Hocking County real estate transfers

Oct 13-16. Listed prices do not necessarily represent actual property values. • Lost Hollow Property Owner Association, 194 and 204 Twilight Trail, to Gordon Gerard and Molly Luna Castillo, $9,000. • Jerry D. Johnson, 11283 Maysville Williams Road, to Richard W. and Felicia E. Rutter, $115,900. • Jerry D. Johnson, 11283 Maysville Williams Road, to Drew R. Starlin, to $189,900. • Amanda Richard, 20761 Rauber Road, to Leonard D. and Jeanne S. Scarl Trustees, $146,000. • Elizabeth R. Beougher, 13570 Big Cola Road and a 6.6924 acre property, to Marc R. and Susan M. Kibbey, $429,900. • Vicki Jean Rafferty, 1338 Homer St., to Maranda Wooten, $282,000. • James H. Mcauley, 31275 Deerfield Drive, to Gaurav Sharma, $372,448. • Susan K. Elser, 26 Limberlost Ln, to Josefina Aguirre-Gomez and Arnulfo Rivera-Merida, exempt, property transferred to or from a person when no money or other valuable and tangible consideration readily convertible into money is paid or to be paid for the real estate and the transaction is not a gift. • Arlene R. and Garold T. Linscott, 959 Elizabeth Ave., to Kay Ellen Higgins and Matthew Thomas Linscott, exempt, property transferred to evidence a gift, in any form, between husband and

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Licking County commercial property off Mink Street sells for $15.6M

The following transactions are the top residential and commercial property transfers for Franklin, Delaware, and Fairfield counties as reported to the auditors' offices from Oct. 5-9. The Licking County transfers for Sept. 28 - Oct. 3, 2026, are included. Listings are as follows: Price; township/city; address; sale date . The seller and then the buyer are also listed for non-residential transfers. Franklin County's top residential sales $2,300,000; New Albany; 6837 Walnut St.; 10/7/2026 $2,139,877; Columbus; 2979 Avalon Road; 10/6/2026 $1,420,000; Columbus; 1313 Lincoln Road; 10/8/2026 $1,300,000; Dublin; 3264 Wolf Ridge Drive; 10/5/2026 $1,300,000; Columbus; 2391 Donna Drive; 10/6/2026 $1,210,100; New Albany; 4611 Goodheart Court; 10/9/2026 Franklin County's top non-residential sales $5,350,000; Columbus; 600 Lakeview Plaza Blvd.; Cem LLC; 600 Lakeview LLC; 10/9/2026 $5,200,000; Columbus; 1133 Evans Way Court; ANPP Inc; Jai Bahuchar Inc; 10/8/2026 $2,650,000; Columbus; 2205 Parsons Ave.; 2205 Parsons Avenue Ltd; A Parsons Project LLC; 10/6/2026 $2,100,000; New Albany; 5610-5650 N. Hamilton Road; 5610-5650 Hamilton LLC; Rentall Mob Holdings LLC; 10/6/2026 $2,050,000; Columbus; 1240 Oak St.; Oak Street Living LLC; Tomek Oak LLC; 10/8/2026 Delaware County's top residential sales $1,150,000; Sunbury; 14411 Trenton Road; 10/6/2026 $875,000; Powell; 2185 Carribell Court; 10/9/2026 $800,000; Delaware; 374 Morning Mist Court; 10/9/2026

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Check out these Muskingum County real estate transfers

Sept. 21 1300 Jacob L. Zook to Kricket Co. LLC, 12955 N. Pike Road, Mount Perry, $245,000 1301 Britney A. Tackett to Joshua Snouffer, 3900 Church Hill Road, Zanesville, $167,500 1302 Zackary W. Tackett to Joshua Snouffer, 3900 Church Hill Road, Zanesville, $167,500 1303 Jennifer and John W. Bechstein to Fosland LLC, 126 Mead St., Zanesville, $40,000 1304 Douglas E. and Kathy S. Wayne to Grind Group LLC, 1049 Greenwood Ave., Zanesville, $17,500 1305 Katlynn Marie and Tyler Joseph Lear to James T. Jr. and Rebecca Ann Carr, 1640 Euclid Ave., Zanesville, $197,000 1306 Jerry Lane to Clay Hand, 1605 Gilbert Road, Zanesville, $8,800 1307 Thomas Purdy and Megan Miranda to Laken M. and Tylor McConnell, 850 Black Road, Hopewell, $75,000 1308 James R. and Jennifer J. Bilott to Sohio Hardwoods Ltd., 80.001 acres, Scout Road, Frazeysburg, $825,000 1309 Countrytyme Land Specialists Ltd. to Michael R. Greiner, 5.063 acres, Dennis Road, Zanesville, $60,000 Sept. 22 1310 Brittany Lee Cole to Eric T. Morrison, 1292 Somer St., Zanesville, $112,200 1311 Dephia Best to CKP Realty LLC, Lots 11-14, Glenwood Terrace, Marion Avenue, Zanesville, $9,900 1312 John F. Windsor to CKP Realty LLC, Lot 9-10, Glenwood Terrace, Marion Avenue, Zanesville, $10,000 1313

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