Suffolk County, New York Top 5 Home Sales: New Montauk Home Leads at $4.0 Million
The week’s top sales ran from Dix Hills to the East End, with homes in Montauk, East Quogue, Shelter Island and Mattituck.
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Ocean County (New Jersey) Top 5 Home Sales: $13.5 Million Mantoloking Home Leads a Week of New Construction
Newly built waterfront homes from Mantoloking to Brant Beach made up most of the week’s top sales.
Northern Virginia Top 5 Home Sales: A New Mc Lean Home Leads at $5.1 Million, With an 18th-Century Colonial in Alexandria Close Behind
A newly built home in Woodside Estates sold for the week’s top price, ahead of a riverfront Colonial with a long history and a new modern home in Vienna.
Nassau County, New York Top 5 Home Sales: $10.4 Million Old Brookville Estate Leads the Week
A modern estate in Old Brookville led the week at more than $10 million, and the other four homes sold for between $2.2 million and $3.625 million.
Monmouth County (New Jersey) Top 5 Home Sales: Rumson Colonial Leads the Week at $4.25 Million
Each of the week’s five top sales came in a different town, at prices from $2,550,000 to $4,250,000.
Mid-Fairfield County, Connecticut Top 5 Home Sales: Gated Greens Farms Estate in Westport Leads the Week
A gated estate with a tennis court, a waterfront Colonial with an infinity-edge pool and a Weston property with its own art museum were among the week’s priciest homes.
MetroWest & Western Suburbs, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: Weston Colonial Leads at $4.65 Million, Two Lexington Homes Follow
Colonials dominated the week’s top sales across four towns, joined by a century-old Queen Anne in Lexington’s Munroe Hill neighborhood.
Lower Fairfield County, Connecticut Top 5 Home Sales: Greenwich Colonial Built in 2026 Leads at $12 Million
A brick Colonial completed this year topped the list, and Compass Connecticut, LLC listed three of the five homes.
Highlands-Cashiers & Western Mountains, North Carolina Top 5 Home Sales: Mountain Views in Highlands and a New Home at Lake Toxaway
A gated ridge-top home facing Whiteside Mountain, a modern farmhouse, an in-town cottage and a golf-course home joined a new home at Longcliff among the week’s top sales.
Charlotte Area, North Carolina Top 5 Home Sales: Bessemer City Mountaintop Estate Leads at $4.5 Million
A mountaintop estate of more than 100 acres led the week, followed by four Charlotte homes in Cotswold, Myers Park and Old Foxcroft.
Cape Cod & the Islands, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: Historic Nantucket Harborfront Estate Leads at $42.5 Million
A 1930s harborfront estate on Nantucket led a week in which three of the five top sales were on that island, with homes in Edgartown and North Chatham completing the list.
Boston & Inner Suburbs, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: Newton Colonial Leads at $4.3 Million
Two homes in Newton, a Fisher Hill Colonial in Brookline, a new home in Jamaica Plain and a condominium high above downtown Boston make up the week’s top sales.
Bethesda-Potomac-Rockville Area, Maryland Top 5 Home Sales: Potomac Hills Home Leads at $2.9 Million
Four of the week’s five top sales were in Bethesda, and the fifth, the highest-priced of the group, was in Rockville.
Bergen-Passaic (New Jersey) Top 5 Home Sales: Alpine Home With Pool and Tennis Court Leads at $5 Million
Five single-family homes in five Bergen County towns, from a modern stucco home in Alpine to a renovated Colonial in Woodcliff Lake, led the week’s sales.
Consumer Prices Rise 0.4% in October as Shelter Drives Over 30% of the Gain
October CPI rose 0.4%, with shelter accounting for more than 30% of the gain, hours after Fed Governor Waller said such a reading could justify a 50-basis-point December hike.
NAR Lets MLSs Claim Up to 50% of Listing Copyrights Under New Optional Policy
NAR adopted four MLS policy changes at NAR NXT 2026, including an optional rule letting MLSs require up to a 50% copyright interest in listing content and new local control over data feeds.
2.4 Million Mortgage Holders Now Have $1 Million in Equity, a Third-Quarter Record, ICE Says
ICE’s November Mortgage Monitor counts a record 2.4 million equity millionaires and $17.5 trillion in mortgage holder equity, while underwater FHA and VA borrowers rise and cash-out refinances drive servicer losses.
The Week Ahead in Real Estate: Nov. 9-13
October CPI on Tuesday and NAR’s October existing-home sales on Thursday headline a holiday-interrupted week, with builder sentiment, housing starts and pending sales following Nov. 17-18.
Opendoor More Than Quadruples Home Purchases, but Q3 Loss Widens to $218 Million
Opendoor bought 4,865 homes in the third quarter, up from 1,169, and its inventory more than doubled to 7,596 homes. Its net loss grew to $218 million, and it guided to a weaker fourth quarter.
Hagerstown Area, Maryland Top 5 Home Sales: Fountain Head Rancher on the Fairway Leads at $825,000
Three of the week’s five highest-priced sales were in Hagerstown, with the other two in Williamsport and Boonsboro.
Lynchburg Area, Virginia Top 5 Home Sales: Country Acreage Leads, From Monroe to Amherst
Mountain views, working farmland and a home nearly two centuries old set the tone for a week in which every top sale came from a different town.
Newark-New Castle-Middletown Area, Delaware Top 5 Home Sales: Townsend Colonial Leads at $1.2 Million
Newer Colonials in Townsend, New Castle and Middletown took the top three places, and two one-story ranches in Townsend and Bear completed the list.
Pioneer Valley, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: Amherst Sale Leads at $963,000
Prices ran from $711,114 to $963,000 among five single-family homes in Amherst, Northampton, West Springfield and Belchertown.
Rochester Area, New York Top 5 Home Sales: Canandaigua Country Property Leads Sales in Fairport, Pittsford and Webster
Every one of the five homes went under contract within eight days of being listed, and four of them sold above their asking prices.
Scranton-Wilkes-Barre Area, Pennsylvania Top 5 Home Sales: Shickshinny Chalet Leads at $629,000
Prices ran from $475,000 to $629,000 across five towns, and two of the sales came with more than 20 acres of countryside.
Virginia Peninsula, Virginia Top 5 Home Sales: Two Williamsburg Homes Lead the Week
A home in a gated golf community, a wooded retreat, a century-old farmhouse on more than nine acres and two Middle Peninsula homes with room to spread out made up the week’s top sales.
Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania Top 5 Home Sales: Murrysville Colonial Leads at $880,000
Two brick Colonials led the week, followed by a ranch and two contemporary homes.
Inland Sussex County, Delaware Top 5 Home Sales: Seaford Contemporary Leads, Two Sell in Canaan Woods
Two homes in the same Lincoln community made the list, alongside sales in Seaford, Georgetown and Frankford.
Dover & Kent County, Delaware Top 5 Home Sales: New Construction in Viola Leads the Week
A home completed this year, three built since 2004 and a 1987 traditional made up the week’s five priciest sales, all of them two-story single-family homes.
Harford County, Maryland Top 5 Home Sales: Churchville Farmhouse Leads a Week Centered on Havre De Grace
A newer farmhouse-style home, a bayfront penthouse and a stone home on more than two acres were among the week’s top sales.