Copake home sales tick up before summer season

COPAKE — Communities with lake front properties like Salisbury and Goshen in Northwest Connecticut and Copake in Columbia County are especially active in May as properties viewed in spring close in anticipation of spending the summer on the water.

Columbia County’s Clerk recorded eight property transfers in May including five single family homes ranging in price from $170,000 to $5.6 million. Copake’s real estate market appears set to continue at this pace in June with 25 single family homes for sale and an additional 10 pending sale.

1175 County Route 27A — 6 bedroom/7 bath single family homeon 133.4 acres sold by Robert and Donna Golden to Marc Robbins and Carol Chang as Trustees of Robbins Chang Family Trust for $5.6 million recorded on May 8.

49 Snyder Pond Road — 5 bedroom/3.5 bath home on 3 acres sold by Shadic Builders Inc. to Michael Martinez and Michelle B. Cherande for $1,724,500 recorded on May 12.

175 Snyder Pond Road — 3 bedroom/2.5 bath home on 4.43 acres sold by Liberty Home Development LLC to Frank and Patricia A. Bogucki for $614,000 recorded on May 12.

244 Weedmine Road — Easement sold by John A and Cindy Heck to United States of America for $68,670 recorded on May 14.

County Route 7 — 43.55 acres of vacant residential land sold by A Great Pear LLC to Part Deux LLC for $440,000 recorded on May 16.

156 Farm Road — 4 bedroom/1 bath single family on 4.2 acres sold by Yvonne J. Hyatt to LZU NY LLC for $170,000 recorded on May 21.

Cambridge Road — 8.6 acres vacant residential land sold by Deborah Minton to J&J Sunset Ridge LLC for $260,000 recorded on May 22.

1170 Lake View Road — 3 bedroom/1.5 bath lake front single-family home sold by Misty Robinson Pondview LLC to Silvia Lopez, Christopher Patton and Jennifer A. Montgomery for $650,000 recorded on May 27.

*Town of Copake real estate recorded as sold with consideration is derived from Columbia County public deed transfers and active listings data reported from realtor.com, and Trulia.com. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Advisor with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.