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Top Sales

Seacoast Area, New Hampshire Top 5 Home Sales: Portsmouth Waterfront Contemporary Leads at $5.1 Million

A tidal waterfront contemporary in Portsmouth, a brand-new farmhouse-style home in Greenland, two homes near the beaches of Rye and a pond-side retreat in Barrington made up the week's top sales.

Seacoast Area, New Hampshire Top 5 Home Sales: Portsmouth Waterfront Contemporary Leads at $5.1 Million

These are the highest-priced home sales reported in Seacoast Area, New Hampshire for the week ending November 1, 2026, and together the five came to $12.1 million. Four of them were in Rockingham County and one was in Strafford County, with Rye accounting for two of the five.

The group spans more than eight decades of building, from a 1940 New Englander a short walk from the ocean to a home finished this year. Along the way are a tidal harbor in Portsmouth, an inland pond in Barrington and the beaches of Rye.

No. 1 — $5,100,000 · 395 Little Harbor Road, Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Top home sale No. 1 in Seacoast Area, New Hampshire β€” 395 Little Harbor Road, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, week ending November 1, 2026

The week’s top sale was 395 Little Harbor Road in Portsmouth, a 1963 contemporary that sold for $5,100,000. It stands on a slope above the Piscataqua River where the Little Harbor branch meets Sagamore Creek, and it looks out across Little Harbor toward New Castle and the Wentworth by the Sea Hotel. The Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion, once home to New Hampshire’s first royal governor, sits less than 100 yards upriver on the same shoreline.

The home is built of wood, steel and masonry, with granite and vertical wood siding on the outside. Inside, it has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and 3,049 square feet of living space, with cathedral and vaulted ceilings, a kitchen island, a wet bar and two wood-burning fireplaces. The primary bedroom has its own bath, and the home also has a soaking tub. A partially finished walkout basement opens to the outdoors, and the 0.95-acre corner lot borders conservation land. Outdoors there is an upper deck, a patio at the water’s level, a screened porch and a covered porch. The property has its own tennis court on the waterfront, as well as a basketball court, beach access and a two-car garage.

The home went under contract 29 days after it was listed. Wayne Semprini of The Aland Realty Group was the listing agent, and Tony Jalbert of Tate & Foss Sotheby’s International Rlty represented the buyer.

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No. 2 — $2,099,900 · 10 Stillwater Drive, Greenland, New Hampshire

Top home sale No. 2 in Seacoast Area, New Hampshire β€” 10 Stillwater Drive, Greenland, New Hampshire, week ending November 1, 2026

In Greenland’s Stillwater Woods neighborhood, 10 Stillwater Drive is the newest home in this Top 5, built in 2026, and it sold at its full asking price of $2,099,900. The farmhouse-style home has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and 3,656 square feet on two floors, set on a 1.38-acre corner lot with an attached three-car garage, the most garage space in the group.

Its plan includes two primary suites, one on the first floor and one on the second, each with a tray ceiling. The kitchen is built around an island and Thermador appliances, including double ovens and a gas cooktop with a pot filler, and a walk-in pantry has a second full-size refrigerator. A coffered ceiling tops the living room, where built-ins flank a gas fireplace. Engineered hardwood runs through the home, which also has a finished bonus room, a mudroom with built-ins and a standby generator. Outside are a large front porch and a back deck, and the full basement is unfinished, with a walkout.

Elizabeth Harpin Markey of The Gove Group Real Estate, LLC and Kathy MacQuarrie of The Gove Group Real Estate, LLC were the listing agents. Bryan DuBois of DuBois Associates represented the buyer.

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No. 3 — $1,785,870 · 281 Wallis Road, Rye, New Hampshire

Top home sale No. 3 in Seacoast Area, New Hampshire β€” 281 Wallis Road, Rye, New Hampshire, week ending November 1, 2026

Less than a mile from Wallis Sands Beach in Rye, 281 Wallis Road went under contract three days after it was listed and sold for $1,785,870, which was $56,870 above its asking price of $1.729 million. The Craftsman home was built in 2018, and the property last sold for $380,000 in 2017, before the current house was built.

It is the only single-story home in the group, with 3,458 square feet, four bedrooms and two full bathrooms. The primary suite and two more bedrooms are on the main floor, along with a full bath, and large windows, tall ceilings, white oak floors, quartzite counters and custom cabinetry set the tone. The home has both a wood-burning and a gas fireplace. The finished lower level adds a fourth bedroom with a daylight egress window, a workout room and a second gas fireplace in a media space with room for games or hobbies. The 0.52-acre lot has a two-car garage, a back deck screened by mature plantings and a large shed.

Andrew Samonas of Samonas Realty, LLC and Amanda Patterson of Samonas Realty, LLC were the listing agents, and Joe Leddy of Duston Leddy Real Estate represented the buyer.

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No. 4 — $1,600,000 · 32 Perkins Road, Rye, New Hampshire

Top home sale No. 4 in Seacoast Area, New Hampshire β€” 32 Perkins Road, Rye, New Hampshire, week ending November 1, 2026

The oldest home in this Top 5 is also its smallest: 32 Perkins Road in Rye, a 1940 New Englander with 1,392 square feet on a level 9,583-square-foot lot. It sits five homes from Jenness Beach, within walking distance of the beach and of local spots including The Carriage House Restaurant and Common Roots CafΓ©.

The home sold for $1,600,000, which was $150,000 above its asking price of $1.45 million. A bright sunroom has high ceilings and sliding glass doors that open onto a sunny deck and a private backyard. The first floor also has separate living and dining rooms, a kitchen with a dining area and views of the yard, laundry and a half bath. Upstairs are three bedrooms, including the primary, and a full bath. A detached one-car garage with a storage shed and an unfinished walk-in basement round out the property.

Lauren Stone of Carey Giampa, LLC/Rye was the listing agent. Tony Jalbert of Tate & Foss Sotheby’s International Rlty represented the buyer.

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No. 5 — $1,510,000 · 30 Mendums Landing Road, Barrington, New Hampshire

Top home sale No. 5 in Seacoast Area, New Hampshire β€” 30 Mendums Landing Road, Barrington, New Hampshire, week ending November 1, 2026

The largest home in the group, and the one with the most land, is 30 Mendums Landing Road in Barrington, a 1989 contemporary on the shore of Mendums Pond. It sold for $1,510,000, which was $115,000 above its asking price of $1.395 million, after going under contract three days after it was listed.

The pond covers 253 acres and is ringed by about 280 acres of conservation land managed in connection with the University of New Hampshire, with limits on boating and little development along its shoreline. The home’s 2.42-acre lot is sloped and wooded and borders conservation land, and a private dock gives access for swimming and kayaking.

Walls of glass face the pond from the main living spaces, and vaulted ceilings, hardwood and tile floors and a wood-burning fireplace run through the 3,985 square feet inside. The kitchen opens to two separate gathering spaces, and the family room leads straight onto a screened porch facing the water. The home has four bedrooms and four bathrooms, including a spacious primary suite and a fourth bedroom suite on the partially finished walkout lower level. Walk-in closets, several decks, a patio and a garden fill out the property.

Sharon Parker of Tate & Foss Sotheby’s International Rlty and Tony Jalbert of Tate & Foss Sotheby’s International Rlty were the listing agents, and Jalbert also represented the buyer, putting the same agent on both sides of the sale. Jalbert also represented the buyers of 395 Little Harbor Road and 32 Perkins Road in this Top 5.

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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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