These are the five highest-priced home sales reported in the Wilmington metro area for the week ending October 11, 2026, and together they came to $13.49 million. Each sale was in a different town: three in New Hanover County and two in Brunswick County.
The group includes four single-family homes and one townhouse, and every one of the five has four bedrooms. One of them is new construction.
No. 1 — $3,700,000 · 9 Island Drive, Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina
The week’s highest price, $3,700,000, was paid for a home on Island Drive in the Shore Acres neighborhood of Wrightsville Beach. Built in 2021 by PBC, the wood-sided home has 3,655 square feet of living space, five bathrooms (four full and one half) and a primary bedroom on the main level, all on a lot of 5,227 square feet. The record lists views of the sound, and the indoor and outdoor living areas take in sunset views over Banks Channel.
Inside, the main living space follows an open plan. The kitchen has an island, a pantry and a scullery, and a separate room serves as an office or family room. An elevator, a gas-log fireplace, a mud room and a whole-house generator round out the interior. Outdoors, a pool and hot tub anchor the living area, along with an outdoor shower and porches on the front and side of the home.
The garage is oversized, with an electric vehicle charging station, a climate-controlled storage room and a separate bay for a golf cart behind its own door. The property last sold for $640,000 in 2020, before the current home was built.
The home went under contract seven days after it was listed. Karen G Thompson of Landfall Realty, LLC was the listing agent, and Vance B Young of Intracoastal Realty Corporation represented the buyer in the top sale of the week.
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No. 2 — $3,335,000 · 21 Cape Fear Trail, Bald Head Island, North Carolina
On Bald Head Island, the oceanfront home at 21 Cape Fear Trail, in the Stage I area, has views of both the Atlantic Ocean and the Cape Fear River. It sits on 0.51 acres, the largest lot among the five, and with a 1984 construction date it is also the oldest home in this group. It sold for $3,335,000.
The two-story home has 3,353 square feet and five bathrooms, four full and one half. Its main living area is open, with a large kitchen island and room for dining, and it leads out to decks, porches and a balcony. Outside are an in-ground pool and an outdoor shower, and the property has direct access to the beach. The attached garage has space for four and includes room for golf carts.
The home was sold furnished, and two golf carts convey with it. The property last sold for $2.475 million in 2022.
Wilmot & Thomas Island Consultants of Munroe Properties listed the home, and STEVE MONTGOMERY of GREATER CHARLOTTE PROPERTIES represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $2,199,000 · 81 W 2nd Street, Ocean Isle Beach, North Carolina
At Ocean Isle Beach, a corner-lot home at 81 W 2nd Street sold at its full asking price of $2,199,000. The property is on the second row, across from public beach access, and it has ocean views. Built in 2017, it has 3,053 square feet, an elevator and seven bathrooms, four of them full and three half, the most of any home this week.
The home uses a reverse floor plan. In the main living area, vaulted ceilings with coffered detail rise above a gas-log fireplace, custom built-ins and a surround-sound system. The kitchen has gas appliances, two ice makers and a large walk-in pantry, and it opens to the outdoor living area. There are two laundry areas. On the first floor, a game room has a pool table and a wet bar.
Outside, Trex-covered porches have views of the ocean. The private backyard has a custom pool with waterfalls and fire bowls, an in-ground hot tub, and a bar with a built-in gas grill. A golf cart is included, along with a driveway for it, and owners have access to The Resort at Ocean Isle Beach, which has an oceanfront clubhouse, a community pool and a crab dock on Jinks Creek. The home was sold furnished. The property last sold for $300,000 in 2016, before the current home was built.
A contract came 21 days after the home was listed. Jill Walsh of Keller Williams Innovate-OIB Mainland was the listing agent, and Gretchen Coley of Compass North Carolina, LLC The Coley Group Inc represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $2,165,000 · 4154 Donnelly Lane, Wilmington, North Carolina
The largest home of the week is in the Masonboro Plantation community of Wilmington, where 4154 Donnelly Lane sold for $2,165,000. Builder Whitney Blair completed the custom home in 2009, and it is Energy Star qualified. It has 4,798 square feet and five full bathrooms on a 0.46-acre marsh-front lot on a cul-de-sac, overlooking Whiskey Creek.
A mosaic set into the floor greets visitors in the foyer, and hardwood floors, custom staircases and coffered ceilings carry through the open living spaces. The kitchen is built around a granite island with a prep sink, with commercial-grade stainless appliances that include a double oven and a six-burner gas range. Upstairs, the owner’s suite has a large walk-in closet, a bath with a soaking tub, two vanities and a steam shower, and a screened balcony looking toward Whiskey Creek. A captain’s ladder climbs to a cupola with views in every direction.
The finished walk-out lower level adds more than 1,275 square feet, with epoxy floors, a custom bar and a finished room for mechanical equipment or fishing gear, and it opens to a back patio with an outdoor shower. Over the three-car garage, a finished room of 507 heated square feet has its own full bath. The grounds have professional landscaping, a retaining wall, irrigation and an engineered water management system. For time on the water, the community dock has a gazebo, a 7,000-pound boat lift and a kayak launch. The property last sold for $500,000 in 2008, before the current home was built.
The home went under contract 13 days after it was listed. Beatty Pittman Real Estate Team LLC of Intracoastal Realty Corporation was the listing agent, and Tidewater Property Group of Intracoastal Realty Corporation represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $2,087,500 · 601 Fort Fisher Boulevard S #B, Kure Beach, North Carolina
The newest home in the group, a townhouse completed in 2025, sold for $2,087,500 at 601 Fort Fisher Boulevard S #B in Kure Beach. It is oceanfront, set among the dunes with deeded beach access. With 2,148 square feet of living space on a 3,920-square-foot lot, it is the smallest home on the smallest lot among the five. It has four bedrooms, four bathrooms (three full and one half) and a one-car garage.
Sliding glass doors bring light into the main living spaces and open onto an oceanfront deck, and the home has a private, heated plunge pool with an infinity edge. The open kitchen centers on a quartzite waterfall island, with a JennAir appliance package that includes a 48-inch gas range, plus a dry bar with a beverage refrigerator. Upstairs, the primary suite has a vaulted tongue-and-groove ceiling and a private balcony facing the ocean, and its bath has skylights and a rainfall shower. The windows are hurricane-impact glass. The Fort Fisher Ferry, the North Carolina Aquarium and the shops and restaurants of Carolina Beach are a short trip away.
Olivia L Galarde of Corcoran HM Properties was the listing agent, and The Domenico Grillo Real Estate Team of Keller Williams Innovate-Wilmington represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, October 11, 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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