By Judy Szablak

Only 5 percent of all the homes currently available in Westport are in the Saugatuck Shores and Saugatuck Island areas.

Featured Home: This home at 27 Bermuda Road is listed at $1,199,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Photo courtesy of William Pitt Sotheby’s Westport

The average price of the available 19 homes is just over $3.14 million. The highest priced property is listed at $7.295 million, and the lowest priced home is listed at $1,199,000.

The low number of homes available for sale in these areas helps to create an edge for sellers.

The current inventory doesn’t equate to that many homes for buyers to choose from, especially at a time when the area’s buying selling season is upon us.

Westport real estate price changes over the past week:

13 Poplar Plains Road       $699,000->$599,000
12 Loren Lane               $669,000->$650,000
17 1/2 Hale St.            $710,500 ->$699,999
6 Berkeley Hill               $740,000->$720,000
242 Bayberry Lane         $849,000->$819,000
1 Hickory Hill Road         $869,000->$840,000
30 Bulkley Ave. North     $999,000->$949,000
7 Woodside Lane       $1,265,000->$1,196,000
27 Bermuda Road       $1,279,000->$1,199,000
2 Mystic Lane           $1,324,500->$1,295,000
14 Darbrook Road       $1,345,000->$1,295,000
87 Partrick Road         $1,475,000->$1,399,000
14 Sea Spray Road     $1,500,000->$1,449,000
62 North Ave.          $1,599,000->$1,499,000
10 Northgate Lane       $1,599,000->$1,499,000
20 Reichert Circle       $1,699,900->$1,549,000
34 Sturges Commons   $1,625,000->$1,576,000
17 Fairfield Ave.        $1,625,000->$1,595,000
14 Danbury Ave.        $1,995,000->$1,945,000
57 Roseville Road         $2,099,999->$2,099,000
78 Old Hill Road           $2,775,000->$2,100,000
23 Oak Ridge Park       $3,100,000->$2,950,000
27 Woodside Ave.      $3,350,000->$3,100,000
69 Red Coat Road       $5,579,000->$4,999,000
—Judy Szablak

By Judy Szablak

Only nine homes with three acres or more have sold in Westport since the beginning of the year, and only five sold in all of 2016.

Featured Home: This home at 315 North Ave. is listed at $1,799,000. (CLICK TO ENLARGE) Photo courtesy of Westport Residential

That’s not because they are not in demand. There just aren’t that many that exist townwide.

Over the years, many of the existing larger parcels have been prime candidates for subdivisions.

That kind of acreage is just not too common anymore. Some homeowners have even purchased neighboring properties to obtain additional land.