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Kent real estate sales in April

KENT — April was a lively month for Kent real estate with six recorded sales of single-family homes with three selling for more than a million dollars.

12 Old Homestead Lane

A 4 bedroom/3.5 bath house on 6 acres sold by Beckett Holding LLC to Joshua E. Swift for $1,165,000.

21 Kane Mountain Road

A 2 bedroom/3 bath house on 10 acres sold by Michael A M Keehner to Peter Diaz and Jee Mee Kim for $975,000.

3 Studio Hill Road

A 3 bedroom/2.5 bath home sold by Benjamin Finkelstein and Lisa Lippman to Mark D and Laura Cowan for $1,150,000.

45 Upper Kent Hollow Road

A 3 bedroom/2 bath home sold by Phillip A and Ann E Russo to Monica Jean Malowney and Hugo Hivernat for $725,000.

84 Kent Hollow Road

A 3 bedroom/2 bath house sold by Walter G. Raynor to ZF SPVLLC for $350,000.

69 Upper Kent Hollow Road

A 4 bedroom/4 bath home on 16 acres sold by Martin P and Carla A Miner to John T Ettinger and Amy H Lifland for $1,150,000.

CORRECTION: May 9 Sharon recorded April sales featured an incorrect photo of 287 Amenia Union Road. The photo was of 103 South Main which sold for $1,125,000 in August of 2023. Many thanks and apologies to Linda Amerighi, Sharon Town Clerk, for bringing this to our attention.


Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Salesperson with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in CT and NY.

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