The house at 58 High Valley Drive in Canton went under contract 11 days after the current listing date, then closed $75,000 above its final asking price of $1,825,000 to finish at $1.90 million. It led five reported home sales in the Hartford, Connecticut metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026, a group that accounted for $6.77 million.
West Hartford holds both the No. 2 and No. 5 positions, each a colonial built in 1921, and the Connecticut shoreline accounts for the No. 3 and No. 4 sales, at Sols Point in Clinton and Grove Beach Point in Westbrook. William Raveis Real Estate was on the listing side of the No. 2 and No. 3 closings.
No. 1 — $1,900,000 · 58 High Valley Drive, Canton, Connecticut
A stone and cedar colonial set on 3.5 acres at 58 High Valley Drive closed on September 16, 2026 for $1,900,000, the week’s highest reported price in the metro area. Built in 1998, the house holds four bedrooms across a reported 6,243 square feet. It previously changed hands for $1,625,000 in 2021.
Millwork runs through the main level, where a kitchen with a breakfast nook opens to a fireplaced living room under a coffered ceiling. A formal dining room, a den, a home office and two powder rooms complete the floor. The primary suite upstairs pairs a new spa bath with a private deck and connects to an exercise room; three additional ensuite bedrooms, each with a new bath, and a laundry room fill out the second floor. Radiant heat runs through the baths.
The walkout lower level adds a recreation area, a wine cellar, a full bath and a second kitchen, with radiant heat and sliders to the rear patio. Outside, a large deck overlooks a heated in-ground Gunite pool and a pool house, and a lighted tennis court sits on the grounds. A custom barn and carriage house with room for six or more cars carries radiant heat, a built-in lift and a full bath; its second floor is roughed in for bedrooms, a kitchen and baths.
Catherine A. McCahill of William Pitt Sotheby’s Int’l represented the listing side of the No. 1 transaction in RealtyWire’s Hartford Metro Area Top 5 for the week, and one earlier Hartford-area sale of hers has appeared in a RealtyWire Top 5 roundup. Maria G. Esposito of Premier Re Group LLC represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $1,325,000 · 22 Ridgewood Road, West Hartford, Connecticut
A 1921 New England colonial at 22 Ridgewood Road took the No. 2 position in West Hartford, with a $1,325,000 closing recorded September 15, 2026. The five-bedroom house reports 4,783 square feet over four floors and sits on a fenced 0.60-acre lot. The sale closed $30,000 above its final asking price of $1,295,000, and the property previously changed hands for $736,000 in 2020.
Listing materials detail five years of work by the current owner, including a rear addition and new dormers, a kitchen with Wolf appliances, a rebuilt basement level for media, gaming and exercise, and a mudroom with a heated floor and custom storage. Also on the list: new windows, central air conditioning, a new roof and gutters, a primary bath with a soaking tub, shower and double sinks, a second-floor laundry room and custom closet organizers.
Site and utility work included new sanitary and water lines, footing drains, extensive electrical, mechanical and plumbing updates, and a natural gas-powered Generac standby generator. The fenced yard carries a new patio and a bocce court, and the oversized garage has a rear extension that can take a third car, a boat or a workshop. The house stands in a walkable West Hartford neighborhood.
Liz Teare of William Raveis Real Estate was the listing agent. The sale ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Hartford Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Dominique Soto of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $1,270,000 · 31 Sols Point Road, Clinton, Connecticut
At Sols Point in Clinton, a renovated shoreline house at 31 Sols Point Road brought $1,270,000 in a closing dated September 17, 2026. The 1910 property occupies an oversized corner lot steps from a small sandy beach, with 180-degree views of Long Island Sound. It closed $20,000 above its final asking price of $1,250,000, and previously changed hands for $770,000 in 2023.
The open main level centers on a kitchen with quartzite counters, a tile backsplash, Bosch stainless steel appliances, custom cabinetry, designer lighting and shiplap accents, and sun-filled rooms frame panoramic water views. The main house holds two bedrooms and two full baths plus a sunroom suited to a home office or guest overflow. Updates include a new roof, renovated baths, energy-efficient HVAC, a tankless hot water system and fresh interior and exterior paint.
A front porch and a Trex deck face the water, and an outdoor shower serves the walk back from the beach. A detached two-car garage carries an efficiency apartment above it, with one bedroom and one full bath, usable as guest quarters or studio space. Marinas, restaurants, beaches and shopping are nearby, with access to I-95 toward New Haven, Hartford, New York and Boston.
Rose Ciardiello of William Raveis Real Estate was the listing agent. William Raveis Real Estate held the listing side of both the No. 2 and No. 3 sales in RealtyWire’s Hartford Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Jay Cusack of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Executive Real Estate represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,250,000 · 17 Beach Way, Westbrook, Connecticut
A direct waterfront cottage at 17 Beach Way, in Westbrook’s Grove Beach Point, closed on September 14, 2026 for $1,250,000. The 1947 cottage reports 840 square feet, with three bedrooms and one full bath.
Original knotty pine covers the walls and floors. The living room has a fireplace and a large picture window over the water, and a covered front porch faces the shoreline. Classic stone walls edge the property, which has direct access to a white sandy beach, and a one-car garage stands on the site.
Sue Hitchcock of Coldwell Banker Realty listed the cottage, which went under contract 7 days after the current listing date. The sale ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Hartford Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Jay Cusack of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Executive Real Estate represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $1,025,000 · 25 Walbridge Road, West Hartford, Connecticut
West Hartford also supplied the No. 5 sale: a 1921 colonial at 25 Walbridge Road, which sold for $1,025,000 in a closing dated September 14, 2026. The six-bedroom house reports 3,400 square feet, went under contract 12 days after the current listing date and closed $126,000 above its final asking price of $899,000. It previously changed hands for $564,750 in 2018.
Maintained by its fourth owner, the house was built by a local master woodworker. Original moldings remain, along with an expansive dining room with a custom built-in hutch and a living room with original built-in bookcases. The kitchen carries double ovens, two sinks, two dishwashers and a butler’s pantry that opens to the dining room, and a heated sunroom opens to the rear patio.
Six bedrooms include a primary suite with a dressing room and walk-in closet, and a third-floor guest suite has a private full bath. A semi-finished heated basement adds flexible room, and mechanical updates include a Mitsubishi air conditioning system, an on-demand gas boiler and a newer hot water heater. The two-car garage has a wall-mounted EV charger, and the fenced, landscaped yard has an in-ground sprinkler system and patios. Listing materials place the Walbridge Road neighborhood on ground historically part of the Vanderbilt estate, an easy walk from West Hartford Center, Blue Back Square and the rose gardens at Elizabeth Park.
Dale R. Masslon of KW Legacy Partners was the listing agent. The closing gave Masslon the No. 5 position in RealtyWire’s Hartford Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Elizabeth Georgescu of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, September 20, 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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