Dodgers owner's Brookline mansion has a buyer

The real estate agent handling the sale of Los Angeles Dodgers owner Frank McCourt’s Brookline mansion today confirmed a deal has been made.

Saul Cohen, president of Hammond Residential Real Estate/GMAC in Brookline, said a buyer has agreed to a contract on the eight-bedroom, seven-bath colonial at 40 Cottage St., and that a deal should close soon.

WBUR radio first reported the deal on Wednesday.

Cohen would not disclose the buyer or the sale price, but said the agreement includes an adjacent five-bedroom, four-bath house at 170 Sargent Road that McCourt also owns.

The Cottage Street property set a record when it was first listed at $22 million in 2004, but the asking price had dropped as low as $15.75 million. The Sargent Road property was recently listed at $4.5 million.
(By Keith Reed, Globe staff)