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These are the only 10 Connecticut towns where home prices have recovered from the recession

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Kaylee Buckland leaps into the water off a culvert at Mashamoquet Brook State Park in Pomfret.
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Ten years in the making, the covered bridge spanning route 316 in Andover was finally assembled in position in 2018.
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By Hartford Courant

October 13, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

Home sales in most Connecticut towns have yet to recover from the 2008 recession.

An analysis by The Courant of single-family house sale price data from 2007 to 2018 shows sale prices in all of the state’s eight counties remain below the 2007 peak, with Hartford County making the most progress and Fairfield County in the deepest hole.

And of Connecticut’s 169 municipalities, just 10 towns and cities registered median sale prices that exceeded or matched their pre-recession values, according to data provided by The Warren Group, which tracks real estate trends in New England and publishes The Commercial Record.

Here’s a look at the 10 towns that have recovered:

West Hartford

Median home sale price in 2007: $305,000

Median home sale price in 2018: $310,000

Percentage change: 1.64%

Barkhamsted

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Median home sale price in 2007: $239,000

Median home sale price in 2018: $254,250

Percentage change: 6.38%

Bridgewater

Median home sale price in 2007: $473,000

Median home sale price in 2018: $512,500

Percentage change: 8.35%

Darien

Median home sale price in 2007: $1,330,000

Median home sale price in 2018: $1,330,000

Percentage change: 0%

Union

This June 4, 2015, file photo, shows a sign indicating a site has been sold in a new home development in Nashville, Tenn.

Median home sale price in 2007: $236,000

Median home sale price in 2018: $236,000

Percentage change: 0%

Norfolk

The Infinity Hall in Norfolk.

Median home sale price in 2007: $303,500

Median home sale price in 2018: $355,000

Percentage change: 16.97%

Franklin

Settled as part of Norwich in 1663, the town was named after founding father Benjamin Franklin when it was incorporated in 1786.

Median home sale price in 2007: $212,000

Median home sale price in 2018: $250,000

Percentage change: 17.92%

Eastford

Established in 1710, the eastern part of town was granted parish privileges in 1777 and given the name Eastford. It was incorporated in 1847.

Median home sale price in 2007: $232,500

Median home sale price in 2018: $235,000

Percentage change: 1.08%

Pomfret

Kaylee Buckland leaps into the water off a culvert at Mashamoquet Brook State Park in Pomfret.

Median home sale price in 2007: $277,000

Median home sale price in 2018: $287,450

Percentage change: 3.77%

Andover

Ten years in the making, the covered bridge spanning route 316 in Andover was finally assembled in position in 2018.

Median home sale price in 2007: $247,450

Median home sale price in 2018: $247,500

Percentage change: .02%