These were the five highest-priced home sales reported in the Newark-New Castle-Middletown Area, Delaware for the week ending November 1, 2026, and together they came to $4.445 million. All five are single-family homes in New Castle County, and Townsend accounted for two of them. The list runs from two-story Colonials built since 2016 to a pair of ranches, one on a large rural property and the other just completed.
No. 1 — $1,160,000 · 5482 Summit Bridge Rd, Townsend, Delaware
The week’s top sale was a two-story brick-and-siding Colonial at 5482 Summit Bridge Road in the Blackston Cove neighborhood of Townsend, which sold for $1.16 million. Built in 2022 on 1.10 acres, the home has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and 6,000 square feet of living space, along with garage space for five cars, the most of any home in this Top 5.
The center of the main floor is a two-story living room with hardwood floors and a stone fireplace open on two sides. The kitchen, fitted with stainless appliances and generous work surfaces, opens directly to the living area, and the first floor also has a sitting room, a sunroom and a bedroom that can serve as a guest room or a private office. Upstairs, the primary suite includes a walk-in closet and an adjoining bonus room suited to a dressing room.
Much of the entertaining happens on the finished lower level, which has a walk-out rear entrance. It has a bar, a den and a dedicated media room, plus a room for hobbies or exercise, a bathroom and a steam spa. The location gives easy access to Middletown as well as to points north and south.
Andrea Selvaggio and Michael C Selvaggio of Delaware Homes Inc were the listing agents, and Michael Selvaggio, also of Delaware Homes Inc, represented the buyer in the highest-priced sale of the week.
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No. 2 — $980,000 · 1030 Matthew Way, New Castle, Delaware
At 6,600 square feet, the Toll Brothers home at 1030 Matthew Way in New Castle is the largest of the five, and its five bathrooms are also the most in the group. The two-story Colonial, a Langley II model built in 2019, sold for $980,000. It sits on 0.36 acres in the High Pointe At St Ge community, where residents share a clubhouse, a pool, a fitness center, a jogging path and a playground.
A two-story foyer leads into a main level finished largely in engineered hardwood, with shadow box millwork in the formal living and dining rooms and crown molding throughout. The two-story family room, which has a stone fireplace with a mantel, is lit by a tall Palladian window. The kitchen has granite counters, stainless steel appliances, a tile backsplash and two pantries, and a second staircase rises from it to the upper floor. The most unusual room is a solarium with windows on three sides and a vaulted ceiling, set beside the garage and a short walk from the main-level deck; the current owners use it as a game room. A bedroom and bath on the main level round out the floor.
The home has five bedrooms in all. Upstairs, the primary suite has a sitting room, a dressing area and three closets, and its bath has radiant heated floors and a whirlpool soaking tub. Another upstairs bedroom has its own bath and walk-in closet. The walk-out lower level adds about 2,000 finished square feet with a library and study, a bathroom and a workshop, all with full-size windows; that level was partly finished when the home was built and completed in 2023. Outside are a 15-by-21-foot rear deck, a second deck, a patio and an irrigation system, and the side-entry three-car garage has an electric vehicle charger.
Dawn Wilson of Real Broker, LLC was the listing agent, and Lynn Williams of KW Empower represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $950,000 · 813 Sweet Birch Dr, Middletown, Delaware
Parkside, the Middletown community where 813 Sweet Birch Drive sold for $950,000, is built around eight acres of open space, with a clubhouse, an outdoor pool, a fitness center and tennis courts. The home is a Henlopen model by Schell Brothers, a two-story Colonial built in 2016 with a stone front, a front porch and balconies. It has five bedrooms, four bathrooms and 5,825 square feet on 0.38 acres, with a three-car garage.
Inside, a two-story foyer with crown molding opens to hardwood floors and a formal dining room with a tray ceiling, which leads into a two-story great room with a stone fireplace. The gourmet kitchen is open to a sunroom, and French doors lead to an office that has its own full bath. The primary suite is on the first floor, with a French door to a double patio and an outdoor stone fireplace in the fenced backyard. Upstairs are three more bedrooms, each with a walk-in closet; one of them measures 17 by 25 feet and can work as a bonus room.
The finished walk-out basement has a recreation room with a custom wet bar, a media room with two-tier seating and an in-law suite with a custom shower. The home also has owned solar panels, a backup generator, central vacuum and irrigation. The property last sold for $685,000 in 2020.
Ann Marie Germano of Patterson-Schwartz-Middletown was the listing agent and also represented the buyer, so the same agent was on both sides of the sale.
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No. 4 — $725,000 · 812 Taylors Bridge Rd, Townsend, Delaware
The largest property in this Top 5 is also its oldest home: a one-story ranch built in 1997 on 16 acres at 812 Taylors Bridge Road in Townsend, just outside Odessa. It sold for $725,000. The home is set well back from the road and out of sight, on level, secluded land outside any development. About nine acres are farmed by a neighboring farm under an annual agreement.
The front door, framed by sidelights and a transom window, opens onto a tile entry. The living room straight ahead has a raised ceiling, a gas fireplace and glass sliding doors, and the dining room to the right has hardwood floors, a chandelier and a lunette window. Next comes the eat-in kitchen, with a gas cooktop, a wall oven, plenty of cabinets and a large pantry; its breakfast area has a Tiffany light and French doors to the living room.
The 2,124-square-foot home has three bedrooms, all on the main level down a hallway from the living room, and the primary suite has two separate bathrooms. There are four bathrooms in all, one of them a half bath off the laundry room. A door from the kitchen leads to a screened porch over the shaded rear yard. Besides the attached two-car garage, a detached garage offers room for a workshop or more vehicles, and the property has an outbuilding. A full unfinished basement with Bilco doors and a backup generator complete the picture.
Blair Helmick of Compass was the listing agent, and Edna Givens of Burns & Ellis Realtors represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $630,000 · 3213 Wrangle Hill Rd, Bear, Delaware
The newest home in the group, a ranch completed in 2026 at 3213 Wrangle Hill Road in Bear, sold for $630,000. The new one-story home has a partial stone front and sits on 0.76 acres. With 2,000 square feet, it is the smallest of the five, and it has three bedrooms and two bathrooms.
The rooms are arranged around an open floor plan with large windows in the living area. The kitchen has granite counters, stainless appliances and a pantry, and there is a large laundry room. The primary bedroom has a walk-in closet and a modern bath, while the other two bedrooms share a second full bath. A covered porch at the rear overlooks the backyard, and the home also has a full basement and an attached two-car garage.
Jake Lipton of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent and also represented the buyer, so the same agent was on both sides of the sale.
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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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