A single-family home at 14 Cross Gates in Short Hills sold for $2.85 million, the highest residential sale recorded in Essex County for the week of Oct. 12-18.
The 4,392-square-foot house, built in 1941, changed hands at $649 per square foot, according to property transfer records reported by NJ.com. The transaction closed Sept. 29.
Short Hills and Millburn properties claimed three of the county's four priciest sales that week. A home at 38 Farview Road in Millburn sold for $2,668,650, or $832 per square foot, making it the second-highest sale countywide. That 3,209-square-foot house was built in 1958.
Third on the list was 36 Kean Road in Short Hills at $2.6 million. The 4,304-square-foot home, built in 1971, went for $604 per square foot.
Two more Short Hills sales rounded out the week: 106 Short Hills Ave. sold for $1,875,000, and 112 Wellington Ave. sold for $1.2 million. The Short Hills Ave. property, a 3,536-square-foot home built in 1893, ranked eighth countywide.
Livingston logs 20 sales
Livingston recorded 20 residential transactions during the same period, the most among the three communities. Prices ranged from $600,000 for a home at 1 Oxford Drive to $1.95 million for a 3,642-square-foot house at 6 Coventry Road, according to the county sales listing.
The Coventry Road sale, at $535 per square foot, placed sixth on the county's top-10 list. A home at 56 Burnet Hill Road sold for $1.85 million, ranking ninth.
In all, Short Hills, Millburn and Livingston accounted for six of Essex County's 10 most expensive sales that week.
Across the county, the average residential sale price was $761,301, with an average of $379 per square foot. The median sale was a 2,768-square-foot home on Cornell Street in West Orange at $650,000.
The figures reflect title transfers recorded during the week of Oct. 12-18; some properties may have sold earlier.
