https://addressdistrict.com/Address District buys homes directly from owners, off the market, in 1,192 neighborhoods and towns across 39 states. No listing, no open houses and a closing date you choose, plus neighborhood research and guides for owners.en-ushttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/off-market-sale-guide.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/off-market-sale-guide.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Seller's DeskPrivacy, no repairs and a closing date you choose, in exchange for fewer buyers bidding. How an off-market sale works for owners, and how to judge an offer.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/as-is-or-fix-up.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/as-is-or-fix-up.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Seller's DeskOwners ask it in nearly every market we cover, and most often about older homes. How to weigh repairs against the price, what as-is does and does not mean, and who buys a house that needs work.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/sell-fast-relocating.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/sell-fast-relocating.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Seller's DeskA new job, new orders or a start date weeks away. Owners ask how to sell quickly in market after market. The four main options, what each costs in price and time, and how to sell from another state.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/cash-offer-questions.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/cash-offer-questions.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Seller's DeskThe letters, calls and texts arrive in every market, and owners ask online whether the companies behind them can be trusted. How to tell a buyer from a middleman, and how to judge the offer.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/house-not-selling.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/house-not-selling.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Seller's Desk“Anyone Else Having Trouble Selling Their House?” turns up in market after market. The usual reasons a listing sits, how to read the signals, and what owners can do next, including taking the house off the market.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/inherited-house.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/inherited-house.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Seller's DeskProbate, siblings, a house full of belongings and a tax bill that keeps coming. The order of the steps, the tax rule that helps heirs most, and when selling as-is makes sense.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/cost-to-sell.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/cost-to-sell.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Seller's DeskCommission, transfer taxes, title and attorney fees, repairs and the months of carrying costs. A line-by-line guide to what comes out of the price, and how to compare a listing with a direct sale.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/when-to-sell.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/when-to-sell.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Seller's Desk“What type of overall metrics should I look for when deciding when to sell my house?” is tied for the question matched to the most neighborhoods in our research. The numbers worth watching, the ones that matter less than they seem, and the personal math that usually decides it.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/older-home-index-2026.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/older-home-index-2026.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Market DataThe Address District Older Home Index ranks 1,192 neighborhoods and towns in 39 states by the number of homes built in 1980 or earlier. Tampa, Naples and Truckee lead it.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/florida-older-homes.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/florida-older-homes.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400NewsFlorida has more neighborhoods in the index than any other state, and more near the top, from Tampa’s Palma Ceia to Miami’s Coconut Grove and Pinecrest.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/how-an-off-market-sale-works.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/how-an-off-market-sale-works.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Seller's DeskFrom the first conversation to the keys, what happens when you sell directly to a buyer, and what to ask at each stage.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/arizona-tennessee-older-homes.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/arizona-tennessee-older-homes.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400NewsArizona has four neighborhoods in the top 25 of the Older Home Index and Tennessee has two. In Brentwood, the largest sample in the index, most homes are newer.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/older-home-price-gap.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/older-home-price-gap.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Market DataIn 27 neighborhoods with at least 10 homes in the sample, older homes averaged a fifth of the price of new construction or less. What that gap means when you sell.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/older-homes-outprice-new.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/older-homes-outprice-new.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Market DataIn most of the index, older homes sell for a fraction of new ones. In a dozen neighborhoods, from Arden, North Carolina, to North Scottsdale, the sample shows the reverse.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/every-home-older.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/every-home-older.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400NewsBirmingham, Michigan, and Wilmette, Illinois, lead a short list of neighborhoods with at least eight homes sampled, every one built in 1980 or earlier.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/northeast-older-homes.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/northeast-older-homes.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400NewsConnecticut, New York, New Jersey and Massachusetts have 189 neighborhoods and towns in the index. Westport ranks highest, at 18th, and central Greenwich counts 11 older homes of 12.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/california-older-homes.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/california-older-homes.htmlMon, 05 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Market DataCalifornia has 177 ZIP codes in the Older Home Index but only five in the top 100. Truckee ranks third nationally, and California’s older homes hold more of their price against new construction.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/saugatuck-marina-zone-ends.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/saugatuck-marina-zone-ends.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400NewsA 6-0 vote retired the special district written for a hotel and retail village that never got built. A smaller apartment plan from Spinnaker Real Estate Partners now sets the terms for the neighborhood around the train station.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/planning-zoning-vote-tracker.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/planning-zoning-vote-tracker.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400NewsFrom the Hamlet denial to the Saugatuck rezoning, the commission’s major votes since July 2025, with names where they were reported.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/westport-architecture-history.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/westport-architecture-history.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Homes & DesignNearly four centuries of building in Westport, from the Kings Highway colonials to Frazier Forman Peters’s stone cottages to the modern houses the town lost and the ones it kept.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/cost-of-owning-westport.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/cost-of-owning-westport.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Buyer's GuideStart with the town’s assessment, not your purchase price. A line-by-line guide to property taxes, sewer charges, insurance, flood coverage, the train and the beach.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/mortgage-rate-math.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/mortgage-rate-math.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Market DataAt the town’s median price, the jump from last year’s rate adds about $1,215 a month to principal and interest. Here is the math at three price points.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/national-register-westport.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/national-register-westport.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Homes & DesignFrom an 18th-century farmhouse to a 1958 modern house, the town’s listed buildings and districts, in the order they joined the register.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/sell-now-or-spring.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/sell-now-or-spring.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Seller's DeskNational studies put the strongest seller premiums in March through June and the weakest in September and October. Westport’s thin inventory and a 7.28 percent mortgage rate complicate the choice.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/commissions-after-settlement.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/commissions-after-settlement.htmlSun, 04 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Seller's DeskBuyers now sign their own agent agreements, and offers to pay buyers’ agents are off the MLS. In Connecticut there has never been a standard rate. What that means when you list.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/rtm-committees-reject-cmda.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/rtm-committees-reject-cmda.htmlSat, 03 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400NewsTwo committees of the Representative Town Meeting voted against joining the Connecticut Municipal Development Agency. One member called the vote a matter of not becoming a test case.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/greens-farms-road-fitzgerald.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/greens-farms-road-fitzgerald.htmlSat, 03 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400NewsAn affiliate of Trammell Crow wants to put 250 apartments on a 21.9-acre office campus. At the September hearing, neighbors arrived with accounts of the Sept. 13 storm, and the review now resumes Oct. 28.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/beach-restoration-forum.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/beach-restoration-forum.htmlSat, 03 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400NewsA coastal engineer laid out options to rebuild five town beaches at a forum on Oct. 1. The town is still counting the cost of a storm that dropped about seven inches of rain.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/christie-real-estate-docket.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/christie-real-estate-docket.htmlSat, 03 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400NewsWestport’s first selectman inherited a revaluation, a new state housing law and a fight over a bridge. Here is where each stands, in his own words.https://addressdistrict.com/stories/market-third-quarter-2026.htmlhttps://addressdistrict.com/stories/market-third-quarter-2026.htmlSat, 03 Oct 2026 08:00:00 -0400Market DataThe single-family median is up 5.9 percent through August, and the number of houses for sale is down by more than a third. Mortgage rates just reached their highest level since November 2023.