A private elevator runs through all five levels of 102 Saint Botolph St, from the parlor floor to a penthouse terrace that looks out over the Boston skyline. The Back Bay house dates to 1880 and previously changed hands for $2,900,000 in 2018; its September 18 sale was the largest of five Boston-area closings reported for the week ending September 20, 2026, which together came to $29.95 million.
Wellesley accounted for three of the week’s closings, two in the Dana Hall area and one in Cliff Estates, while the other two were in Boston’s Back Bay and at Crow Point in Hingham. The group pairs two older houses, the Back Bay brownstone and a 1935 shingle-style home on Hingham Harbor, with Wellesley new construction completed in 2025 and 2026.
No. 1 — $6,600,000 · 102 Saint Botolph St, Boston, Massachusetts
A renovation carried modern design through all five levels of the 1880 house at 102 Saint Botolph St while keeping the brownstone character of its Back Bay block. The three-bedroom home, with a reported 3,641 square feet, changed hands September 18, 2026 for $6,600,000.
The parlor level has high ceilings and holds the main entertaining rooms, and the kitchen was fitted with handcrafted Italian cabinets and high-end appliances. The elevator reaches every floor, including the primary suite level, where the bath has dual vanities, heated floors and custom mirrors.
The top of the house is given over to a penthouse with a wet bar and a sitting area, opening to a private terrace plumbed for irrigation and set up for a grill, with panoramic skyline views. The property also includes an EV charging station and two side-by-side parking spaces.
The $6.6 million closing placed Boston RE Group and Anthony Menounos at the listing side of the highest-priced home sale reported in the Boston metro area for the week, No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Boston Metro Area Top 5. Boston RE Group and Anthony Menounos of Coldwell Banker Realty – Boston were the listing agents.
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No. 2 — $6,300,000 · 222 Grove St, Wellesley, Massachusetts
New construction in the Dana Hall area of Wellesley, 222 Grove St closed on September 18, 2026 at $6,300,000. The house holds six bedrooms across a reported 8,093 square feet, and the property previously changed hands for $2,600,000 in 2024, before the current residence was completed in 2025.
The kitchen anchors the main floor with custom white oak cabinetry and exposed wood beams, and it opens into the dining and living rooms. Ceilings are high throughout, an office sits off the main rooms, and the primary suite is paired with a marble bath. The main rooms take in abundant natural light, each of the additional baths was finished with high-end materials, and the lower level was built out with a playroom and a gym.
Outdoors, a covered patio with a fireplace faces a private backyard. The house stands near the Hunnewell School, shops, restaurants and the train.
Adler Connolly Squared Team of Mgs Group Real Estate LTD – Wellesley represented the listing side of the $6,300,000 Grove Street closing, the No. 2 reported sale in the metro area that week in RealtyWire’s Top 5.
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No. 3 — $6,000,000 · 9 Bellevue Rd, Wellesley, Massachusetts
In Wellesley’s Cliff Estates, 9 Bellevue Rd is a contemporary residence arranged over three finished levels. The six-bedroom house, with a reported 7,569 square feet, closed September 14, 2026 for $6,000,000.
A foyer with a floating stair and walls of windows opens the main level, which carries generous ceiling heights, formal living and dining rooms served by a butler’s station, a family room, a private office and an en-suite bedroom. The kitchen is built around an oversized island and has a separate pantry with access to the patio.
Upstairs, the primary retreat has a spa-style bath and a custom walk-in closet, set apart from a lounge and three en-suite bedrooms, and a walkout lower level adds a recreation room, a media room, a gym and an en-suite guest room. Behind the house are two bluestone patios and a landscaped yard bordered by a mature tree line, within reach of shops, dining, trails and Wellesley Country Club.
Nekky Parkiotis of Real Broker MA, LLC listed the Bellevue Road house, and its $6 million sale took the No. 3 position in RealtyWire’s weekly Boston Metro Area Top 5. Xiaohe Xu of Dreamega International Realty LLC represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $5,750,000 · 161 Otis St, Hingham, Massachusetts
A shingle-style house built in 1935 at Crow Point, 161 Otis St sits on more than a third of an acre above Hingham Harbor and takes in harbor and island views from every floor. The five-bedroom house, with a reported 6,585 square feet, closed on September 15, 2026 for $5,750,000, and it previously changed hands for $1,675,000 in 2012.
The renovated kitchen has Wolf appliances and a Sub-Zero refrigerator and opens to a seating area with sliders to a deck above the landscaped yard and the water. The first floor also holds a family room with a gas fireplace, a den and a dining room fitted with two wine refrigerators.
The second-floor primary suite has a large walk-in closet, a sitting area and a bath with water views and an outdoor shower, alongside a guest en-suite bedroom; a level above are an office with water views, a full bath and two more bedrooms. A fifth bedroom with its own full bath offers in-law options, and the walkout lower level has a kitchen opening to a patio with an outdoor kitchen, a gas fire pit and seating areas facing the boating traffic on the harbor. Downtown Hingham is a short walk away.
The Crow Point waterfront house listed by Denise Marshall and Sheila Creahan of Compass went under contract 2 days after the current listing date and reached $5,750,000, the No. 4 transaction in RealtyWire’s Boston Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Donahue Maley and Burns Team of Compass represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $5,300,000 · 40 Radcliffe Rd, Wellesley, Massachusetts
Completed in 2026 on a 20,000-square-foot lot in Wellesley’s Dana Hall neighborhood, 40 Radcliffe Rd is a traditional new build. The six-bedroom house has a reported 7,850 square feet, and its September 18, 2026 closing came in at $5,300,000; the property previously changed hands for $1,950,000 in 2025, before the current residence was completed in 2026.
The kitchen runs on Sub-Zero, Wolf and Cove appliances and opens to a sunlit breakfast nook and a large living room with a custom fireplace. A formal dining room, a butler’s pantry, a paneled office, two half baths and a mudroom with heated slate flooring fill out the main level, which is detailed with three-piece crown molding, coffered and tongue-and-groove ceilings and site-finished red oak flooring.
The primary wing upstairs has a marble bath with heated floors and a steam shower, rift-cut white oak cabinetry and a walk-in closet measuring 21 feet 9 inches by 11 feet. Four more bedrooms on that floor each reach a full bath, and the finished lower level holds a recreation room with a wet bar, a home gym and a sixth bedroom with a full bath. Outside are a covered patio with a fireplace, professional landscaping, irrigation and landscape lighting, and a three-car garage pre-wired for EV charging, with room left for a future pool or sports court.
The $5,300,000 Radcliffe Road closing put Matthew Stevens of Stevens Property Group at the listing side of the No. 5 transaction in RealtyWire’s Boston Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Susan Gear of Coldwell Banker Realty – Wellesley represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, September 20, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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