By James Lomuscio

While Westport officials and some neighbors say three houses are better than 19 condominiums on Morningside Drive, Art Scholler takes a more jaundiced view.

“It’s originally what they wanted, and it’s come full circle,” said Scholler, president of the Greens Farms Association. “The developer used 8-30g as a bargaining tactic.”

An agreement between the town and the developer Morningside Drive Homes LLC, also doing business as Greens Farms Developers LLC, was formally approved in Stamford Superior Court on May 22.

It put to rest a two-year battle heightened by the developer suing the town under the state’s affordable housing statute 8-30g.

The owners of the house at 6 Watch Hill, off Compo Road North, are the newest recipients of a Westport Historical Society (WHS) historical plaque. Bob Weingarten (r), WHS plaque historian, presented the plaque identifying it as the Ida E. Violet House c.1923, to Thomas and Karen Engelke, owners since 2016. According to Weingarten, the house was built on what had been a nine-acre property that was part of the Lewis H. Whitney homestead. The brick attachment to the house is an 1880s-built onion barn, he said. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Dave Matlow for WestportNow.com

By Judy Szablak

The Westport real estate market is experiencing what we call a bit of an “off year.”

Featured Home: This home at 9 Wake Robin Road is listed at $1,250,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Photo courtesy of William Raveis Westport

And what is very clear about the real estate market in Westport, or any other town for that matter, is if your home is not being shown as often as it should, or not receiving any offers, it’s priced too high for what the market will bear.

Your agent should be able to give you an idea as to how many showings to expect on a weekly or monthly basis, based upon their knowledge of the market.

In some instances, one may want to “test” the market, but the danger is testing the market for too long, which ends up costing money and time for the seller. Potential buyers for a specific property will not even look at the home if they deem it overpriced.

Westport real estate price changes over the past week:

9 Hills Lane                     $319,000->$315,000
20 Oakview Circle               $415,000->$405,000
298 Greens Farms Road         $464,900->$439,900
17 Hiawatha Lane               $579,900->$570,000
105 Valley Road                 $625,000->$590,000
143 Lansdowne                 $629,000->$599,000
100 Cross Highway               $699,900->$649,900
8 Sturges Commons             $789,000->$676,000
60 High Point Road             $749,000->$699,000
6 Silent Grove                   $769,000->$725,000
180 Imperial Avenue             $839,000->$799,000
515 Harvest Commons         $850,000->$800,000
185 Compo Road South         $867,000->$856,000
22F Cross Highway             $995,000->$969,000
34 Maple Lane                   $999,000->$974,000
38 Bauer Place Ext.              $999,000->$989,000
161 Sturges Highway         $1,099,000->$1,024,000
29 Punch Bowl Drive         $1,139,000->$1,074,000
15 Berndale Drive           $1,250,000->$1,150,000
9 Marsh Road               $1,219,000->$1,199,999
28 Calumet Lane             $1,349,000->$1,288,000
123 Greens Farms Road     $1,395,000->$1,295,000
7 Tranquility Lane           $1,495,000->$1,395,000
19A Darbrook Road         $1,650,000->$1,399,000
10 Timber Lane             $1,499,000->$1,399,000
6 Parsell Lane               $1,499,000->$1,429,000
22 Flower Farm Circle       $1,500,000->$1,450,000
222 Wilton Road             $1,589,000->$1,564,000
20 Marine Avenue           $1,649,000->$1,599,000
27 Stonybrook Road         $1,799,000->$1,699,000
8 Harbor Road               $1,795,000->$1,790,000
18 Danbury Avenue         $2,275,000->$2,199,000
1 East Meadow Road       $2,375,000->$2,294,000
42 Sylvan Road North       $2,395,000->$2,295,000
7 Melon Patch Lane       $3,195,000->$2,998,000
281 Compo Rd. South     $5,312,000->$4,989,000

—Judy Szablak