South Coast, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: Waterfront and Acreage in Dartmouth, Lakeville and Swansea
Homes in Dartmouth, Lakeville and Swansea, from waterfront settings to wooded country land, made up the week’s top sales.
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Lake George–Glens Falls, New York Top 5 Home Sales: Lakefront Home in Putnam Station Leads at $2 Million
A home on the northern reaches of Lake George, a renovated 1920 home in Bolton Landing, a pond-front retreat, a large village home and a brand-new chalet near Gore Mountain made up the week’s top sales.
Hudson–Catskill, New York Top 5 Home Sales: Austerlitz Country Home Leads at $2.6 Million
A pair of Austerlitz sales, a log home in Windham, a Victorian in Germantown and a wooded property in Hunter made up the week’s top five across Columbia and Greene counties.
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton Area, North Carolina Top 5 Home Sales: Mountain-View Home in Nebo Leads at $1.7 Million
Two homes built to face the mountains, a restored Craftsman from 1922 and two homes on more than two acres each made up the week’s top sales.
Greater Worcester, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: Three Shrewsbury Homes Join Sales in Sutton and West Brookfield
A home finished this year leads the list, which also takes in a cul-de-sac Colonial in Sutton and a lakefront contemporary in West Brookfield.
Westchester–Putnam, New York Top 5 Home Sales: Rye Estate Leads at $6.9 Million
Three of the week’s top sales were in Rye and the other two were in Purchase and Mamaroneck, all of them single-family homes in Westchester County.
Suffolk County, New York Top 5 Home Sales: Cutchogue Waterfront Home Leads the Week at $4.4 Million
Homes on the bay, on the Sound and along a West Islip canal sold this week, along with a Cape Cod-style home a short way from the ocean in Amagansett.
Staten Island, New York Top 5 Home Sales: A Tottenville Waterfront Colonial Leads the Week at $1.5 Million
A Colonial from the 1870s that awaits restoration tops the week, followed by four homes built from 1950 to 2000.
Southern Maryland Top 5 Home Sales: Dunkirk Colonial Leads at $1.5 Million
A large Colonial in Dunkirk led the week, and the rest of the list ran to homes on Back Creek, Cobb Island and the Patuxent River.
South Shore, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: Marshfield Colonial With Ocean Views Leads at $2.4 Million
An ocean-view Colonial in Marshfield led a week of sales that ran from the Quincy shoreline to a pond in Carver.
Shoreline & Lower River Valley, Connecticut Top 5 Home Sales: Madison Colonial Leads, Old Saybrook Has Two
A Madison Colonial led the week, followed by two homes in Old Saybrook, a contemporary in the Stony Creek village of Branford and a Cape Cod in Westbrook.
Rockland County, New York Top 5 Home Sales: A $1.3 Million Pomona Home Leads, With Suffern and Nanuet Close Behind
Three of the week’s top sales went for more than their asking prices and the other two for exactly what their sellers asked, in a close field.
Roanoke & Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia Top 5 Home Sales: A $2.1 Million Huddleston Lake Home Leads the Week
Waterfront homes on Smith Mountain Lake and two Botetourt County properties with acreage and mountain views made up the week’s priciest sales.
Richmond Area, Virginia Top 5 Home Sales: A Midlothian Estate Leads Sales in Henrico, Manakin Sabot and Richmond
An estate on wooded acreage, a Tudor on a golf course, a home overlooking a pond and two homes close to the West End shops made up the week’s priciest sales.
Queens, New York Top 5 Home Sales: $2.9 Million Sale Leads a Week From Forest Hills to Jamaica
A sale at $2.88 million topped the list, and the last two places ended in a tie at $1.9 million.
Prince William Area, Virginia Top 5 Home Sales: Haymarket Colonial Leads at $1.2 Million
Four Colonial homes built between 1999 and 2016 and an older raised ranch on rural land each sold for at least $995,000.
Pittsburgh North, Pennsylvania Top 5 Home Sales: Mallard Pond Home in Baden Leads at $1.9 Million
A brick French Provincial home with a backyard pool and a lower-level theater led a week of two-story single-family sales in Baden, Sewickley and Mars.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Top 5 Home Sales: Mount Airy West Stone Colonial Leads at $1.5 Million
The week’s top sales were spread across five neighborhoods, from Mount Airy West and Chestnut Hill to Bella Vista, Graduate Hospital and Rittenhouse Square.
Northern Virginia Top 5 Home Sales: $3.5 Million Alexandria Home Leads, With New Builds in Arlington and Mc Lean
The list ran from a remodeled Colonial in Alexandria’s Wellington neighborhood to two newly built homes in Cherrydale and Mc Lean Hamlet that sold for the same price.
Neponset Valley & Greater Franklin, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: Westwood Claims Four Spots, Led by a $2.55 Million Sale
Westwood accounted for four of the week’s five highest-priced sales and Wrentham for the other, in a group that runs from two mid-century ranches to three Colonials built since 2001.
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Top 5 Home Sales: $1.6 Million Schwenksville Colonial Leads the Week
Three single-family homes and two townhouses, each in a different town, led the week’s sales, from a Colonial in Schwenksville to a Toll Brothers home in Royersford.
Mid-Fairfield County, Connecticut Top 5 Home Sales: A Shingle-Style Coleytown Home Leads at $3.9 Million in Westport and Fairfield
A Westport shingle-style Colonial, a renovated farmhouse with a party barn and a remodeled estate known as Meadow Wood were among the five homes that topped the week’s sales.
MetroWest & Western Suburbs, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: A $3.8 Million Needham Colonial Leads the Week
Two sales in Needham, two in Wellesley and one in Lexington made up the week’s top five, from a reworked 1964 contemporary to a Colonial finished this year.
Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: Andover Colonial Leads at $1.85 Million
Homes built nearly a century apart, from 1901 to 1993, changed hands in Andover and North Andover.
Main Line, Pennsylvania Top 5 Home Sales: A Newly Built Gladwyne Home Tops a List Spanning Newtown Square, Ardmore, Bryn Mawr and Berwyn
The week’s top sales ranged from new construction in Gladwyne to a home more than a century old in Ardmore, and all five were single-family homes.
Greater Taunton-Attleboro, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: $1.4 Million North Attleboro Colonial Leads the Week
Five Bristol County towns each had one of the week’s top sales, from a newly built home to a fenced equestrian property.
Delaware County, Pennsylvania Top 5 Home Sales: Media Home Sells for $2 Million to Lead the Week
A remade mid-century home beside a Media park, the week’s only new construction and three established Colonials make up this week’s list.
Raleigh Area, North Carolina Top 5 Home Sales: Gated Back Nine Estates Home in Wake Forest Leads at $3.65 Million
Barns and pasture, two homes finished this year and a brick home on nearly four gated acres made up the week’s five priciest sales.
North Shore, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: Two Swampscott Homes Lead the Week
Two Swampscott homes led the week, and the list ran from a 19th-century home by the water to new construction in Lynnfield.
Nassau County, New York Top 5 Home Sales: Garden City Colonial Leads at $6.3 Million
A home finished in 2020 on a Garden City block led the week, followed by estates of two to five acres in Port Washington, Locust Valley, Glen Head and Mill Neck.