Ridgefield claimed three of the five highest-priced home sales reported in the Greater Danbury Area, Connecticut for the week ending November 8, 2026, with Redding and Newtown taking the other two. Together the five sold for $7.85 million.
Every one of the homes sits on more than an acre in Fairfield County. The group runs from a 1966 Ridgefield home with its own accessory apartment to a 2012 Ridgefield home on a wooded corner lot, and it includes the largest of the five, a Newtown home of 7,595 square feet on 3.09 acres in an equestrian community.
No. 1 — $2,400,000 · 79 Lounsbury Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut
The top sale of the week is a farmhouse-style home in Ridgefield’s Farmingville area, a short way down the road from Hickories Farm, an organic working farm. The home at 79 Lounsbury Road sold for $2.4 million, above its asking price of $1.995 million by $405,000.
Built in 2005 with shingle and wood siding, the home has 4,480 square feet, five bedrooms and six bathrooms, the most bedrooms and bathrooms among the five sales. Much of its appeal is outdoors. Professional landscaping surrounds a heated in-ground pool and spa with several waterfalls, and a patio sits on the level, wooded 1.10-acre lot.
Inside, the rooms are finished with custom millwork, transom windows between rooms and large windows. The main level is partly open. Its kitchen has professional appliances and built-in banquette seating, and both a pantry and a butler’s pantry lead to the dining room. The family room and a combined living and music room are reached directly from the kitchen. Upstairs, the primary suite has a soaking tub, a spa-style shower and a custom dressing area. The home also has a great room with a dramatic architectural ceiling and built-in window seats, a three-car attached garage and a partly finished basement.
The property last sold for $450,000 in 2003, before the current home was built.
Karla Murtaugh of Compass Connecticut, LLC was the listing agent, and John E. Dunn, also of Compass Connecticut, LLC, represented the buyer in the week’s highest-priced sale, which closed above the asking price.
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No. 2 — $1,500,000 · 2 Longwood Drive, Redding, Connecticut
In the Gallows Hill neighborhood of Redding, 2 Longwood Drive sold for $1.5 million. The clapboard Colonial stands on 2.72 secluded acres on a cul-de-sac, about eight minutes from the Redding Metro-North station.
Built in 1998, the home has four bedrooms, five bathrooms and 6,259 square feet, with ceilings of 9 to 14 feet and hardwood floors. The kitchen has Sub-Zero refrigeration, a six-burner Wolf gas cooktop, granite counters and a large island, and it opens to a family room with a gas fireplace, a wet bar and French doors to the outdoor living areas. The primary suite has two full bathrooms and a whirlpool tub. A finished third-floor space with its own full bath and a steam shower and sauna could serve as guest quarters, an office or a gym.
Below, an unfinished lower level with 9-foot ceilings offers room to grow, and the three-car attached garage has 12-foot ceilings. The landscaped grounds have mature trees, old stone walls, broad lawns, gardens and a covered front porch. The property is close to the Redding Country Club, the community center and the town green. The property last sold for $916,775 in 1998.
Jeffrey Kaplan of William Raveis Real Estate was the listing agent, and Joan Oricchio of Berkshire Hathaway NE Prop. represented the buyer. William Raveis Real Estate listed two of the week’s top five sales, this one and the No. 3 sale in Newtown.
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No. 3 — $1,400,000 · 17 Equestrian Ridge, Newtown, Connecticut
The largest home of the week, with 7,595 square feet on the largest lot, 3.09 acres, is at 17 Equestrian Ridge in Greenleaf Farms, an equestrian community in Newtown. It sold for $1.4 million.
The approach sets the tone: an allee of trees lines a circular drive edged in Belgian block, and uplighting picks out the gardens. Stone steps rise to the foyer of the 1994 Colonial, which has four bedrooms and five bathrooms. On the main level, a great room under a vaulted ceiling has a wood-burning fireplace and a wet bar with built-in cabinetry and a beverage refrigerator. A sunroom sits beside it, and the living room has a second wood-burning fireplace with built-ins. The kitchen has a Bosch refrigerator, an induction cooktop, double ovens and a center island, and the formal dining room has a tray ceiling. A study with built-ins rounds out the floor.
Several of the main-level rooms open straight onto the gardens and broad stone patios. A fire pit and natural stone walls complete the outdoor setting. Upstairs, the primary suite has a tray ceiling, a sitting area, an adjoining dressing room, two walk-in closets and a bath with a soaking tub and radiant heated floors. The updated lower level adds a media room, a gym and storage space, with its own entrance to the three-car garage.
The property last sold for $670,000 in 2018.
Lisa Gallagher of William Raveis Real Estate was the listing agent, giving the brokerage its second sale in this week’s top five. Sarah Caballero of Myers Realty Group LLC represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,350,000 · 7 Hessian Drive, Ridgefield, Connecticut
The newest home of the five, built in 2012, is at 7 Hessian Drive in Ridgefield, where it sold for $1.35 million. The Colonial stands on a wooded 1.03-acre corner lot on a cul-de-sac, convenient to schools, commuting routes and downtown Ridgefield.
The home has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and 3,022 square feet arranged around an open floor plan, with 9-foot ceilings, crown moldings and hardwood floors on the main level. The living room has tall French doors, the dining room a bay window, and the eat-in kitchen granite counters and an island. A family room with a gas fireplace opens through sliders to a flagstone patio. Upstairs, the primary suite comes with a separate sitting room or study.
Custom stonework, Belgian block and a flagstone walkway frame mature plantings outside. An unfinished walk-out lower level with high ceilings and an unfinished walk-up attic leave room to expand. The property last sold for $860,000 in 2013.
Jane Scarbrough of William Pitt Sotheby’s Int’l was the listing agent, and Toni Riordan of Berkshire Hathaway NE Prop. represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $1,200,000 · 314 Barrack Hill Road, Ridgefield, Connecticut
The oldest home in the group, a 1966 Colonial at 314 Barrack Hill Road in Ridgefield, sold for $1.2 million. Part of the home is an accessory apartment of 868 square feet with its own kitchen, living room, bedroom, den, two full baths, central air and private patio.
In all, the home has four bedrooms, five bathrooms and 3,086 square feet on 1.37 level, landscaped acres with mature landscaping, a generous lawn and wooded privacy. The main residence has hardwood floors, detailed millwork and a kitchen with granite counters, stainless steel appliances and a center island. Its great room is the most striking space, ringed by windows under a vaulted, beamed ceiling with skylights, and it opens directly to a large deck overlooking the backyard. The kitchen and baths have been renovated.
The home is minutes from the Ridgefield Playhouse, the Prospector Theater, Ballard Park and the town’s shops and restaurants. The property last sold for $314,000 in 1992.
Heather Salaga of Houlihan Lawrence was the listing agent, and Lisa Pirraglia of Bee Home Realty, LLC represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, November 8, 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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