Newton June Median Hits $2.15M as Three of Five Disclosed Sales Top $2 Million

NEWTON -- A $4,805,000 sale on Dalton Road anchored Newton's recorded deed activity for the period ending July 11, 2026, though price data was unavailable for 11 of the 16 transactions logged — most of them intra-family trust and estate transfers rather than arm's-length sales.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Sixteen deeds were recorded in Newton between June 12 and July 11, 2026, with sale prices disclosed on five of those transactions. Among the five with consideration amounts, prices ranged from $75,000 to $4,805,000, and the median was $2,150,000. The raw count of 16 recordings overstates market sales activity: the majority of deeds in this period represent conveyances into family trusts or other non-arm's-length transfers rather than conventional property sales. The five disclosed-price transactions set the observable price range for the period.

TOP SALES

The highest-priced recorded transaction was 75 Dalton Road, which sold June 12 for $4,805,000. Chetan R. and Laura A. Tadvalkar purchased the property from Michelle and Thomas Davis.

At 63 Cedar Street, Grace Stetson and Chukwuemeka Ukelegharanya paid $2,625,000 on June 15, acquiring the property from James M. and Robin Doherty.

The sale of 23 Ascenta Terrace recorded June 12 at $2,150,000. The buyers were the Gladys S. Chleck Trust and John G. MacVane; the sellers were Mara F. Levine and Risa A. Chleck, each listed in the deed as a trustee.

At 1639 Washington Street, Jie Liu and Tao Zuo purchased the property from Yigong Fu and Susan Jiang for $1,125,000, also recorded June 12.

The lowest disclosed consideration, $75,000, was recorded June 15 at 22 Greenough Street. Chad Giacchetto is listed as buyer; Charles A. and Lynn Giacchetto are the sellers. The shared surname is consistent with an intra-family transfer, though the nature of the transaction is not specified in the deed record.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

No street appeared more than once among the 16 recorded deeds, so no geographic clustering is evident. By price tier among the five disclosed-price transactions: three sales exceeded $2 million — on Dalton Road ($4,805,000), Cedar Street ($2,625,000), and Ascenta Terrace ($2,150,000). One sale fell between $1 million and $2 million, at 1639 Washington Street ($1,125,000). The $75,000 Greenough Street transfer sits in a separate category given the circumstances noted above. The 11 no-price deeds are spread across individual streets including Hamlet, Wiswall, Halcyon, Cabot, Waltham, Exeter, Hartman, John, Commonwealth, and Lovett.

MARKET NOTES

The proportion of undisclosed-price deeds — 11 of 16, or nearly 69 percent — substantially limits what this dataset can say about broader market conditions. The majority of the no-price transfers follow a recognizable pattern: individual owners conveying property to themselves as trustees or to named revocable family trusts, consistent with routine estate-planning activity. These include 26 Hamlet Street, 254 Wiswall Road, 85 Halcyon Road, 47 Cabot Street, 80 Waltham Street, 29 Exeter Street, and 1311 Commonwealth Avenue.

Two entries warrant separate notation. At 21 Lovett Road, Edward H. and Lana Lukatsky transferred the property to an entity called Lovett Road LLC; the deed carries no disclosed price. At 164 Hartman Road, the Annette K. Eng Revocable Trust conveyed to the Victor Eng Third Party Special Needs Trust, with Douglas Eng listed as trustee on both sides — an intra-family transfer with no consideration listed. Additionally, the deed at 35 John Street Unit 35 names only a seller, Qi Jiang, with no buyer recorded, and carries no price; this record cannot be fully characterized from the available data. One entry in the dataset lists no street address, recording only "Newton, MA," and involves a transfer between Alexander K. Khan and Renee E. Khan; that record similarly cannot be characterized without further information. No square-footage data was available for any transaction, so price-per-square-foot analysis is not possible.

Recorded Deeds

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

Jun 8 - Jun 14

Jun 15 - Jun 21

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