
Tracking 19,440 properties across Greenwich, Connecticut — a community where the median home dates to 1956 and the oldest to 1640. Every parcel mapped with building characteristics, environmental exposure, hazard risk, and ownership history assembled from 140+ sources.
Greenwich occupies the southwestern corner of Connecticut, bordering New York State and Long Island Sound — a location that has made it one of the wealthiest communities in America for over a century. The town's property landscape reflects that position: expansive estates along the waterfront and in the backcountry, a walkable downtown along Greenwich Avenue, and neighborhoods that range from modest mid-century homes to properties assessed in the tens of millions.
The town's 48 square miles encompass a remarkable range of environments. The Long Island Sound coastline brings coastal flood exposure and storm surge risk. The inland backcountry, with its wooded hills and private roads, presents different challenges — longer fire department response times, private wells and septic systems, and properties where lot sizes are measured in acres rather than fractions. Between these extremes, the village centers of Old Greenwich, Riverside, and Cos Cob each have their own housing stock character.
Greenwich's property market moves at a scale and pace that demands current intelligence. With some of the highest property values in the northeast and an active transaction market, professionals working here need precise, property-level data on condition, environmental exposure, and building characteristics — not regional averages that blur the enormous variation within the town's borders.
FEMA flood zones, fire protection grades, radon, coastal exposure, storm surge — parcel by parcel
2,550 properties (13%) are in FEMA Special Flood Hazard Areas, where flood insurance is required for federally-backed mortgages.
Fire protection grades reflect proximity to fire stations and hydrant infrastructure. Grade affects insurance pricing in every New England state.
14,120 properties (73%) are within 3 miles of the ocean. 3,418 are classified as waterfront. The closest property is 0 ft from the coastline.
19,440 properties · Median year built 1956 · Avg 4,300 sf
Recorded transactions from Western Connecticut Registry of Deeds
NE Provenance tracks recorded deeds, mortgages, and liens for 94% of Greenwich properties. Ownership intelligence includes transaction history, entity detection, portfolio identification, and lien analysis — assembled from public registry records into a single property-level profile.
189,075 municipal building permits on file · 83% of properties
NE Provenance tracks 189,075 building permits across 16,048 Greenwich properties — 83% coverage. 5,912 properties have permit activity in the last five years.
Each permit record reveals maintenance decisions: roof replacements, electrical upgrades, kitchen renovations, solar installations. For insurance, lending, and appraisal professionals, permit history is the most objective evidence of property condition available from public records.
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Greenwich covers 47.7 square miles in Western Connecticut, Connecticut. The median assessed property value is $1.6M.
Single-family homes account for 14,398 of Greenwich's 19,440 properties, with 1,238 condominiums and 455 multi-family buildings. There are 105 commercial properties. About 63% of properties are owner-occupied, and 6% are owned by someone out of state.
Assessed values range widely — the middle 50% of properties fall between $926K and $2.8M, with the highest assessed property at $410.2M. For professionals working in this market, the value spread tells you a lot about what you'll encounter door to door.
69% of properties are on municipal sewer, with the remainder on private septic systems, and 85% have public water service. Electric service is provided by UNITED ILLUMINATING CO. 5,639 properties have identified commercial activity — restaurants, retail, professional offices, and services that give Greenwich its character. 3,507 properties have swimming pools.
With 13% of properties in FEMA flood zones and 73% in the coastal zone, Greenwich concentrates several major underwriting variables. Parcel-level hazard data provides the granularity that ZIP-level aggregation misses.
Insurance solutionsGreenwich's 10 property types, spanning construction from 1640 to present, require local market knowledge for accurate comparable selection and valuation. NEP assembles building characteristics, environmental exposure, and condition signals into a single property profile.
Real estate solutionsCollateral assessment requires flood zone verification, environmental screening, and ownership chain validation. 13% of Greenwich properties are in SFHAs where flood insurance is a federal lending requirement. NEP provides property-level compliance data from public records.
Lending solutions189,075 permits across 83% of properties means most Greenwich inspection assignments can start with documented renovation and system history, not a blank slate.
Inspection solutions19,440 Greenwich properties — each with risk profiles, building data, permit history, and ownership analysis from 140+ sources. Open any property and see the full picture.

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