Watertown Median Hits $793,750 as Late Spring Sales Show Steady Pricing Across Tiers

WATERTOWN -- A Columbia Street property that sold for $1,900,000 in early June set the high-water mark for the late spring recording period, anchoring a dataset of 14 transactions in which eight carried disclosed sale prices ranging from $530,000 to $1.9 million.

• MARKET OVERVIEW
• Fourteen deeds were recorded between May 28 and June 26, with prices disclosed on eight of those transfers. Among the priced sales, the range ran from $530,000 to $1,900,000, and the median sale price was $793,750. Six transfers carried no consideration amount, a common occurrence in deed records. The raw count of 14 transactions over roughly four weeks represents a modest but steady pace for a suburban market of Watertown's size, though the limited pricing data constrains any firm conclusions about overall volume trends.
• TOP SALES
• The highest-priced transaction in the period was 23 Columbia St., which sold June 9 for $1,900,000; sellers Christopher Ahlberg and Asa Aulin Ahlberg conveyed the property to buyers Mina Para and Abigail Giancola. A townhome unit at 3 Chatham Way, Unit 3, changed hands May 29 for $1,180,000, with IC Waverley Townhomes LLC selling to Yige Guo. At 11 Barbara Ter., sellers John J. and Noreen Q. Curran sold to Colleen Treacy and Kelton Finch for $900,000 on June 8. A single-family at 12 Chandler St. sold the same day for $850,000, from Michael and Yasmin Ramsay to Katelyn Barry Ahern and John F. Ahern.
• NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN
• No two sales shared the same street name among disclosed-price transactions, so a price-tier breakdown is most useful. Two sales exceeded $1 million — Columbia Street and Chatham Way — representing the period's top tier. Three sales fell between $800,000 and $1 million: Barbara Terrace at $900,000 and Chandler Street at $850,000. Three sales landed in the $695,000–$738,000 range: Forest Street Unit 2 at $715,000, Bradford Road Unit 2 at $695,000, and Pleasant Street Unit 8 at $737,500. The one sale with a disclosed price below $700,000 — $530,000, with no street address recorded in the deed data — was the period's lowest confirmed transaction. Of the six transfers with no disclosed price, addresses include Bigelow Avenue, Marion Road, Pierce Road, Sheldon Road, Hearn Street, and King Street; several display the hallmarks of trust or estate transfers among the same parties.
• MARKET NOTES
• The eight disclosed-price sales include a mix of property types. At least three are clearly condominium or unit sales — 586 Pleasant St. Unit 8, 83 Bradford Rd. Unit 2, 69 Forest St. Unit 2, and 3 Chatham Way Unit 3 — accounting for four of the eight priced transfers, or half the priced dataset. The seller at 3 Chatham Way was a development LLC, suggesting a new-construction or recently converted unit. Among the six transfers with no disclosed consideration, at least four involve the same individuals appearing as both grantor and grantee in trustee capacities — 40 Bigelow Ave., 25 Marion Rd., 7 Sheldon Rd., and 11 Hearn St. — a pattern consistent with transfers into revocable trusts. Sqft data is unavailable from deed records, so price-per-square-foot analysis cannot be performed.