Radio host Don Imus and his wife, Deirdre, have sold their waterfront estate in Westport’s Greens Farms area for $14.4 million, according to a filing in the Westport Town Clerk’s office.
The Beachside Avenue home has 10,000 square feet and six bedrooms. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) File photo

The four-acre property at 106 Beachside Ave. was listed in 2005 and 2009 for $30 million, in 2011 for $24.95 million, and the most recent price was set at $19.9 million. The town’s tax assessor appraised it at $13.5 million.

Town Clerk Patricia Strauss said the sale was recorded Thursday with the buyer listed as Flying Dutchman Investeringen Limited with a post office box address in St. Peter Port on the Isle of Guernsey, a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.

The estate has a 10,000-square-foot Georgian Revival-style main house with six bedrooms, a guest house and a gatehouse. It also has 215 feet of sandy beach frontage.

By Judy Szablak

Just a short time ago, it was a buyers market in Westport, and if you were looking for a home, you could pretty much call your own shots with a seller. This seemingly sudden shift has caught some buyers by surprise.

This home at 8 Wakeman Road is listed at $2,595,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) photo courtesy of William Raveis-Westport/ Jeanette Dryburgh and Associates

With the market heating up, be prepared for multiple offer situations. The market is better than it has been in recent memory.

First, if you have not been pre-qualified or pre-approved by a bank, do so now. If you were to find a great home tomorrow, a lack of preparation could cost you the opportunity to buy that home.

If you are purchasing a home and not obtaining a mortgage, be prepared to show proof of funds with your offer.

By Judy Szablak

Pending home sales are stronger than they have been nationally, and stronger yet in Westport.

This home at 113 Bayberry Lane is listed at $1,599,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Photo courtesy of Coldwell Banker Westport-Riverside

The National Association of Realtors latest Pending Home Sales index (PHSI)  remains at second highest level since 2009, although limited inventory is the primary reason why figures have fallen slightly to just under 0.4 percent since January.

Locally, we are seeing continued and healthy deposit activity, in spite of minimal inventory. In fact, homes are selling at approximately the same rate that they are coming on to the market.