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Nantucket Deed Filings Show Wide Recorded Prices Gap in Late Summer

Nantucket recorded 12 property transfers between Aug. 14 and Sept. 12, but only two deeds had a sale price recorded. Those ranged from $637,325 to $915,000, with a median of $776,162. The period's top recorded sale was 5 Delaney Road at $915,000, sold by Katie Bedell to Watertown Savings Bank.

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Nantucket Housing Office Launches Rooted Renters Program

Nantucket's Housing Office launched a new Rooted Renters program and detailed Lease to Locals funding in its August newsletter. The quarterly update, released Wednesday, August 26, also touched on the 2026 Housing Production Plan, the town's blueprint for adding year-round housing, and …

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Nantucket Deeds Show Eleven Transfers in Late July, No Sale Prices Recorded Yet

Eleven property transfers were recorded in the Nantucket County Registry of Deeds between July 24 and Aug. 22, but none of the deeds had a sale price recorded, so a price range and median could not be calculated for the period. Notable transfers included Nantucket Town's acquisition of 9 Autopscot

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Nantucket Deeds Show Eight Property Transfers, Just One Lists Sale Price

Eight properties changed hands in Nantucket between July 17 and Aug. 15, according to newly recorded deeds, but only one transaction had a sale price recorded: 47 Morey Lane, which sold for $3,500,000 on July 17 in a transfer from two individual trustees to the Stephanie R. Waltrip Revocable Trust.

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Six Nantucket deeds recorded in July show heavy lender and municipal involvement

Six property transfers were recorded at the Nantucket County Registry of Deeds between July 10 and August 8, but only two had a sale price recorded, ranging from $250,000 to $750,000 with a median of $500,000. The month's most notable recorded transaction was a $750,000 sale on July 14, transferring

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Nantucket sales month brings just one recorded price among eight transfers

Eight property transfers were recorded in Nantucket between July 3 and August 1, but only one had a sale price recorded: 61 Fair Street, which sold for $5,046,300 on July 6. Because seven of the eight sales lacked recorded prices, a market-wide price range or median could not be calculated.…

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NOAA Sets New Vessel Slow Zone Off Nantucket to Protect Whales

NOAA has set a new vessel slow zone off Nantucket to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales this summer. The federal marine-safety notice, identified as SEC SENE BNM 0085-26 and first flagged in a Forth News report headlined "NOAA Issues New Right Whale Slow Zones Off Massachuse…

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Nantucket Tops National Luxury Vacation-Home Rankings, Report Finds

New national housing data crowns Nantucket the country's top vacation-home market, with entry-level prices near $14 million. A Realtor.com research report found vacation homes now make up 55 percent of Nantucket's total housing stock, roughly 17 times the national average, underscoring …

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