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Kent median home price climbs to $577,000

Kent median home price climbs to $577,000

A 1,057 square foot three-bedroom, one bath home, 16 Birch Lane was built in the 1930’s on a private road. The transfer was recorded in May for $315,000.

Christine Bates

KENT – Home prices in Kent remained relatively stable over the past year, with the town’s 12-month trailing median price for a single-family home reaching $577,000 for the period ending May 31, 2026.

The 12-month trailing median price of $577,000 is 25% more than the $460,000 median recorded for the period ending May 31, 2025. However, it remains 18% below the $711,000 median recorded for the comparable period ending May 31, 2024. Kent’s historic peak was reached in the 12 months ending in August 2024, when the median price climbed to $753,000.

Sales activity remained relatively steady over the past year, with 27 homes sold during the 12-month period ending May 31, 2026, compared with 25 in the previous year and 29 during the period ending May 31, 2024. The record number of sales on a 12-month trailing basis was set in June 2021, when 77 were sold.

Inventory of all listed residential properties rose slightly to 22 by mid-June with high-end properties dominating the market, with 13 homes listed for more than $1 million and only three priced below the median of $577,000.

Rentals opportunities remained available, including furnished and unfurnished homes. Four summer houses were listed.

Eight parcels of residential vacant land were also listed for sale from $175,000 to $535,000.

May Transfers in Kent

16 Birch Hill Lane – 3 bedroom/1 bath home transferred by Kaitlyn Studley and Eric Devisio to Gene Freccia on May 1, 2026 for $315,000

221 Fuller Lane – 4 bedroom/3 full bath/2 half bath contemporary home built in 2009 on 22 acres in the Macedonia neighborhood transferred by Sabin Howard and Traci Slatton to Robert Muller and Happy Rhodes on May 19 for $2,075,000.

* Town of Kent real estate transfers recorded between May 1, 2026, and May 31, 2026, provided by Kent Town Clerk. Transfers without consideration are not included. Current market listings from Smart MLS and market statistics from InfoSparks. Note that monthly recorded transfers may lag sales by a number of days and include properties not appearing on the MLS. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Salesperson with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in CT and NY.

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