A 1955 colonial on the Long Island Sound shoreline at Grove Beach Point sold for $2.45 million in Westbrook, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Hartford, Connecticut metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The five sales in this week’s RealtyWire Top 5 combined for $8.52 million.
The list runs from the Connecticut shoreline to the Farmington Valley, with closings in Westbrook, Avon, West Hartford and Farmington; Avon appears twice. Build years span 1955 to 2015. William Raveis Real Estate held the listing side of two sales on this week’s list.
No. 1 — $2,450,000 · 47 Old Mail Trail, Westbrook, Connecticut
The week’s highest reported price went to 47 Old Mail Trail, a three-bedroom, two-bath colonial built in 1955 in Westbrook’s Grove Beach Point Association, on Long Island Sound. The house carries a reported 1,800 square feet and has a garage across the street. The sale conveyed it together with two adjoining waterfront lots, three parcels in all, with direct beach frontage and open views over the Sound. Listing materials present the grouped lots as a single holding, with room to build a family compound, a multi-generational retreat or one larger residence across the assembled land. The sale closed on August 4, 2026.
The property went under contract 22 days after the current listing date, and it previously changed hands for $650,000 in 1988.
Joanne Arillotta-Femc of William Raveis Real Estate was the listing agent. The $2.45 million closing put her at the listing side of the highest-priced Hartford-area transaction RealtyWire recorded that week, ranked No. 1 in the metro’s weekly Top 5. Gregory Broadbent of RE/MAX Coast and Country represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $1,550,000 · 504 Deercliff Road, Avon, Connecticut
504 Deercliff Road in Avon, a custom contemporary colonial completed in 2008, sold for $1.55 million on 3.6 acres. The five-bedroom house has five full and one half bath and a reported 4,761 square feet across three levels. A two-story living room with a gas fireplace overlooks the saltwater pool and landscaped yard, and a walkout lower level holds a recreation room, gym and infrared sauna.
It closed on August 7, 2026, $200,000 above its final asking price of $1,350,000, and went under contract 3 days after the current listing date. The property previously changed hands for $250,000 in 2008.
Rick Conary and Sofia Peskina of Berkshire Hathaway NE Prop. were the listing agents. Their listing drew a contract within days and closed above its final asking price, ranking No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Hartford Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Kathleen J. Shippee of Berkshire Hathaway NE Prop. represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $1,520,000 · 26 Porter Drive, West Hartford, Connecticut
26 Porter Drive in West Hartford sold for $1.52 million. Built in 2015, the five-bedroom, four-bath house has a reported 5,297 square feet on a quiet street within walking distance of Bugbee Elementary School. A walkout lower level adds a game room, gym, home office, fifth bedroom, full bath and mudroom off an oversized two-car garage.
The August 7, 2026 closing came $322,000 above the final asking price of $1,198,000. The property previously changed hands for $516,000 in 2009, before the current residence was completed in 2015.
Evan L. Berman of William Raveis Real Estate was the listing agent. His listing went under contract 2 days after the current listing date and closed above its final asking price, ranking No. 3 in RealtyWire’s Hartford Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Adam Cannon of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,500,000 · 10 Langley Park, Farmington, Connecticut
A reported 5,359 square feet fills 10 Langley Park, a 1994 colonial on nearly an acre in Farmington’s Devonwood neighborhood, which sold for $1.5 million. The house has four bedrooms, four full baths and two half baths, a renovated kitchen with custom cabinetry and a wet bar, and a two-story family room anchored by a Mendota fireplace. A heated in-ground pool sits in the landscaped backyard.
The August 7, 2026 sale came $5,000 above the final asking price of $1,495,000, and the house went under contract 29 days after the current listing date. It previously changed hands for $885,000 in 2020.
Christy Muller of William Pitt Sotheby’s Int’l was the listing agent. The closing placed her at the listing side of the No. 4 sale in RealtyWire’s Hartford Metro Area Top 5 for the week, at a price above the property’s final asking figure. Lisa C. Barall-Matt of Berkshire Hathaway NE Prop. represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $1,500,000 · 14 Scarborough Drive, Avon, Connecticut
14 Scarborough Drive, a brick residence in Avon’s western hills, sold for $1.5 million on 0.95 acres. Built in 2004, the five-bedroom, six-bath house has a reported 6,372 square feet. Detailed woodwork runs through the formal living and dining rooms, the primary suite opens to a private mahogany deck, and a patio with an outdoor fireplace sits beside a four-car garage.
The August 7, 2026 closing at $1.5 million ranked No. 5 on the week’s Hartford-area list. The property previously changed hands for $875,000 in 2020.
William Glanville of Glanville Real Estate was the listing agent. The sale gave him the listing side of a property in RealtyWire’s Hartford Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 9, 2026. Jeremy Carrasquillo-Pinet of Tier 1 Real Estate represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 9, 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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