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One Sharon home sold above $1 million in October and November transfers

One Sharon home sold above $1 million in October and November transfers

This one level home on 74 Hilltop Road with 1,004 square feet built in 1961 was sold for $415,000 on October 22, 2024.

Christine Bates

October was another busy month in Sharon with ten sales recorded that month and four transfers in November. Transfers in both months were almost all in the affordable range with a surprising number of off-market, private sales in October. During this two-month period nine single family homes sold for below $500,000 with only one closing above $1 million. The inventory of homes for sale has remained level at over 20 listings with more than half asking over a million in early December.

Sharon November Transfers

189-195 Amenia Union Road — 3 parcels totaling 59 acres were sold by Bauhaus 2 LLC to Warren Grant Trustee for $1,775,000.

120 East St. — 2 parcels of farmland of almost 50 acres sold by John Montgomery Lynch Trustee to James D. Leahy for $575,000.

40 River Road — 3 bedroom/2.5 bath home on 2.7 acres sold by David O. Bailey to Martin J. Cuatchon and Hannah E. Kerr for $600,000.

6 Silver Hill Road — 3 bedroom/2 bath house sold by Tyler H. Drosdeck to Eileen Dingle for $450,000.

Sharon October Transfers

212 East St. — 3 bedroom/1 bath house on 2.23 acres sold off market by Estate of James A Norton to James and Katherine Shepherd for $465,000

99 King Road — 2 bedroom/1 bath home built in 1800 sold by Estate of Patricia Omalyev to Matthew Garippa and Samantha Aycart for $300,000.

75 Mitchell Town Road — 2 bedroom/1.5 bath home sold off market by Shirley A. Hoffkins and Shirley A. Leibrock to Cole T. Leibrock and Carly A. Leibrock for $330,000.

West Cornwall Road — Residential vacant lot sold privately by Kim Preston Dube to Philip R. Baldwin.

294 West Cornwall Road — 3 bedroom/1 bath home sold privately by Kim Preston Dube to Debra Ann Preston for $375,000.

74 Hilltop Road — 2 bedroom/1 bath ranch sold by Stephanie Pitman to Suzanne Quain Trustee and Sandra Mary Krizman Trustee for $415,000.

4 Upper Main S., Unit #6 — 2 bedroom/2 bath condo sold by Xiaoyan Wang to Jacqueline M. Fitzpatrick for $288,000.

45 Herrick Road – 2 bedroom/2 bath home on 3.65 acres sold privately by Wilmington Savings Fund Society FSB Trustee and Cascade Funding Mortgage Trust AB2 to David Schneiderbeck for $530,000.

65 King Road – 3 bedroom/2.5 Cape Cod home sold by Alan Denker to Dimitri Zagoroff for $501,000.

456 Route 7 - 5 bedroom/5 bath home sold by Werner Doyle MD and Janet M Standard to Michael and Susan Katz for $2,075,000.

* Town of Sharon real estate sales recorded as sold between Oct. 1, 2024, and Nov. 30, 2024, provided by the Sharon Town Clerk. Property details provided in town tax cards. Note that recorded transfers occur after the actual real estate closing and may also include private sales. Current market activity from Smart MLS. Transfers with no consideration are not included. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Advisor with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in CT and NY.

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