The Ankeny house sits on NW 33rd Court and carries three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a reported 3,500 square feet; its September 14, 2026 closing anchored five reported residential sales across the metro area totaling $5.72 million for the week ending September 20, 2026.
Urbandale, Johnston and West Des Moines account for the rest of the suburban closings, and the list also reaches Panora, where a waterfront house on Lake Panorama sold for $1.10 million. Reported prices ran from $830,000 up to the Ankeny figure, and the five homes were finished in 1988, 1997, 2003, 2025 and 2026.
No. 1 — $1,498,870 · 8457 NW 33rd Ct, Ankeny, Iowa
A three-bedroom house on NW 33rd Court in Ankeny, finished this year, changed hands for $1,498,870 on September 14, 2026, the highest reported residential price in the metro area for the week.
The house carries three bathrooms and a reported 3,500 square feet, and the transaction record gives its year of construction as 2026. Detailed listing remarks were not available for the property, so this entry is limited to the verified transaction and structural facts.
The transaction ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Top 5 reported home sales for the Des Moines metro area for the week ending September 20, 2026. The listing agent for the sale could not be verified. Pennie Carroll of Pennie Carroll & Associates represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $1,225,000 · 3714 133rd St, Urbandale, Iowa
The second-highest reported price of the week went to a four-bedroom house on 133rd Street in Urbandale, which traded for $1,225,000 on September 14, 2026.
Built in 2003, the house carries five bathrooms across a reported 3,164 square feet. Listing remarks were not available for this property either, so no description of its rooms, finishes or grounds is reported here.
The Urbandale closing ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s weekly Des Moines metro area Top 5. The listing agent for the sale could not be verified. Ashley Platt of Keller Williams Realty Gdm represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $1,100,000 · 4185 Panorama Dr, Panora, Iowa
A waterfront house on the east side of Lake Panorama sold for $1,100,000 on September 16, 2026, the week’s third-highest reported price in the metro area.
The 1997 house has six bedrooms and four bathrooms and fronts 121 feet of shoreline, with a gentle slope down to the water, a dock and boat lift, and a deck set at the water’s edge. On the main floor a living room with a fireplace sits beside a dining area and an updated kitchen fitted with newer cabinetry, quartz countertops, stainless steel appliances and a gas range. The main-level primary suite has an ensuite bath and a walk-in closet, and two more bedrooms share that floor.
Three separate doorways open from the living and dining areas onto a full-width lakeside deck, and two lakeside bedrooms reach it directly. The walkout lower level adds a second primary suite with its own bath, a large family room, a bonus area, two additional bedrooms, a full bathroom, newer carpet and a door to a lower lakeside patio. Mature trees and landscaping fill the yard, and a new roof and gutter replacements date to 2024.
The property closed at its full asking price and previously changed hands for $549,000 in 2019. Kane Powell and Dee Powell of Lake Panorama Realty were the listing agents. The $1,100,000 result put them on the listing side of the week’s third-highest reported sale in the Des Moines metro area and marks their second appearance in a RealtyWire Top 5 roundup for the metro. Scott Remsburg of Venture Management Consultants Inc. represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,065,000 · 12025 Meadow Springs Dr, Johnston, Iowa
A six-bedroom house on Meadow Springs Drive in Johnston traded for $1,065,000 in a sale recorded September 18, 2026.
Listing materials identify the house, completed in 2025, as a feature home in that year’s Home Show. The main floor runs on an open plan, the house has three full bathrooms, and the primary bath is fitted with heated tile floors and a zero-entry shower.
The kitchen carries through to the dining area, where sliding doors reach a covered deck with an outdoor fireplace. Below it, the lower level is finished with a full bar and a wide recreation room and opens onto a second patio with an outdoor kitchen and a fire pit.
The $1,065,000 sale ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Des Moines metro area Top 5 for the week, with Tiffany Larsen of RE/MAX Concepts as the listing agent. Alicia Nadeau of RE/MAX Precision represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $830,000 · 2501 Fuller Rd, West Des Moines, Iowa
A 1988 house on a private, tree-lined two-acre lot in West Des Moines closed at $830,000 on September 18, 2026. The transaction record lists three bedrooms, six bathrooms and a reported 4,072 square feet.
The entry room has a coffered ceiling and a marble floor, and the living room beyond it rises to vaulted ceilings over hardwood floors. A wet bar, a three-quarter bath and a den or library open off that room, with a formal dining room nearby. The kitchen holds a Sub-Zero refrigerator, a Dacor oven and a microwave drawer alongside extensive cabinet and counter space, and it adjoins a hearth room.
The main-level primary suite has a large attached bath, two oversized closets and its own door to the patio, while upstairs two separated bedrooms each have a bathroom. The walkout lower level holds a large recreation room, a craft room counted as a non-conforming fourth bedroom, another bathroom, a workshop and storage, and the property has a three-car garage. The grounds carry extensive landscaping, patio areas, a water feature, a wood-burning fireplace, gardens and a shed across the two acres.
The property went under contract 28 days after the current listing date and previously changed hands for $404,500 in 1997; listing materials describe almost 30 years of care by a single owner. Gabby Fisher of Keller Williams Realty Gdm was the listing agent. The $830,000 result placed her on the listing side of the No. 5 sale in RealtyWire’s Des Moines metro area Top 5 for the week. Erin Rundall of Keller Williams Realty Gdm 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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