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# How Fast Do Homes Still Sell in Fairfield County?

_Published 2026-09-21 — Real Estate Tips — by Matt Caiola_

If you have been looking at houses here in Fairfield County for more than a couple of weekends, somebody has probably told you that the good ones go in days and that you will have to move extremely quickly if you want to buy a home here. That is a lot of pressure on a buyer who is working under the assumption they will have to have their offer in by the end of the first weekend a home goes on the market.

Being in these towns every week I have a sense of which houses go quickly, but I wanted to see what the data showed, so I pulled every single-family home that closed across Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan, Westport, Wilton, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Stamford and Norwalk between September 2025 and August 2026, a total of 3,102 sales, and looked at the days each listing was on market before going under contract.

The median sale went under contract after 18 days on market. Only 17.9% of those 3,102 sales were under contract within seven days, 42.3% within two weeks and 66.7% within a month. On the other end, 15.0% took more than 60 days on market and 8.4% took more than 90. So in reality, only about one in every six homes listed goes under contract within its first week on the market.

## What Days on Market Measures, and What It Misses

Days on market counts the days a listing was actively available before it went under contract. The clock stops at the contract, which can come several days after an offer is accepted, and it does not include the time it took to get the sale closed, which usually adds another 30 to 45 days with conventional financing.

## How Fast Each Town Moved

By town, sorted by the share of sales under contract within two weeks on market:

[Darien](/towns/darien) led the pack with 61.3% of its 212 sales under contract inside two weeks, with a median of 11 days on market.

[Fairfield](/towns/fairfield) followed at 45.5% across 589 sales, the largest transaction volume of the nine towns.

[New Canaan](/towns/new-canaan) ran 44.7% across 217 sales, and it trades at two speeds, with 22.1% taking more than 60 days on market.

[Norwalk](/towns/norwalk) ran 42.2% across 510 sales, with a median of 18 days on market.

[Stamford](/towns/stamford) ran 41.9% across 575 sales, and had the shortest tail, just 5.0% of homes went past 90 days on market.

[Wilton](/towns/wilton) ran 41.8% across 220 sales, with 70.0% under contract inside a month.

[Greenwich](/towns/greenwich) ran 36.4% across 217 sales, with 16.6% of them past 90 days on market.

[Ridgefield](/towns/ridgefield) ran 34.4% across 241 sales, with a median of 21 days on market.

[Westport](/towns/westport) rounded out the pack with 33.0% of its 321 sales under contract inside two weeks, at a median of 26 days on market.

Greenwich figures here are from SmartMLS only and exclude Greenwich MLS listings, Greenwich activity is likely understated.

That order is not a ranking of demand. Most of what separates the top of the list from the bottom is the mix of what types of homes sold in each town, as the top of any market takes longer to find its buyer. Of the nine towns, Greenwich and Westport carry the largest shares of sales above $5 million, at 19.4% and 11.2% respectively of their volume. Darien is the exception, closing 43.9% of its sales above $3 million and still moving fastest.

![Chart of how fast single-family homes went under contract by town across Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan, Westport, Wilton, Ridgefield, Fairfield, Stamford and Norwalk for closings between September 2025 and August 2026, split into days on market of 0 to 7, 8 to 14, 15 to 30 and more than 30, with the share that took more than 60 days alongside. Darien led with 61.3% of its 212 sales under contract inside two weeks and Westport was lowest at 33.0% of 321 sales.]()

## Where the Clock Runs Fastest

The same sales sorted by price instead, using the ranges from [what each budget affords in these nine towns](/insights/real-estate-tips/what-your-budget-buys-fairfield-county):

Under $600,000. 173 sales, with 37.0% under contract inside two weeks, 60.7% inside a month.

$600,000 to $800,000. 466 sales, with 42.1% inside two weeks, 69.5% inside a month.

$800,000 to $1 million. 435 sales, with 45.1% inside two weeks, 73.8% inside a month, the highest one-month share here.

$1 million to $1.25 million. 351 sales, with 37.9% inside two weeks, 70.7% inside a month.

$1.25 million to $1.5 million. 305 sales, with 41.3% inside two weeks, 70.8% inside a month.

$1.5 million to $2 million. 435 sales, with 48.0% inside two weeks, the highest share here.

$2 million to $3 million. 480 sales, with 44.4% inside two weeks, 19.0% past 60 days on market.

$3 million to $5 million. 327 sales, with 43.4% inside two weeks, 22.0% past 60 days on market.

$5 million and up. 130 sales, with just 24.6% inside two weeks, at a median of 41.5 days on market.

![Chart of how fast single-family homes went under contract by price range across these nine Fairfield County towns for closings between September 2025 and August 2026, split into days on market of 0 to 7, 8 to 14, 15 to 30 and more than 30, in nine price ranges from under $600,000 to above $5 million. The two-week share peaks at 48.0% between $1.5 million and $2 million and falls to 24.6% above $5 million, where 36.2% of sales took more than 60 days on market.]()

Below the $5 million price point the price range you are shopping in barely changes how quickly you have to act, and all eight of those ranges put at least six in ten sales under contract within a month. Above $5 million it is a different story. A fast sale and a bidding war do not always go together, though. In [the sale-to-list price numbers I published earlier this month](/insights/real-estate-tips/sale-to-list-price-by-town-fairfield-county) the range with the highest share of homes selling over asking was $1 million to $1.25 million, and that range is one of the slower ones here, with 37.9% under contract inside two weeks.

## What the First Two Weeks Are Worth

Sort the same sales by how long they took to get under contract, and look at what each closed at compared to its asking price and you see a very clear delineation. 86.5% of the 554 sales that got under contract within a week closed above their asking price, at a median sale-to-list price of 109.5%. It steps down quickly the longer you have your home on market: 62.3% for sales that took 15 to 30 days on market, down to 15.4% among those that took 90 days or longer to get under contract.

Put the first two weeks together and 86.6% of those 1,311 sales closed above their asking price, while everything that took 30 days on market or longer ran 29.1%, at a median of 98.6% of ask. In all, homes that sold above asking went under contract after a median of 12 days on market compared to 44 for those that sold below.

## What Being Ready Actually Means For A Buyer

Being ready is not the same as being fast, and it is the part a buyer controls. A current pre-approval, a number you have already decided on based on what you're comfortable with for a monthly payment, including what you would go over asking - otherwise that decision gets made under pressure. A way to see a house in its first days, not its third weekend. And enough houses behind you to recognize value when it shows up.

The rest of the table offers some reassurance. 57.7% of sales over the 12-month period were still available after two weeks on market. Just because a house is sitting for three weeks does not automatically mean it has something wrong with it. In most cases, it is where you have room to do diligence properly.

## If You Are Selling, the First Two Weeks Carry the Most Leverage

As a seller, whether or not your house gets under contract within those first two weeks depends almost entirely on actions taken (or not taken) before it hit the market. It follows a decision made before the photographs are even taken: where the asking price lands relative to what is actually selling. A home priced where the market already is collects its offers while the listing is still new, and competition among them carries it past ask. One priced above the market spends those two weeks being passed over.

If you are buying this Fall, sign up today and create a free account for live email alerts on new listings. Setting one up on [the home search on my site](/home-search) takes a minute. If you are thinking about selling, [the free home valuation](/home-value) is a good place to start when trying to determine your asking price. Either way, I'd be happy to talk through what the first two weeks are likely to look like in your price range!

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