Best places to buy a rental property in Connecticut

Ranked by the engine's tracked 5-year appreciation across 41 covered markets in Connecticut, snapshot 2026-10-29. Appreciation history is context, not a forecast.

Market	Home value	3y	5y	10y	Active listings
Old Saybrook	$4,077,947	32.6%	61.1%	-	-
Greenwich	$2,470,018	27.1%	53.8%	71.6%	-
New Haven	$302,039	29.6%	53.7%	171.8%	-
East Lyme	$525,197	27.1%	53.6%	107.0%	-
Hartford	$281,770	27.6%	53.2%	116.6%	-
Waterbury	$326,244	21.3%	53.1%	151.8%	-
Fairfield	$1,522,735	23.4%	52.5%	79.2%	-
Torrington	$318,253	20.8%	49.2%	105.1%	-
Wilton	$1,471,450	23.1%	47.1%	62.1%	-
Sprague	$373,881	27.9%	47.0%	103.6%	-

Full list: every tracked market in Connecticut with 5-year appreciation data below.

Bridgeport - 46.6%
Mansfield - 46.5%
Canaan - 45.6%
Granby - 45.5%
Norwich - 45.3%
Canton - 45.1%
Essex - 44.7%
Branford - 43.9%
East Hampton - 43.8%
Hebron - 43.6%
Enfield - 43.5%
Stonington - 43.1%
Manchester - 41.8%
Simsbury - 41.4%
Plymouth - 40.1%
Deep River - 39.7%
Berlin - 39.7%
Watertown - 38.8%
Norwalk - 38.5%
Newtown - 38.3%
Somers - 37.2%
Groton - 36.4%
Kent - 35.9%
Montville - 35.8%
Harwinton - 34.7%
Thompson - 33.8%
Stamford - 32.6%
Guilford - 32.0%
Salisbury - 31.6%

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All figures are engine estimates from the LumosTerra tracked-data snapshot as of 2026-10-29. They are starting points, not recommendations - verify rents, comps and local rules before acting on any of them.

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