Who’s buying and selling the Nashville area’s most expensive homes, September 2009

If you follow the money in the nation's ongoing health care debates, you'll find a few dollops of it in this month's list of the biggest home sales in town. In more than the usual number of these deals, there is now a doctor in the house.Two of the buyers named below, William Nealon and Allen Sills, are surgical specialists moving to town to join Vanderbilt University Medical Center. Kenneth Lanyon is an anesthesiologist, Antarpreet Singh is a dentist, and we think, but are not sure, that William Bevins and Kevin McManus are also physicians. And Gary Seay is senior vice president and chief information officer with hospital operator Community Health Systems.

Other purchasers include James W. Perkins Jr., former president and CEO of Consumers Gasoline Stations Inc., and songwriter/producer Moe Lytle.

Largest single-family home purchases recorded in Davidson and neighboring counties in September 2009, ranked by dollar value:

1. 2055 Timberwood Drive, 37215

Buyers: William H. & Catherine A. Nealon

Sale price: $2.1 million

Sellers: Gregory D. Rice & Jonathan D. Watkins

Sellers' agents: Sam Easley (Zeitlin & Co. Realtors) and Gregory D. Rice (Main Street Real Estate)

Buyers' agent: Yvonne Kelly (Zeitlin & Co. Realtors)

This three-story contemporary home in Forest Hills was first listed in September 2008 at $2.75 million. It has six bedrooms including upstairs and downstairs master suites, along with six full and two half baths.

2. 702 Brass Lantern Place, Brentwood, 37027

Buyers: Tara L. & William Bevins Jr.

Sale price: $1.849 million

Seller: Michelle Elefante

Agent for both parties: Laura Baugh (Worth Properties)

This property first went on the market in March at $2.2 million.

3. 5053 Hill Place Drive, 37205

Buyers: Edward & Elizabeth Jackson

Sale price: $1.788 million

Seller: Christy W. Ivey, trustee for David A. & Elizabeth G. Dingess

Agents: None of record

4. 5178 Colleton Way, Brentwood, 37027

Buyers: Antarpreet & Jagdeep Singh

Sale price: $1.675 million

Sellers: Samuel A. & Julia M. Alfrey

Sellers' agents: Linda Doyle & Linda G. Post (Keller Williams Realty)

Buyers' agent: None of record

5 (tie). 618 Prince Valiant Court, Franklin, 37067

Buyers: Kenneth M. & Carrie W. Lanyon

Sale price: $1.5 million

Builder/seller: Trace Construction Inc.

Agent for both parties: Leigh Gillig (Keller Williams Realty)

5 (tie). 5223 Lysander Lane, Brentwood, 37027

Buyers: Moe & Naomi Lytle

Sale price: $1.5 million

Builder/seller: Chapman Ventures LLC

Seller's agent: Sutton N. Redding (Pilkerton Realtors)

Buyers' agent: None of record

The Lytles cop a bargain. Originally listed at $4.99 million in November 2007, this 14,800-square-foot palais in the McGavock Farms development has got everything one might expect in a property so massive: the waterfall out back, the mother-in-law apartment, the large theater, the "safe room" and so forth.

7. 1067 Natchez Valley Lane,Franklin, 37067

Buyers: Shawne C. & Allen K. Sills Jr.

Sale price: $1.35 million

Sellers: Ronald S. & Tanya A. Servidio

Sellers' agent: Tanya A. Servidio (1st Realty Center)

Buyers' agent: Starling Davis (Fridrich & Clark Realty)

8. 6045 Bresslyn Road, 37205

Buyers: Mary S. & James W. Perkins III

Sale price: $1.3 million

Builder/seller: Albertine Co. - Nashville LLC

Seller's agent: Kent McMillan (Fridrich & Clark Realty)

Buyers' agent: Jimmy Pilkerton (Pilkerton Realtors)

9. 8483 Taliaferro Road, Eagleville, 37060

Buyer: Joseph G. Seay

Sale price: $1.25 million

Seller: Ben J. Teague

Agent for both parties: Linda Schklar (Realty Association)

This home, which comes complete with a two-story orangery, sits on a spread of 20-and-a-half acres in eastern Williamson County. The sellers first listed it in September 2006 at $2.95 million.

10. 103 Liberty Court, Hendersonville, 37075

Buyer: Kevin T. McManus

Sale price: $1.2 million

Sellers: Brian T. & Kathryn J. Schnabel

Seller' agent: Mike Gaughan (Re/Max Choice Properties)

Buyers' agent: Lisa B. Swint (Coldwell Banker Lakeside)

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