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Litchfield County, Connecticut

Single-family vs. condo trends, market pressure signals, and 5-year price history. Source: Redfin.

Median Sale Price
$431,500
+42.4% YoY
Active Inventory
601
Days on Market
55 days
Price Drops
21.0%

Single-Family vs. Condo

Source: Redfin (property-type breakdown)
Single-Family Median
$475,000
+2.7% YoY
Condo / Co-op Median
$290,750
+28.3% YoY
SFR vs. Condo YoY Gap
-25.6%
condos outperforming SFR
DOM: SFR vs. Condo
55d / 45d
SFR / Condo

Buyer vs. Seller Market Indicators

Latest month — Redfin
Months of Supply
3.2 mo
Balanced

Inventory ÷ monthly sales. Below 3 = strong seller market; 3-6 balanced; above 6 = buyer market.

Sale-to-List Ratio
100.7%
Bidding-war territory

Median closing price ÷ original list price. Above 100% = homes routinely closing above asking.

% Sold Above List
46%
Mixed

Share of closed sales priced above asking. The single cleanest read on bidder competition.

What does your sqft target cost in Litchfield County, Connecticut?

$244/sqft median (Redfin)
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Estimated price
$487,029
Above median (+13% vs median)
Region median
$431,500
all homes
Price-tier reverse lookup — what sqft does each price band buy?
$600,000
≈ 2,464 sqft
$1,200,000
≈ 4,928 sqft
$2,000,000
≈ 8,213 sqft
$5,000,000
≈ 20,533 sqft

Estimate = (median $/sqft × your sqft) + bed/bath/lot adjustments. Bed and bath adjustments use Appraisal Institute / Fannie Mae standard rules of thumb (~$15K/extra bedroom, ~$20K/extra bathroom vs. a 3bd/2ba baseline; half-bath = half adj). Lot premium is a $1.50/sqft heuristic beyond a 6,000 sqft baseline — accuracy varies sharply by urban infill vs. acreage market. Quality, condition, year built, and HOA are not modeled here. For a deeper county-level hedonic AVM, see AVM Lite.

Rent + invest vs. buy + own — backtested

15-yr rolling history · S&P 500
Property type:
Upfront capital committed (both paths): $99K = 20% down + 3% closing on a $432K home
BUY + OWN
Median ending wealth $379K $231K real
Net gain on $99K upfront: $280K
Range: $379K → $379K
Wealth = home value (appreciated at 3%/yr) − remaining mortgage − 6% selling cost. Gain = wealth − upfront. Leveraged appreciation on full $432K asset comes from the 20% down.
RENT + INVEST
Median ending portfolio $859K $608K real
Net gain on $291K contributed: $568K
Range: $400K → $2.28M
Same upfront cash + each year's (own − rent) surplus invested in S&P 500 at actual annual returns. Median renter contributed $291K total.
Median wealth delta: $480K in favor of RENT + INVEST
What if you'd started in a recent year? (most-recent 15yr window: 2011–2025)
WindowBuy wealthBuy gainRent wealthRent gainWealth delta
2011–2025$379K$280K$1.28M$991K$903K rent
2010–2024$379K$280K$1.31M$1.02M$931K rent
2009–2023$379K$280K$1.26M$970K$882K rent
2008–2022$379K$280K$859K$568K$480K rent
2007–2021$379K$280K$1.11M$819K$731K rent
2006–2020$379K$280K$951K$660K$572K rent
2005–2019$379K$280K$853K$562K$474K rent
2004–2018$379K$280K$703K$412K$324K rent

Educational tool, not investment or real-estate advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Backtests use actual annual total returns including dividends from S&P 500 (Damodaran (NYU Stern) annual total return (with dividends), 1957-present.).

Buyer model: 30-yr fixed mortgage, P&I + property tax + insurance + maintenance (1% of value/yr) + HOA. Selling cost = 6%. Investor model: down payment + annual cashflow surplus invested in the chosen index at that calendar year's actual return.

Tax model: pre-tax comparison. Toggle "after-tax mode" to apply MID, SALT, LTCG, and the Sec 121 capital-gains exclusion.

This calculator does not adjust for: PMI (assumed 20%+ down), differential transaction costs by state, lifestyle factors (commute, schools, kids), illiquidity / forced-sale risk, or insurance availability constraints (e.g., FL/CA wildfire). Consult a fiduciary advisor and tax professional before acting on any of this.

Market Pressure Signals

Derived from Redfin trend
Inventory vs. Long-Term Avg
-3.0%
roughly balanced
DOM vs. 24-Mo Avg
+0.9%
currently 55 days
Long-Term Avg Inventory
620
Long-Term Avg DOM
55 days

Mortgage & Price Stress

State HPI + national delinquency
State HPI YoY
+6.6%
positive — appreciating
State HPI vs. Peak
0.0%
at or near peak peak 2026-01-01
National Mortgage Delinquency
1.89%
benchmark — 2026-01-01 county-grain delinquency requires paid data

State-grain HPI YoY + drawdown from peak is the cleanest free price-stress proxy. The national delinquency rate gives the macro mortgage-stress backdrop. True county-level mortgage delinquency lives in paid datasets (MBA NDS, CoreLogic LP).

Trends

Up to 5 years of monthly data

Median Sale Price

Trailing 12 months

Active Inventory

Trailing 12 months

Days on Market

Trailing 12 months

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