Gill Records Nine Property Transfers in Four Weeks but Only One Discloses Price

GILL -- Nine property transfers were recorded in Gill between June 12 and July 11, 2026, but only one transaction disclosed a sale price -- a $25,000 conveyance to a local cooperative bank that signals something other than a conventional arms-length sale. The remaining eight deeds carried no consideration amount, leaving the period's true market values largely undocumented in the public record.

MARKET OVERVIEW Nine deeds were recorded during the four-week period, a pace that represents meaningful activity for a small rural community. However, only one of those nine transactions disclosed a consideration amount: $25,000 at 4 Oak St., with Greenfield Cooperative Bank as the buyer. Because price data is available for a single transaction, a meaningful price range or median cannot be calculated for the period. Readers and market analysts should treat this month's figures as reflecting transfer volume rather than pricing trends; the absence of disclosed prices is a function of how deeds are recorded, not necessarily an indicator of market conditions.

TOP SALES The sole disclosed transaction was the July 7 conveyance of 4 Oak St. from Daniel Ware to Greenfield Cooperative Bank for $25,000. The involvement of a bank as buyer at that price point suggests this may be a foreclosure-related or mortgage-resolution deed rather than a traditional market sale, though deed records alone do not confirm the nature of the transaction. No other sale prices were disclosed during the period.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN West Gill Road was the most active corridor in the dataset, accounting for three of the nine recorded transfers. The properties at 355 West Gill Rd. (recorded July 8), 195 West Gill Rd. (June 22), and 64 West Gill Rd. (June 15) all changed hands within the period, though none disclosed a consideration amount.

French King Highway generated two transfers: 78 French King Hwy. (July 2) and 137 French King Hwy. (June 18). Both were price-undisclosed transactions. The remaining four transfers were distributed across single addresses on Oak St., Barney Hale Rd., Main Rd., and Mountain Rd.

MARKET NOTES Several transfers during the period involved financial institutions as parties, a pattern that warrants noting without speculation as to cause. The July 6 conveyance at 143 Barney Hale Rd. lists Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. and Movement Mortgage LLC as sellers, with Shari Louise Sollars as buyer. The July 2 transfer at 78 French King Hwy. lists Bank of America NA, represented by attorney, and First American Mortgage Solutions LLC as sellers, with Susan LaScala and Jeffrey W. Blomstedt as buyers. The July 1 transfer at 81 Main Rd. lists Freedom Credit Union as seller, with William J. Shea Jr. and Cynthia L. Shea as buyers. And the June 22 transfer at 195 West Gill Rd. lists American Financial Network Inc. and Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems Inc. as sellers, with Samuel J. Parker as buyer. These four deeds collectively reflect institutional involvement on the seller side that is consistent with, though not exclusively indicative of, foreclosure or mortgage-resolution activity.

One transfer appears to be an intra-family conveyance. The June 15 deed at 64 West Gill Rd. lists Christine Ann Kovalchick and Eric P. Kovalchick as sellers and Christine Ann Kovalchick as buyer -- the same individual appearing on both sides of the transaction. One additional deed, at 355 West Gill Rd., lists Kevin Harker and Kevin Harker V TR as sellers, a pattern consistent with a transfer into a trust by the same individual.

Two entries -- 23 Mountain Rd. (July 1) and 137 French King Hwy. (June 18) -- include seller names (Johnson Scott William and Jennifer Mae Johnson; Scott R. and Ellen S. Purinton, respectively) but no buyer names in the available data, which may reflect recording or data-availability limitations rather than incomplete transactions.

The period's activity, taken at face value, shows a community where conventional buyer-to-seller transactions with disclosed prices were the exception rather than the rule. Whether that reflects Gill's typical deed-recording patterns or an unusual concentration of institutional and non-arm's-length transfers in a single month cannot be determined from the data alone.


Recorded Deeds

Source: Registry of Deeds. Sale amounts shown as recorded; transfers without a disclosed consideration are noted as such.

Jun 15 - Jun 21

DateAddressGrantorGranteeSale Amount
2026-06-1564 WEST GILL RD, GillKOVALCHICK CHRISTINE ANN; KOVALCHICK ERIC PKOVALCHICK CHRISTINE ANNNot disclosed
2026-06-18137 FRENCH KING HWY, GillPURINTON SCOTT R; PURINTON ELLEN SNot disclosed

Jun 22 - Jun 28

DateAddressGrantorGranteeSale Amount
2026-06-22195 W GILL RD, GillAMERICAN FINANCIAL NETWORK INC; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INCPARKER SAMUEL JNot disclosed

Jun 29 - Jul 5

DateAddressGrantorGranteeSale Amount
2026-07-0181 MAIN RD, GillFREEDOM CREDIT UNIONSHEA WILLIAM J JR; SHEA CYNTHIA LNot disclosed
2026-07-0123 MOUNTAIN RD, GillJOHNSON SCOTT WILLIAM; JOHNSON JENNIFER MAENot disclosed
2026-07-0278 FRENCH KING HWY, GillBANK OF AMERICA NA BY ATTY; FIRST AMERICAN MORTGAGE SOLUTIONS LLC ATTYLASCALA SUSAN; BLOMSTEDT JEFFREY WNot disclosed

Jul 6 - Jul 12

DateAddressGrantorGranteeSale Amount
2026-07-06143 BARNEY HALE RD, GillMORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS INC; MOVEMENT MORTGAGE LLCSOLLARS SHARI LOUISENot disclosed
2026-07-074 OAK ST, GillWARE DANIELGREENFIELD COOPERATIVE BANK$25,000
2026-07-08355 W GILL RD, GillHARKER KEVIN; HARKER KEVIN V TRNot disclosed

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

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