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January real estate sales in Kent

January real estate sales in Kent

Built in 1988, 16 Landmark Lane is a commercial building with 5,346 square feet of usable space sold for $425,000 to Kent Housing Development Associates in January.

Christine Bates

In January Kent’s Town Clerk recorded six transfers of property all under one million dollars including four single family homes ranging from $200,000 to $998,000.Kent’s 12-month median home price stood at $467,500 at the end of January.

Real estate listed for sale on Smart MLS as of March 6 included eight single family homes with seven asking over one million dollars. Four parcels of land remain for sale.

Transactions

148 Camps Flat Road in South Kent — 3 bedroom/3 bath home built in 1800 sold by Gregory and Judith Sheridan to John Merz and Tara Anderson for $998,000.

389 Kent Cornwall Road — 3 bedroom/2.5 bath home sold by Stanley W. and Jerri T. Drazkiewicz to Stacey Ledovsky for $475,000.

216 Bulls Bridge Road — 8-plus acres of vacant land sold by Betsey N. and Roland O. Levesque Jr. to Paula Levesque for $200,000.

16 Landmark Lane — commercial building with 5,346 square feet of usable space sold by Building 15 LLC to Kent Housing Development Associates LLC for $425,000.

9 Segar Mountain Road — a small 2 bedroom/1 bath house on 0.3 acres sold by Jeffrey C. and Nicole Alessandra Mitchell to Mildred L. Olson and Andrew Donzella for $325,000.

26 South Main — 3 bedroom/1 bath house built in 1879 sold by Caralee Rochovansky Trustee for Caralee Rochovanski Revocable Trust to 26 SMS LLC for $290,000.

*Town of Kent real estate transfers recorded as sold between Jan. 1and Jan. 31, 2025, provided by the Kent Town Clerk. Transfers without consideration are not included. Current market listings from Smart MLS. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Salesperson with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.

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