Barnes Road Sale Signals Strong Upper End Amid Atypical Oak Bluffs June Deed Record

OAK BLUFFS -- A $2.875 million transfer on Barnes Road stood as the sole apparent open-market residential transaction among eight recorded deeds in Oak Bluffs between June 12 and July 11, 2026, with the remainder of the period's activity driven by transfers to the municipality and to local financial institutions.

MARKET OVERVIEW

Eight deeds were recorded in Oak Bluffs during the period. Seven carried disclosed consideration amounts ranging from $23,633 to $2,875,000, yielding a median of $50,000 — a figure that should be read with significant caution. Four of the seven priced transfers list Oak Bluffs Town as grantee at consideration amounts between $23,633 and $50,000, and two others name financial institutions as buyers. An eighth deed carried no street address and no disclosed price, listing "Certificate of Municipal Liens" as grantee. Only one recorded transaction, the $2,875,000 transfer at 309 Barnes Rd., bears the defining characteristics of an open-market residential sale. The period's deed count of eight is modest, and the composition of the dataset makes it an unreliable gauge of residential market conditions in Oak Bluffs for this period.

TOP SALES

The highest recorded consideration was $2,875,000, paid by Amahoro LLC for 309 Barnes Rd. on June 15. Heidi Boudreau was the grantor.

54 Columbian Ave. recorded the second-highest figure at $775,000 on June 12. The property transferred from Osbourne Malcolm and Carolyn Malcolm to Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank.

9 Puritan Dr. carried the third-highest consideration at $100,000, also on June 12. Trustees Beth Ann Butler and Eric Edward Butler conveyed the property to Martha's Vineyard Bank.

NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN

No two properties in the dataset share a street address, so geographic clustering by corridor is not possible this period. The seven priced transactions fall into three distinct tiers. One transfer exceeded $1 million: 309 Barnes Rd. at $2,875,000. Two transactions recorded between $100,000 and $1 million — 54 Columbian Ave. ($775,000) and 9 Puritan Dr. ($100,000) — each with a bank as the buyer. Four transfers recorded below $51,000, all with Oak Bluffs Town as grantee: 41 Manchester Ave. ($50,000), 26 Massasoit Ave. ($41,705), 64 Pennacook Ave. ($26,029), and 5 Pinewood Ln. ($23,633). Per deed records, the grantors in those four transactions were Michael A. Araujo and Misteria E. Tarter at Manchester Avenue; Arend V. Thorne at Massasoit Avenue; Christine C.S. Todd, trustee, at Pennacook Avenue; and R. Scott Patterson and Paula Catanese at Pinewood Lane.

MARKET NOTES

Seven of eight recorded deeds in this period name either a government body or a financial institution as grantee — a composition that reflects institutional activity rather than typical residential market transactions. The four low-consideration transfers to Oak Bluffs Town range from $23,633 to $50,000; deed records alone do not establish the legal basis for these conveyances. Two additional transfers name banks as buyers: Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank received title to 54 Columbian Ave. for $775,000, and Martha's Vineyard Bank received title to 9 Puritan Dr. for $100,000; deed records similarly do not indicate the nature of those transactions. The eighth deed — no street address, no disclosed price, grantee listed as "Certificate of Municipal Liens" — adds a further non-market entry to the record. With only one transaction exhibiting the characteristics of an open-market sale, this period's deed data does not support conclusions about prevailing residential pricing or demand levels in Oak Bluffs.

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.