A four-bedroom house at 7495 Kovacs Dr in Linden, with a private dock and a dedicated boat slip on Lobdell Lake, sold for $625,000, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Flint, Michigan metro area for the week of August 10 through August 16, 2026. The five leading sales RealtyWire tracked across the metro area that week combined for $2.73 million.
The week’s closings fall in Linden and Goodrich and take in the Lobdell Lake Estates, Willowgate Crossing and Fairview Hills communities. Build years run from 1950 to 2020, and the list covers a remodeled Cape Cod on Pine Lake, a colonial with an in-ground pool and pool house, a custom ranch on 2.29 acres beside protected wetlands, and a 2020 ranch with a second kitchen on its walkout level.
No. 1 — $625,000 · 7495 Kovacs Dr, Linden, Michigan
A house on the Haviland Beach peninsula at 7495 Kovacs Dr in Linden sold for $625,000 on August 10, 2026, the highest reported price in the Flint metro area that week. Built in 1999 in Lobdell Lake Estates, it holds four bedrooms and four bathrooms in a reported 4,556 square feet. The property includes shared ownership of a one-acre lakefront parcel with 72 feet of frontage on Lobdell Lake, plus a private dock and a dedicated boat slip.
A four-season sunroom looks out over the grounds on its own mini-split system, and the primary suite is set apart from the other bedrooms. The walk-out lower level is fully finished and self-contained, adding a second kitchen, a bedroom and a bath for multi-generational households, while a flex room above the oversized three-car garage suits a home office. The garage carries a bathroom of its own.
Outside, Trex decking fronts a yard with a shed wired for 220-volt service, and a whole-house generator was added in 2021.
Jaclynn D Sparre of Wentworth Real Estate Group was the listing agent. The property went under contract the same day the current listing went live, and the $625,000 closing put Sparre at the listing side of the No. 1 transaction in RealtyWire’s Flint Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026. The property previously changed hands for $349,900 in 2002. Jeanna Gooch of The Brokerage Real Estate Enthusiasts represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $623,500 · 5025 Harp Dr, Linden, Michigan
A remodeled Cape Cod overlooking Pine Lake at 5025 Harp Dr in Linden took the week’s second-highest reported price at $623,500, in a closing recorded August 14, 2026. The 1950 house holds three bedrooms, three full baths and a half bath in a reported 2,834 square feet, with 43 feet of private lake frontage.
The main level is arranged around open gathering rooms with water views, and the lower level walks out toward the lake, where a large deck and a patio face the water. Updates run throughout while the house keeps its Cape Cod lines, and the kitchen appliances conveyed with the sale.
Lynne Gebski of EXP Realty Main was the listing agent. The $623,500 result placed Gebski at the listing side of the No. 2 transaction in RealtyWire’s Flint Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026. The property previously changed hands for $550,000 in 2021. Richard P Barber Jr. of Good Company represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $506,215 · 1192 N Bridge St, Linden, Michigan
A colonial with a rear courtyard and an in-ground pool at 1192 N Bridge St in Linden closed on August 14, 2026, for $506,215, the third-highest reported price in the metro area that week. Built in 1998 on nearly half an acre in the Spring Meadows neighborhood, it holds three bedrooms, two full baths and a half bath in a reported 2,175 square feet.
The kitchen was rebuilt in 2018 with hardwood floors, a double oven and two beverage centers, and the main floor runs from a great room with a gas fireplace through a formal dining area. A primary suite with a private full bath and two more bedrooms occupy the second floor, the full basement is left unfinished, and a new roof went on in 2024.
The courtyard adds a hot tub and a dedicated pool house beside the pool, and an attached side-entry garage takes two and a half cars. Listing materials place the property minutes from historic downtown Linden, Silver Lake and the Spring Meadows Golf & Country Club.
Jeremy Hoover of Keller Williams First was the listing agent. The house went under contract 9 days after the current listing date and closed $56,315 above its final asking price of $449,900, ranking No. 3 in RealtyWire’s Flint Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026. Kathy Walls of Signature Sotheby’s International Realty Nvl represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $495,750 · 9030 Willowgate Ln, Goodrich, Michigan
A custom-built ranch on 2.29 acres at 9030 Willowgate Ln in Goodrich changed hands August 12, 2026, for $495,750, the fourth-highest reported price in the Flint metro area that week. Completed in 2018 in Willowgate Crossing, the south-facing house holds three bedrooms, two full baths and a half bath in a reported 2,880 square feet, with protected wetlands on the lot.
Nine-foot ceilings, hickory hardwood floors, Andersen windows and central vacuum run through the house, and banks of windows carry the light and the views of the surrounding land. The great room takes a gas fireplace framed by custom built-ins, while the kitchen pairs all-wood cabinetry with a large island and Corian counters and sink.
The walkout level opens through a doorwall to a patio and adds a full bath and a family room, and a covered composite deck overlooks the backyard and the wetlands beyond. The attached two-car garage is heated and insulated, and the basement sits on a wood foundation.
Tammy Lord of Remax Edge was the listing agent. The property went under contract 26 days after the current listing date, and the $495,750 sale ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Flint Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026. Cameron Hairston of Real Estate For A Cause represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $475,000 · 7478 Tara Ct, Goodrich, Michigan
A 2020-built ranch at 7478 Tara Ct in Goodrich took the fifth-highest reported price in the Flint metro area that week at $475,000, in a transaction recorded August 14, 2026. Set in the Fairview Hills subdivision, it holds four bedrooms and three full baths in a reported 3,324 square feet.
The main level runs on an open plan, and the walkout basement is fully finished with a complete second kitchen, a bedroom, a bonus room and a wide room that can take a theater, a gym or a recreation room. The lower-level bath is fitted with a zero-step ceramic tile shower and heated tile floors, and appliances stay in both the upper and lower kitchens.
Outside, a vinyl deck and stone walkways cross the grounds, and the subdivision carries no homeowners association fees.
Lucinda M Dewar of Remax Right Choice was the listing agent. The listing went under contract 16 days after the current listing date, and the $475,000 closing took the No. 5 position in RealtyWire’s Flint Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026. The property previously changed hands for $278,000 in 2020. Scott Myers of RE/MAX Platinum – Grand Blanc represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 16, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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