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Bethany-Fenwick & Inland Bays, Delaware Top 5 Home Sales: Bayfront Ocean View Home Leads Sales in Selbyville and Bethany Beach

A bayfront home on two acres, a new three-story build, a 1960s beach cottage, an oceanfront condominium and a canal-side home in a gated community made up the week's top sales.

Bethany-Fenwick & Inland Bays, Delaware Top 5 Home Sales: Bayfront Ocean View Home Leads Sales in Selbyville and Bethany Beach

These were the highest-priced home sales reported in Bethany-Fenwick & Inland Bays, Delaware, for the week ending November 1, 2026, and together the five sold for a combined $10.92 million. All five are in Sussex County: two in Bethany Beach, two in Selbyville and one in Ocean View.

The group runs from a cottage built in 1961 to a home finished in 2025, the only new construction among them. Four are single-family homes and one is a condominium, and their settings take in the bay, the ocean and a tidal canal.

No. 1 — $2,550,000 · 58 Daisey Ave, Ocean View, Delaware

Top home sale No. 1 in Bethany-Fenwick & Inland Bays, Delaware β€” 58 Daisey Ave, Ocean View, Delaware, week ending November 1, 2026

The top sale of the week was a farmhouse-style home on the bay in Ocean View’s Foreside Commons, which sold for $2,550,000. The property covers 2.01 acres, has private access to the water and includes an additional building lot.

Built in 1997, the two-story home has 3,726 square feet of living space, three bedrooms and three bathrooms, two full and one half. Hardwood floors run through the main level, where bay windows bring light into the living areas and look out over the water. The layout is a traditional one, with a formal dining room, a butler’s pantry and a family room off the kitchen that has a gas fireplace and its own view of the bay. The kitchen has custom cabinetry, an island and room for a table.

The three bedrooms are upstairs. The primary bedroom faces the bay, and its bath has a soaking tub and a separate shower, along with walk-in closets. Among the smaller details are a pet-washing station, a laundry room and an oversized attached three-car garage. Outside is a private yard with views of the water.

PAUL SICARI and Paul R Dicicco of Compass were the listing agents. LESLIE KOPP of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. represented the buyer.

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No. 2 — $2,527,508 · 30578 Lightkeepers Way, Selbyville, Delaware

Top home sale No. 2 in Bethany-Fenwick & Inland Bays, Delaware β€” 30578 Lightkeepers Way, Selbyville, Delaware, week ending November 1, 2026

A brand-new home in Channel Pointe in Selbyville sold for $2,527,508. Completed in 2025, it is the newest home in this week’s Top 5 and, at 5,320 square feet, the largest.

The coastal-style home was built to the Tidewatcher plan, which rises three stories to make the most of its bayfront site, and an elevator serves all three levels. On the ground floor, next to the two-car garage, are a finished recreation room with a bar and a bedroom with its own bath. The second floor is the main living level, with an open kitchen, dining area and great room, a study and a second owner’s suite. The primary suite and two more bedrooms take up the top floor.

In all the home has five bedrooms and five bathrooms, four full and one half, along with tray ceilings and a gas fireplace. Several decks look out toward the bay, and the lot adjoins open space. Channel Pointe has a community pool, and the beaches of Fenwick Island are about a mile away.

Audrey Serio and Frank T. Serio of Monument Sotheby’s International Realty were the listing agents, and Shannon Smith Hunt of Northrop Realty represented the buyer.

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No. 3 — $2,100,000 · 105 Hollywood St, Bethany Beach, Delaware

Top home sale No. 3 in Bethany-Fenwick & Inland Bays, Delaware β€” 105 Hollywood St, Bethany Beach, Delaware, week ending November 1, 2026

The oldest home in the group is a 1961 beach cottage on Hollywood Street in Bethany Beach, a block from the ocean and from the center of town. It went under contract one day after it was listed and sold for $2,100,000.

The two-story cottage has 2,000 square feet of living space on a 4,792-square-foot lot, with four bedrooms, three of them on the main level, and two full baths. A 2020 renovation updated the kitchen and much of the rest of the home. Wood floors, a brick fireplace and an open kitchen and living area sit alongside a separate dining room. Outside are a deck, an enclosed porch, an outdoor shower and a fenced backyard, and the boardwalk, shops and restaurants of downtown Bethany Beach are a short walk away. The property last sold for $882,000 in 2019.

Russell Griffin of Keller Williams Realty listed the home with Bogi Szabo, also of Keller Williams Realty, and also represented the buyer, putting the same agent on both sides of the sale.

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No. 4 — $1,900,000 · 601 Chesapeake House Rd, Bethany Beach, Delaware

Top home sale No. 4 in Bethany-Fenwick & Inland Bays, Delaware β€” 601 Chesapeake House Rd, Bethany Beach, Delaware, week ending November 1, 2026

In Sea Colony East in Bethany Beach, an oceanfront condominium on the sixth floor sold for $1,900,000, its full asking price. Built in 1974, the coastal contemporary unit sits at the point of the building nearest the ocean, and it has a wraparound balcony with wide views of the ocean.

Inside, the one-level unit has 1,483 square feet, three bedrooms and three bathrooms, two full and one half. The living and dining areas share one open room, with custom track lighting, motorized shades and large glass sliders facing the water. The kitchen is a galley, and the washer and dryer were moved out of it to a hall closet to free up counter space. The primary bedroom looks directly at the ocean, and its newly renovated bath has a walk-in shower with a pebble-stone floor.

Residents of Sea Colony share a private beach with guards, indoor and outdoor pools, fitness centers and tennis courts. The community also has 24-hour security, and the unit comes with an assigned covered garage space.

TAMMY HADDER and Anna G Meiklejohn of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. were the listing agents. Kimberly Dyer of Monument Sotheby’s International Realty represented the buyer.

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No. 5 — $1,847,000 · 38041 Water Walk Way, Selbyville, Delaware

Top home sale No. 5 in Bethany-Fenwick & Inland Bays, Delaware β€” 38041 Water Walk Way, Selbyville, Delaware, week ending November 1, 2026

A custom home on a cul-de-sac in Fenwick Shoals, a gated community in Selbyville, went under contract two days after it was listed and sold for $1,847,000, its full asking price. The property last sold for $200,000 in 2021, before the current home was built. Completed in 2024, the coastal transitional home sits on a 9,583-square-foot lot along a canal, and residents can launch a kayak or paddleboard from the backyard.

A double front door opens to a foyer with a wraparound staircase, and ceilings reach nine feet or higher on both floors. The gourmet kitchen has a column refrigerator with a matching freezer, beverage stations with built-in coolers and a walk-in scullery pantry with a coffee bar plumbed to its own water line. Two primary suites, each with its own bath, are on the main level.

Off the back of the main floor is a large deck, partly covered, with a retractable screen, a stone gas fireplace and a half bath of its own. Upstairs, a loft with a wet bar opens onto a screened porch and a sunning deck with views of the water. Next to the loft is a finished flex room above the garage, and three more bedrooms and two full baths complete the second floor.

The home has five bedrooms and six bathrooms, four full and two half, the most baths of the five sales, across 4,360 square feet. An oversized tandem garage fits three vehicles. Fenwick Shoals has a clubhouse and a community pool, and the beaches of Fenwick Island and Ocean City, Maryland, are a few minutes away, as is the Freeman Stage.

Amy Coy of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty – OP was the listing agent, and Jon M Barker of Keller Williams Realty Delmarva represented the buyer.

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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, November 1, 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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