,000.
Steven Quagliato, representative, and Rosemarie Quagliato, estate, to Paradox Capital LLC, 73 Edmund St., $150,000.
Tyna S. Hanson, trustee, Hanson
Deeds
Family Trust, trustee of, and Craig A. Hanson to Thiennga Thi Nguyen, Ash Street, Lot 74, $360,000.
EASTHAMPTON
Paul T. Morey to 320 Pelham Road LLC, 14 Dewey St., $320,000.
Nathan E. Wood and Anna C. Clarke to Nathan E. Wood, trustee, Anna C. Clarke, trustee, and Nathan E. Wood Living Trust, 14 Laurel Drive, $100.
Pamela J. Lyman and Thomas F. Lyman to Lathrop Community Inc., 58 Florence Road, $640,000.
Andrew Placzek to Rachel A. Tenney and Sarah E.Z. Rost, 16 Picard Circle, $500,000.
Janice M. Reid, trustee, Janice M. Reid Revocable Trust and Janice M. Reid to Christopher Roberts and Leigh Roberts, 42 Sandra Road, $430,000.
Pineview Development LLC, and West Co Investments LLC, to Erika Mueller, 18 Nicols Way, $719,900.
GILL
Shari Louise Sollars to Olivia Finnegan, 143 Barney Hale Road, $353,000.
GRANBY
Carol A. Morrissette to Michael P. Morrissette, trustee, Daniel C. Morrissette, trustee, and Carol A. Morrissette Irrevocable Trust, 17 East St., $100.
Carol A. Morrissette to Michael P. Morrissette, trustee, Daniel C. Morrissette, trustee, and Carol A. Morrissette Irrevocable Trust, East Street, $100.
Nancy A. Mack to Maryanne Mack and Haleigh Mack, 233 Batchelor St., $372,500.
Elizabeth M. Figlioli, Joan C. Hodgkins and James K. Davey to Christy Davey, 4 Pine Brook Circle, $290,000.
GREENFIELD
Terri Kramer, trustee of the Harvey Levitt Nominee Trust, to BTM Solar LLC, 414 Mohawk Trail and Shelburne Road, $199,000.
Michael Morgan and Allisia Cole Williams to Fort River Real Estate LLC, 180 Chapman St., $180,000.
HADLEY
Mark P. Wisnewski, trustee, and Marguerite A. Wilson 2010 Irrevocable Trust to Lightning Bolt Inc., 29 Lawrence Plain Road, $300,000.
Colin R. Szawlowski to Brian Kane, 27 River Drive, $540,000.
Annie H. Pyle to Catherine S. Currier, 36 West St., $1,175,000.
Richard G. Neylon and Julie A. Neylon to Emily Covert and Michelle Chaffee, 3 Frost Lane, $815,000.
HAMPDEN
Sharon L. Ober to Matthew Antunes and Justine Antunes, 148 Scantic Road, $910,000.
HEATH
Christopher L. Bradway to Colton Brown, Dell Road, $5,000.
HOLLAND
James H. Gagne to Austin J. McIlveen, trustee, and 154 Mashapaug Road Realty Trust, trustee, 154 Mashapaug Road, $475,000.
HOLYOKE
Areid Estate LLC, to Luz G. Ortiz, Ezequiel Ortiz Sr., and Wilnelia Marrero, 192 Chestnut St., $465,000.
Diane L. Robert to Timothy M. Kennick and Janelle M. Kennick, 143 Sycamore St., $330,000.
Edwin Sanchez, representative, Amelia Sanchez, estate, and Amelia V. Sanchez, estate, to Yeriles Ortiz-Arbelo, 2115 Northampton St., $295,000.
Gloria J. Urbina, Gloria M. Urbina, Rosie L. Urbina and Jessica Dennis to Elliot Castellano, 15 Chapman Ave., $275,000.
Jason A. Urban to Timothy John Lukowski, 316 Apremont Highway, $260,000.
Jon S. Florio, Helene A. Florio and Eva Lin Fahey to John Nicholas Floyd, 31 Wellesley Road, $440,000.
Kelly Lynn Koher, Kelly Lynn Beaudoin and Armand Koher to Robert S. Hoyt and Zaida E. Hoyt, 44 Lower Westfield Road, $310,000.
Kirit K. Patel and Sobhna Patel to Ernesto Noe Regus, 266-272 Race St., $295,000.
Lock & Key LLC, to Edgardo Colon, 67-69 Longwood Ave., $420,000.
Maxyne Schneider, representative, and Anthony F. Piaggi, estate, to Kevin Alves and Sadie Higgins, 16 Queen St., $325,000.
Onyx Investments LLC, to Rebecca Connor and Justis Connor, 258 Rock Valley Road, $400,000.
Ryan Randall Realty LLC, and KMAK LLC, to Marwa Al-Rebaueei and Hussein Al Maliki, 129 Morgan St., $222,000.
Sullymar Nunez Andujar to Jean Lafond Saint Louis and Fanise Pucard, 16 Washington Ave., $440,000.
Charlene Morrow Revocable Trust, trustee of, and Charlene Morrow, trustee, to Ruth Epstein, 26 Lexington Ave., $595,000.
TF Holyoke MA (site 3433) LLC, to Capro Cypress Holyoke Retail LLC, 0 Northampton Street, $6,100,000.
Timothy J. O’Donoghue to Taylor Tanek Stocki, 25 Morgan St., $389,000.
HUNTINGTON
Norman C. Wolfram to Ryan Lee Ames, 16 Nagle Cross Road, $173,000.
Alan A. Lussier, Phyllis I. Lussier and Phyllis I. Montesi to Rebecca C. Noddle and Jay B. Noddle, 12 Pond Brook Road, $450,000.
LONGMEADOW
Elizabeth Ann Caron-Latsko, trustee, and Cherry Lane Nominee Trust, trustee of, to Hal Etkin and Linda Etkin, 69 Cherry Lane, $582,500.
Harold R. Allen, estate, and Nancy Cooley, representative, to Sohee Hahm and Ki Wook Hahm, 152 Massachusetts Ave., $325,000.
Mohammadhossein Gilzad Kohan and Marzieh Soheili to Yury Klimovitsky, trustee, Svetlana Klimovitsky, trustee, and Yury Klimovitsky & Svetlana Klimovitsky Revocable Trust, trustee of, 67 Ridge Road, $630,000.
Yoo Jung Choo and Jin Woo Choi to Bryse W. Roeben and Aylin S. Roeben, 127 Inverness Lane, $700,000.
LUDLOW
Andrew Doming to Danielle Latorre, Danielle Doming, John Jemsek and Barbara Jemsek, 39 Arnold St., $28,000.
Jacob Hing and Brandi Gillen Hing to Brian S. Walker and Joanne C. Winsor, 16 Carol St., $180,000.
Mark T. Mendes and Dean A. Mendes to Teddy Chow, 18 Cambridge St., $279,900.
Mitchell Guzzo and Serena Richardson to Christopher Bowers, 43 Tait St., $350,000.
MONSON
Jessica L. Klisiewicz to Mary .E Zurawka and Paul Zurawka, 20 High St., $422,000.
MONTAGUE
Stephanie Keri and Teena Whitmore to James Donald Hulse and Kathleen Patricia Hulse, 72 Randall Road, $511,000.
NORTHAMPTON
Debra T. Bercuvitz and Kris B. Thomson to Rachel Stein and Yana Stein, 362 Kennedy Road, $690,000.
Nicole A. Long and Sarah E. Applebaum to Thomas Robinson, 8 Edgewood Terrace, $535,000.
Sovereign Builders Inc., to Molly Elizabeth McCutcheon, 296 Ryan Road, $200,000.
Matthew Kane and Ann Markes to Matthew J. Kane, trustee, Ann K. Markes, trustee, Matthew Kane Revocable Trust and Ann Markes Revocable Trust, 124 Maple Ridge Road, $100.
Penny More Capital LLC, to Gonzo Gardner & Friends LLC, 16 Armory St., $1,620,000.
Laura A. Battles, trustee, and Revocable Indenture of Trust of Laura A. Battles to Sara Kirshbaum, 88 Straw Ave., $850,000.
Robert A. Greenlaw, Sheila M. Greenlaw and Sheila Jane McMurrich to Sheila Jane McMurrich, 4 Prospect Court, $100.
Laura LeClair to Tania Welker, 61 Crescent St., $335,000.
NORTHFIELD
Larry F. Giard to Andrew Sheldon Page, 129 School St., $40,000.
Keith G. Lyman and Luanne P. Lyman to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Department of Conservation and Recreation, Warwick Road, $160,000.
ORANGE
Rosanne K. Paige, individually and as trustee of the Alan J. Paige Supplemental Needs Trust, to Make Investments Great Again LLC, 10 Mechanic St., $200,000.
Elaine R. Mitchell, Roger L. Mitchell and Rebecca Louise Mitchell Wood to Rachel MacDonald and Vincent MacDonald, Prentiss Street, $3,500.
PALMER
Cassondra B. Hayden and Keith J. Bergeron to James D. Roso, 8 Summit Drive, $325,000.
Collin Boucher to Donavan Bennett, 4498 High St., $310,000.
Emily A. Doiron, Emily A. McCutchen and Patrick Emery McCutchen to Angelique LaBonte, 18 Holbrook St., $305,000.
Rehab Home Buyers LLC, to Nancy Boden, 63 Charles St., $340,000.
Steven Mercure to IHI Wave LLC, 1644-1646 North Main St., $275,000.
PELHAM
Kathleen M. Martell to Tammi A. Martell, Cole S. Martell and Evan T. Martell, Daniel Shays Highway, $100.
PLAINFIELD
Samuel Ruben, trustee, Marilyn Tamarin Revocable Living Trust and Harold & Marilyn Tamarin Trust to Samuel E. Ruben, Jacob Tug Ruben
and Pablo Tamarin, 4 Governor St., $100.
Samuel E. Ruben, Jacob Tug Ruben and Pablo Tamarin to TamarinHouse LLC, 4 Governor St., $100.
SHELBURNE
Mark P. Upton and Julie Upton-Wang to Mark E. Gerry, trustee of the Mark E. Gerry Revocable Trust, 11 Masonic Ave., $450,000.
SOUTH HADLEY
Elis Hernandez to Huabin June Niu, trustee, and Niu Family Trust, 412 Granby Road, $335,000.
Scott Family Properties LLC, to South Hadley Rentals LLC, 18 North Main St., $589,500.
Roberta Fitzpatrick to Peter A. Ladd and Mary B. Ladd, 85 Pine Grove Drive, $487,500.
Adam A. Quenneville to Gigi Self Storage-2 LLC, 160 Old Lyman Road, $1,370,000.
SOUTHWICK
Fiore Realty Holdings LLC to Sprocket Realty LLC, 3 Silvergrass Lane, Lot 37, $285,000.
Fitzgerald Home Solutions LLC, to April McCarthy, 29 Birchwood Road, $340,000.
Ievgenii Gusiev to Kate Cressotti and Jeffrey Cressotti, 14 Liquori Drive, $185,000.
Jeremy Michael Melloni and Desiree Melloni to James T. Birchall and Wendy Birchall, 23 Charles Johnson Road, $345,308.
Joseph C. Ledoux and Susan L. Saucier-Ledoux to Angel Marrero Jr., and Ashley Marrero, 21 Fred Jackson Road, $418,000.
Tanya Kellogg, trustee, and Constance K. Kellogg Trust, trustee of, to Jesse Sobczyk, 371 Rear North Loomis St., $52,000.
Tanya Kellogg, trustee, and Constance K. Kellogg Trust, trustee of, to Kelly A. Mountain and Steven Boisseau, 377 North Loomis St., $140,000.
SPRINGFIELD
AJ Capital Inc., to Dalila Lopez Sanchez, 63-65 Euclid Ave., $555,000.
Anthony Diaz and Karen Diaz to Mildred Pierre Charles and Rosalind Pierre Charles, 70 Hartwick St., $500,000.
Brennan Duncan and Briana Alexis Duncan to JJJ17 LLC, 143 Davenport St., $50,000.
Cheryl D. Jones, Tammie M. Terry, Glenn E. Sullivan, Marva Hankins, Ricky Sullivan and Carolyn Hill to Samantha Jordan, 137 Carnarvon
Dnepro Properties LLC, to James Christy, 31 Worcester Ave., $565,000.
Dorothy A. Lambert to Sareen Properties LLC, 158 Woodcrest Road, $195,000. Eddie E. Velez, Iraida Velez and Elida Velez to Diane Wilson, 19 Carnarvon Circle, $270,000.
Frances-Julia B. Jaynes, Jessica A. Thomas-Jaynes and Jeffery W. Jaynes Jr., to Joseph Santaniello, E S James Street, $175,000.
Frank DiBenedetto, trustee, and DB Realty Trust, trustee of, to Le T. Le, 114 Aldrew Terrace, $320,000.
Hassle Free LLC, to Colondres+Co LLC, 507-509 White St., $287,000.
Jacklyn Viens and Chad H. Viens to Oskrmy Properties LLC, 47 Hartford Terrace, $220,000.
Jacqueline W. Waweru, trustee, Waweru Family Revocable Trust, trustee of, and Wilfredo Rodriguez to Esther Baah and Augustine Owusu, Bayard Avenue, Lot 327, $421,000.
Jean E. Kocot, trustee, Jean E. Steinmetz, trustee, and 90 Teakwood 2 Trust, trustee of, to Channel Audiss Williams, 90 Teakwood Road, $372,000.
Joel Padilla Tirado and Kiara Francheska Zapata Flores to Tashiana Salinas, 276 Dickinson St., $324,999.
Joseph L. Nisenkier and Lisa C. DeSousa to Victoria Feliciano Cortes, 69 Belvidere St., $297,000.
Joseph Santana and Gilmary Gracia Rivera to Juan A. Flores, 180 Mildred Ave., $335,000.
Joyce Ortiz to Jans Jeriman Hidalgo Marin, 34 Wallace St., $235,000.
Mahant LLC, to Skyblue Corp., 74-78 Island Pond Road, $400,000.
Genevieve Construction Development Group Inc., to Luz Tamara Navarro Cosme and Jose Antonio Figueroa, 130 Fox Hill Road, $325,000.
Michael J. Desimone and Shirley R. Desimone to Ana M. Medina, 2401 Wilbraham Road, $379,900.
Michael L. Jones to Maderose LLC, 173 Nassau Drive, $182,000.
Monique Coates, Dorothy Austin and Najee Austin to Hassle Free LLC, 507-509 White St., $233,000.
Pah Properties LLC, to Samantha Wu, 44 Frontenac St., $360,000.
Petro Smoliarchuk and Miroslav Nesterchuk to Hoa P. Nguyen, Thao Nguyen and Thao Thi Thu Nguyen, 206 Treetop Ave., $350,000.
Piotr A. Lipert and Krystyna B. Lipert to Denis Rudchenko and Mary Curran, 2026 Parker St., $502,500.
Rapheal R. George to Jennifer Mendez, 99 Wilmont St., $330,000.
Saint Johns Congregational Church to Ehimwema Thomas, SS Union Street, $45,000.
Ronald J. Caulton, Ronald J. Caulton Jr., representative, Adrienne Audrey Caulton, estate, and Adrienne A. Caulton, estate, to Mazal Real Estate LLC, 52 Navajo Road, $195,000.
S & G Realty LLC, to C&J Realty MA LLC, 4-8 Leyfred Terrace, $1,940,000.
Sean Baker to Darcy R. Scott, 61 Spencer St., $315,000.
Segunda Iglesia Pentecostal La Senda Antiqua Inc., to Iglesia Pentecostal de Avivamiento La Ultima Cosecha Chicopee MA Inc., and Jezenia Delgado, 52 Brentwood St., $405,000.
Springfield City to Mike Krasnov, NS Tracy Street, $58,800.
SR Homebuyers LLC, to Gabriel Perez, 177 Flint St., $375,000.
Tonya M. Claiborne, trustee, and Dr Cs Trust, trustee of, to Kimberly Ann Martin,
32 Burton St., $345,000.
Value Properties LLC, to Dewayne Thomas, 242-244 Commonwealth Ave., $395,000.
TOLLAND
Joaquim C. Marques and Maria Luz Marques to Michael Smith, Colebrook River Road, Lot 1B, $58,000.
Wales
William D. Morgan Jr., representative, Tamara M. Smith, representative, and William D. Morgan, estate, to Hannah Morgan Smith and Daniel Smith, 11 Monson Road, $300,000.
WARE
Elliot Posada and Susy Posada to Geli Saroufim, 48 North St., $90,000.
Elliot Posada and Susy Posada to Guderian Nery, 48 North St., $96,000.
WEST SPRINGFIELD
Aleksandr Govor to Sullymar Nunez-Andujar and Douglas Sweeney, 0 Prince Avenue, $430,000.
Amybeth Barnard and Robert K .Barnard Jr., to Carolay Leticia Compres Marte and Darnell Cortes, 1996 Westfield St., $480,000.
Dream Builders Construction LLC, to Hilary Sullivan and Edward Charles Sullivan, 58 Field St., $365,000.
James L. Gearing and Ronald L. Gearing II, to Meghan A. Costello, 165 Van Horn St., $300,000.
Jamie L. Horton and Gregory R. Eldredge to Aamir Wani and Uzma Rafiq, 48 Mountain Ave., $500,000.
Jeffrey Grabowski and Beth Palmer Grabowski to Margaret Anne Pate and Daniel J. Griffiths, 37 Elmdale St., $245,000.
Lori E. Gallerani and Richard P. Greene to
Mustafa Gusenov, 23 York St., $290,000. Mary C. Curran to Luke Battista, 861 Amostown Road, $353,000.
Ronald N. Thompson to Maggie L. DeForge, 22 Buckingham Ave., $330,000.
Steven Stratos, representative, and Gustave Stratos, estate, to Michael P. Sullivan and Gina L. Sullivan, 82 Braintree Road, $350,000.
WESTFIELD
Andrew L. Holbrook to Caden Austin Nooney, 85 City View Boulevard, $319,900.
Brian R. Campbell and Margaret S. Campbell to Ambar Orench-Durango and Jason Mollenthiel, 48 Blueberry Ridge, $705,000.
Jason A. Barrows to Brianna Rose Wright and Brianna Wright, 31 Family Lane, $350,000.
Martin Millan to Erik Sean Shepherd and Christy Marie Shepherd, 45 Jaeger Drive, $345,000.
Nathaniel Hill Realty LLC, to Robert M. Levesque and Kristen M. Levesque, Nathaniel Hill, Lot 19, $175,000.
Peter G. Asselin and Patricia E. Asselin to Kenneth Silk and Alexis Silk, 65 Old Farm Road, $350,000.
WESTHAMPTON
Devon B. Greenwood to Emily Rosa Shames, 76 Montague Road, $690,500.
WILBRAHAM
AC Homebuilding LLC, to Robert Baldor and Carol Baldor, 6 Teak Terrace, $515,900.
Corey Sanders and Rachel Sanders to Double R. Enterprise LLC, 106 Springfield St., $580,000.
Matthew J. Antunes and Justine Antunes to Zach Ballard and Kevin Ballard, 6 Blueberry Hill Road, $615,000.
PUBLIC AUCTION
PUBLIC AUCTION
PUBLIC AUCTION
MASSACHUSETTS
Aaron Posnik
Receiver’s Sale of Real Estate at Public
To Be Sold On The Premises Sale Date: June 24, 2026 12:00 Noon
97 Stillwater Road, South Deerfield, MA
• +/- 30 acres
• +/- 960 feet of frontage
• Zoned Ag/Residential
• 616 Square Foot 2 bed 1 bath dwelling
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at the sale. This sale is subject to a 5%Buyer’s Premium.
Counsel for Receiver
Katharine Higgins-Shea Esq. Lyon & Fitzpatrick, LLP Whitney Place 14 Bobala Road, 4th Floor Holyoke, MA 01040 • (413) 536-4000
Auctioneer Donald Raucher - MA Lic. AU2233
fpl, Hampden: Bk 15927, Pg 1
