Litchfield Hills, Connecticut Top 5 Home Sales: Winsted Leads at $850,000, Two Sales in Lakeville
Homes built more than two centuries apart led the week’s sales across four Litchfield County towns.
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Greater Hartford Area, Connecticut Top 5 Home Sales: Glastonbury Tops the List, With Sales in South Glastonbury, Rocky Hill and Ellington
Glastonbury had two of the week’s five highest-priced sales, including the top one, while South Glastonbury, Rocky Hill and Ellington supplied the rest.
Frederick Area, Maryland Top 5 Home Sales: Wright-Inspired Home in Mountain Laurel Estates Leads at $1.5 Million
Two Frederick homes led the week, with the rest of the list spread across Middletown, Monrovia and Woodsboro.
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Syracuse Area, New York Top 5 Home Sales: Two Skaneateles Homes Tie for First
A historic village home and a lakefront camp in Skaneateles sold for the same price to share first place, ahead of sales in Cazenovia, Baldwinsville and Fayetteville.
Northern Neck & Middlesex, Virginia Top 5 Home Sales: White Stone Waterfront Estate Leads at $3.2 Million
Two homes in White Stone, two in Heathsville and one in Kilmarnock, led the market, from a 16.50-acre estate on Indian Creek to a brick home in Lagrange Estates.
Lower Eastern Shore-Ocean City, Maryland Top 5 Home Sales: Oceanfront Townhome in Ocean City Tops the Week at $1.6 Million
A renovated townhome on the sand, two boating homes on the water in Wood Duck Isle and an 11th-floor condominium above the Atlantic lead the week’s sales.
Lewes-Rehoboth Area, Delaware Top 5 Home Sales: Lewes Acreage Leads at $2.5 Million
Open land, a golf course fairway and a pond set the scene for the week’s five highest-priced home sales.
Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania Top 5 Home Sales: New Construction in Coopersburg, Two Nazareth Homes and a Schnecksville Horse Property
Newly built Colonials, a custom home on acreage and a country property set up for horses made up a week of mostly recent construction across two counties.
Hudson–Catskill, New York Top 5 Home Sales: Windham Ski Homes Lead, Topped by a $2.2 Million Sale
Two ski homes on the same mountain road, a contemporary with its own pond, a Victorian farmhouse on a village main street and a wooded retreat in Jewett made up the week’s top sales.
Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton Area, North Carolina Top 5 Home Sales: Morganton Lakefront Victorian Leads at $2.1 Million
Lakefront retreats, a new mountain chalet on acreage and a ranch facing a historic golf course made up the week’s top sales across four towns.
Greater Taunton-Attleboro, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: Newer Seekonk Ranch Leads at $1.1 Million
Two newer ranches, a contemporary in Raynham, a remade Cape with a year-round pool and a Rehoboth Colonial on more than an acre made up the week’s top sales.
Greater Piedmont, Virginia Top 5 Home Sales: Marshall Estate Leads at $2.7 Million
Country properties with ponds, barns and pasture made up most of the week’s top sales, from Marshall and Delaplane to Sperryville.
Greater New Haven Area, Connecticut Top 5 Home Sales: A $1.2 Million Duck Pond Colonial Leads an All-Milford List
Colonials close to the beaches and a condominium with harbor views made up the week’s highest-priced sales.
Greater Bridgeport & Lower Naugatuck Valley, Connecticut Top 5 Home Sales: A Shelton Ranch Leads, and Oxford Claims Two Spots
A ranch built in 2018 topped the week, and the rest of the list ran from a wooded cul-de-sac in Quaker Farms to a walkable street in Trumbull.
Fredericksburg Area, Virginia Top 5 Home Sales: A Montpelier Station Estate Leads, With Lake Homes in Fawn Lake and Lake Of The Woods
A country estate in Orange County led the week, ahead of two homes with private docks in gated lake communities and a pair of Stafford sales.
Carroll County, Maryland Top 5 Home Sales: Mount Airy Colonial Leads a Week of Four-Bedroom Homes
A Mount Airy Colonial backing to preserved farmland topped the week, joined by a golf-community home in Challedon, a brick rambler in Fannie Ridge and a new model home in Sykesville.
Burlington & Champlain Valley, Vermont Top 5 Home Sales: Shelburne and Huntington Country Homes Lead the Week
Two Shelburne sales, a timber-frame homestead in Huntington and an energy-efficient home in New Haven were among the week’s top closings, which ran from $903,000 to $1,650,000.
Buffalo–Niagara, New York Top 5 Home Sales: Waterfront Condo Leads at $1.1 Million
Two condominiums on Buffalo’s waterfront led the week, ahead of single-family homes in Clarence, Orchard Park and Hamburg.
Baltimore City, Maryland Top 5 Home Sales: Roland Park Tudor Leads, With Butchers Hill and Harborview Townhouses on the List
Every one of the week’s five priciest sales went under contract within about two weeks of being listed.
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Charlottesville Area, Virginia Top 5 Home Sales: $2.9 Million Charlottesville Georgian Leads a Week That Included Two Glenmore Homes
A Georgian on three acres, a 1940 home a short walk from the University of Virginia, a 21-acre country property and two homes in the gated Glenmore community made up the week’s five top sales.
Delaware County, Pennsylvania Top 5 Home Sales: $1.3 Million Glen Mills Colonial Leads a Week From Wallingford to Swarthmore
A brick Colonial in Garnet Valley Woods led the week, and the five homes ranged from a stone Tudor built in 1939 to a townhouse finished in 2024.
Greater Worcester, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: Bolton Craftsman Leads at $1.3 Million
A Craftsman home on wooded acreage in Bolton topped a week that also took in a lakefront home in Sutton and an antique Colonial in Boylston.
Manchester-Nashua Area, New Hampshire Top 5 Home Sales: Hollis Acreage Leads at $1.5 Million
Country land in Hollis tops the list, with a Bedford Colonial, a remodeled Hooksett home and a new Nashua condominium filling out the week.
North Shore, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: Rockport Oceanfront Home Leads at $3.6 Million
Water ran through the week’s top sales, from the open Atlantic in Rockport to the Merrimack and Annisquam rivers, with a pair of big properties in Boxford and South Hamilton rounding out the list.
Northern Virginia Top 5 Home Sales: New Great Falls Farmhouse Leads at $6.95 Million
A newly finished farmhouse-style home on nearly two acres, a riverfront condominium in Old Town and a five-acre French manor in Clifton led a week of large, mostly recent homes.
Ocean County (New Jersey) Top 5 Home Sales: A $6.8 Million Sale in Mantoloking Leads the Week
A Mantoloking home on the bay tops a week of shore sales that also reached Lavallette, Ship Bottom and Beach Haven.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Top 5 Home Sales: Fitler Square Townhouses Lead at $3.7 Million
Two contemporary townhouses in Fitler Square took the top two places, each selling for more than $3.4 million.
Prince William Area, Virginia Top 5 Home Sales: New Nokesville Farmhouse Tops the Week at $1.3 Million
From country acreage in Nokesville and Catharpin to established neighborhoods in Haymarket and Gainesville, each of the week’s top sales closed above $1 million.