Westport home inspired by mid-century design listed for $2.75M

In the kitchen and dining room, there are large floor-to-ceiling windows and sliding doors that lead out a patio overlooking the home’s 1 acre of land. One of the rooms on the main level is outfitted with an overhead projector directed at a blank wall for watching movies or TV. The second level contains the main bedrooms, while a third floor has an additional 730 square feet of living space. Outside, there’s a covered dining area, a patio, a front porch and a heated pool, the listing notes. 

Westport is one of many towns and cities in Connecticut to have seen its average home values increase in the past two years. Between January 2020 and January 2022, home values in Westport’s 06880 ZIP code — the same ZIP code the 3 Hitchcock Road home is situated in —  jumped $280,345, marking an increase of 38.49 percent. 

According to real estate website Redfin, home prices in Westport increased 6.3 percent in February 2022 compared to the same month in 2021. The average sale price Redfin recorded for February 2022 totals $1,517,500. While prices increased, Redfin notes the number of homes sold in February 2022 decreased compared to the same time last year by 26, marking a 38.1 percent decrease year over year. The median number of days a home in Westport spent on the market also decreased in February 2022 compared to February 2021, with a home spending an average of 55 days on the market in 2022 versus 66 days in 2021.