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Wilmington-Brandywine Area, Delaware Top 5 Home Sales: Westover Hills Colonial Leads at $960,000

Two brick Colonials from the 1960s led the week, and Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. agents listed two of the five homes.

Wilmington-Brandywine Area, Delaware Top 5 Home Sales: Westover Hills Colonial Leads at $960,000

These were the five highest-priced home sales reported in Wilmington-Brandywine Area, Delaware for the week ending November 8, 2026, and together they came to $3.695 million. Three of the homes are in Wilmington and two are in Hockessin, all of them single-family homes in New Castle County.

The sales reached from Westover Hills, Sharpley and Northshire in Wilmington to Thornberry and Brackenville Woods in Hockessin, and four of the five homes have four bedrooms.

No. 1 — $960,000 · 904 Stuart Rd, Wilmington, Delaware

Top home sale No. 1 in Wilmington-Brandywine Area, Delaware — 904 Stuart Rd, Wilmington, Delaware, week ending November 8, 2026

The week’s top sale was a brick Colonial on Stuart Road in Westover Hills, which sold for $960,000. Built in 1963, the two-story home has four bedrooms, two full baths and a half bath, and 3,382 square feet of living space on a 0.35-acre lot.

The rooms follow a traditional plan, finished with wood floors, crown molding and chair rails. In the formal living room, a large picture window faces a wood-burning brick fireplace, and a screened porch opens off the room. The formal dining room is next door and has a big picture window as well. Off the kitchen is a breakfast room with a vaulted ceiling and a wide window looking out on the backyard, and a den paneled in knotty pine can serve as a quiet sitting room or a home office.

Upstairs are the primary bedroom, with a renovated bath that has a low-entry tiled shower behind sliding glass doors, and three more bedrooms. The finished lower level adds living space below, the attached two-car garage is entered from the rear and has high ceilings, and a whole-house generator is in place for storms.

Stephen Crifasi of Patterson-Schwartz – Greenville was the listing agent and also represented the buyer, so the same agent was on both sides of the week’s highest-priced sale.

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No. 2 — $925,000 · 612 Whitby Dr, Wilmington, Delaware

Top home sale No. 2 in Wilmington-Brandywine Area, Delaware — 612 Whitby Dr, Wilmington, Delaware, week ending November 8, 2026

Bonvetti Construction built the all-brick, center-hall Colonial at 612 Whitby Drive in 1967, and the Sharpley home sold for $925,000. The property last sold for $375,000 in 2002.

The 0.34-acre lot backs to parkland. A professionally landscaped front yard sets off the brick facade, while mature trees and shrubs give the backyard a measure of privacy. The owners converted a porch into a heated, all-glass room that can be used in every season, and they added a stone paver patio that can be reached from both the kitchen and that porch.

Inside, the home has four bedrooms, three full baths and a half bath, and 3,331 square feet of living space. The remodeled kitchen has a center island and upgraded countertops, and a gas fireplace with a mantel and glass doors warms the main rooms. The finished basement, which has a walk-out, includes a den, an office and a full bath. The neighborhood is within walking distance of several state and county parks, Brandywine Creek State Park among them, as well as the DuPont Country Club and the Brandywine YMCA, and Concord Pike and I-95 are close by.

The home went under contract 10 days after it was listed. Chris Carr of HomeZu was the listing agent, and Connor Tuozzolo of Compass represented the buyer.

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No. 3 — $775,000 · 13 Thornberry Ln, Hockessin, Delaware

Top home sale No. 3 in Wilmington-Brandywine Area, Delaware — 13 Thornberry Ln, Hockessin, Delaware, week ending November 8, 2026

The newest and largest of the week’s five homes is a contemporary on a cul-de-sac in Hockessin’s Thornberry neighborhood. Built in 1988, the home at 13 Thornberry Lane sold for $775,000. It has 3,970 square feet of living space, four bedrooms and five bathrooms, more than any other home on the list, on a 0.51-acre lot finished outside in stone, stucco and wood siding.

Skylights and bay windows bring daylight into rooms with wood floors and cathedral ceilings. The living area is open and has two gas fireplaces, one faced in brick and one in stone. A formal dining room handles larger dinners, and a less formal dining area beside the kitchen looks out over the garden. The kitchen itself is built around a large island with upgraded countertops, with a built-in range and a downdraft cooktop.

The primary suite has a walk-in closet and a bath with a stall shower. Laundry is on the main floor, and the finished basement has its own outside entrance. Outdoors, a patio and a porch face a landscaped front yard and a broad lawn at the rear.

Brian Ferreira of BHHS Fox & Roach-Greenville was the listing agent, working with Charles L Ingersoll of BHHS Fox & Roach-Greenville. Peggy Centrella of Patterson-Schwartz-Hockessin represented the buyer.

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No. 4 — $560,000 · 10 Cinnamon Dr, Hockessin, Delaware

Top home sale No. 4 in Wilmington-Brandywine Area, Delaware — 10 Cinnamon Dr, Hockessin, Delaware, week ending November 8, 2026

The raised ranch at 10 Cinnamon Drive in Brackenville Woods, Hockessin, has the largest lot of the five, at 0.57 acres, and the walk-out basement opens to a wooded yard at the back. Built in 1977 and sided in fiber-cement plank, the home has four bedrooms, three of them on the main level, three full baths, two fireplaces and 2,775 square feet of living space, with an attached two-car garage entered from the side. Walking trails and green space are nearby, and the neighborhood holds community events through the year.

The home went under contract three days after it was listed and sold for $560,000, $10,100 above its asking price of $549,900. Paul Enderle of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. was the listing agent, and David Landon of Patterson-Schwartz-Newark represented the buyer. It was one of two homes on this week’s list with a Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. listing agent.

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No. 5 — $475,000 · 2313 Graywood Rd, Wilmington, Delaware

Top home sale No. 5 in Wilmington-Brandywine Area, Delaware — 2313 Graywood Rd, Wilmington, Delaware, week ending November 8, 2026

The oldest home among the five, a brick split-level built in 1961 in the Northshire neighborhood of Wilmington, sold for $475,000. The home at 2313 Graywood Road has three bedrooms, a full bath and a half bath, and 2,250 square feet of living space on a level 0.38-acre lot. The property last sold for $265,000 in 2005.

The kitchen was updated in 2026 with new stainless appliances, new countertops, recessed lighting and painted cabinets, and its peninsula doubles as a breakfast bar facing the dining area. Beside the kitchen, the main-level living room takes in sun through a casement bay window. On the lower level, a family room shares space with a large laundry area and the half bath and leads to both a sunroom and the built-in one-car garage. From the sunroom, a door opens onto a large patio and the flat backyard. Hardwood floors run through much of the home, which has been freshly painted.

The home went under contract six days after it was listed. Brett Youngerman of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. was the listing agent, giving the brokerage the listings on two of the week’s five sales, and Victoria Dickinson of Patterson-Schwartz – Greenville represented the buyer.

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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, November 8, 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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