Single Barnstable sale tops $4.5 million but leaves no trend to track
Barnstable County recorded just one residential sale in Barnstable between Sept. 11 and Oct. 10: a $4.5 million transaction that closed Sept. 25 between two revocable trusts, with seller Rita Catherine Meyer and buyer Thomas Dabney Abe listed as trustees. No street address, square foota…
BARNSTABLE -- The Barnstable County Registry of Deeds recorded one residential sale in town between Sept. 11 and Oct. 10, a $4.5 million transaction that closed Sept. 25.
MARKET OVERVIEW Only one sale appears in the recorded-deeds data for this period, with a sale price of $4,500,000. That single data point is not sufficient to calculate a median or characterize overall market activity in Barnstable for the period; a reliable read on pricing trends, volume, or market tone requires more transactions than the registry recorded in this window.
TOP SALES The sole recorded sale closed Sept. 25 for $4,500,000. The deed lists the seller as Rita Catherine Meyer, as trustee of the Rita Catherine Meyer Revocable Trust, and the buyer as Thomas Dabney Abe, as trustee of the Thomas Dabney Abe Revocable Trust. The specific street address was not included in the available deed data. Bed, bath and square-footage figures are not captured in deed records and are not available for this sale.
NEIGHBORHOOD BREAKDOWN With only one sale recorded, there is no geographic or street-level pattern to report this period.
MARKET NOTES Both parties to the sale held or acquired title through a revocable trust, a common legal structure for holding real estate that does not by itself indicate a family or estate transfer between the same household. Beyond that, the dataset is too sparse to support further observations on property type mix or pricing patterns this period.
A note on the data: Barnstable County deed recordings for this period showed just one transaction, well below what would be needed to draw conclusions about the broader local market. Readers should expect a fuller roundup as more deeds are recorded and additional sales data becomes available in upcoming periods.
Recorded Deeds
Source: Registry of Deeds. Sale amounts shown as recorded; transfers without a disclosed consideration are noted as such.
| Date | Address | Grantor | Grantee | Sale Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 25 | (no address) | Meyer, Rita Catherine (As Tr); Rita Catherine Meyer Revocable Trust (By Tr) | Abe, Thomas Dabney (As Tr); Thomas Dabney Abe Revocable Trust (By Tr) | $4,500,000 |
Compiled from official town feeds, community organizations, and local press. Outside reporting is attributed inline.
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