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Most Reading deeds in August involve family trusts, only 5 of 17 sales list a price

Reading recorded 17 property transfers between July 31 and Aug. 29, but only five carried a recorded sale price, ranging from $895,000 to $1,510,000 with a median of $950,000. The month's top recorded sale was 84 King St. at $1,510,000, sold by Jeffery R. Putz and Tracey L. Mara to Gregory Mason.

Reading recorded 17 property transfers between July 31 and Aug. 29, but only five carried a recorded sale price, ranging from $895,000 to $1,510,000 with a median of $950,000. The month's top recorded sale was 84 King St. at $1,510,000, sold by Jeffery R. Putz and Tracey L. Mara to Gregory Mason. The other 12 transfers moved property into family or revocable trusts with no price listed, a pattern that limits comparison to prior months. Sales were spread across 16 different streets with no clustering, and the data does not indicate property type or square footage.

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