The five highest-priced home sales reported in the Crystal Coast & New Bern Area, North Carolina for the week ending October 25, 2026, reached a combined $7.52 million. Each sale was in a different town: Atlantic Beach, Emerald Isle, Harkers Island, New Bern and Newport.
Water runs through the list, from homes facing the Atlantic to a deep canal and the Trent River. Four of the sales were in Carteret County and one was in Craven County. Four were single-family homes and one was a condominium, and the homes range in age from one built in 1981 to one completed in 2022.
No. 1 — $3,800,000 · 111 Ocean Ridge Drive, Atlantic Beach, North Carolina
The top sale of the week was a five-bedroom home on the ocean in the Ocean Ridge community of Atlantic Beach, which sold for $3,800,000. Built in 2022, it is the newest of the five homes and also the largest, with 3,302 square feet of living space, four full baths and a half bath on a 0.34-acre lot. It sold furnished.
Behind the shake-siding exterior, an elevator serves every level. The kitchen is built around a large island and fitted with Italian appliances, and the home has two dining areas. The living room has a gas fireplace. The garage has been finished as a game room with a large television and a basketball setup. Plantation shutters cover the windows inside, and hurricane-rated shutters protect the exterior.
Outside are a heated freshwater pool, a hot tub, an outdoor shower, a grill and a large deck, and the home has private access to the beach and unobstructed views of the ocean. On clear days, the listing says, the Cape Lookout Lighthouse can be seen from the property. The property last sold for $3.375 million in 2024.
Tracy M Morris and Lisa L Lee of At Waves Edge were the listing agents. The Mary Cheatham King Real Estate team of Keller Williams Crystal Coast represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $1,235,000 · 3903 Ocean Drive #East, Emerald Isle, North Carolina
In Emerald Isle By The Sea, the east half of an oceanfront duplex known as Australian Gold East sold for $1,235,000, the second-highest price of the week. The condominium was built in 1992 and has four bedrooms, four full baths and a half bath in 2,388 square feet, the smallest living area among the five. It sold furnished and comes with a one-car garage.
The home is laid out with the main living space upstairs, with open living and dining areas, a wet bar and a fireplace. The home also has vaulted ceilings. Above that, a penthouse level adds another retreat with its own remodeled bath. Large windows and sliding doors face the ocean, and several decks face the water. The main level and the penthouse level each have a retractable awning.
The landscaped grounds include a putting green and a private hot tub. A private walkway heads toward the beach and an oceanfront gazebo, and the property has deeded beach access. It last sold for $782,000 in 2015.
Heather Singleton of Emerald Isle Realty was the listing agent, and Crystal Joann Shaw, also of Emerald Isle Realty, represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $900,000 · 115 Jennifer Drive, Harkers Island, North Carolina
At 115 Jennifer Drive on Harkers Island, the boat comes first. The home sits on a deep-water canal in West Mouth Bay with a bulkhead, a private boat launch, two boat lifts and a station for cleaning fish, and open water is a short run by boat. It sold for $900,000.
Built in 1981, it is the oldest home in this week’s group. The two-story home has 2,450 square feet, two bedrooms and three full baths on a 0.54-acre lot. The main living spaces are on the second floor, where the kitchen, dining area and living room sit under vaulted ceilings, and an open deck at the back looks over the canal. The home also has a fireplace. An elevator and a screened porch both lead up to that level. Downstairs, the ground level has a two-car garage, a large second living area, two flexible rooms for guests or an office, and a laundry room. A whole-home generator is part of the property.
Away from the home, an outbuilding has its own covered porch, a small kitchen area and room for fishing gear, bikes and beach chairs. There is no homeowners association. The property last sold for $435,000 in 2010.
Julia S Moore of Bluewater Real Estate – EI was the listing agent. The Copeland Bernauer Team of Coldwell Banker Sea Coast AB represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $800,000 · 1630 Brices Creek Road, New Bern, North Carolina
On the Trent River in the Brices Creek area of New Bern, 1630 Brices Creek Road sold for $800,000. The one-story brick-veneer home was built in 1994 and stands on a 1-acre lot with deeded water rights and views of the river.
Inside are 2,618 square feet with three bedrooms, two full baths and a half bath, along with a bonus room that can serve as an office, playroom or media room. The home has an entrance foyer, high ceilings, hardwood and vinyl plank floors and a gas-log fireplace. The two-car garage is heated and cooled. A deck overlooks the river, and there is also an enclosed patio. Downtown New Bern is a few minutes away.
Margaret Wynne of Realty ONE Group East was the listing agent. MEREDITH MORSE of CENTURY 21 ZAYTOUN RAINES represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $785,000 · 114 Buena Vista Drive, Newport, North Carolina
The 114 Buena Vista Drive home in Newport went under contract 12 days after it was listed and sold for $785,000. Built in 2020 in the Buena Vista community, it has three bedrooms, three baths and 2,599 square feet on a 0.47-acre lot, with an oversize two-car garage.
Much of the appeal is outdoors, where the property has a fenced backyard, an in-ground saltwater pool, an outdoor kitchen and patio, an outdoor shower and a screened porch. Inside, the home has a split-bedroom plan. The primary bedroom is downstairs, and its suite has two walk-in closets. A great room, a formal dining room that could work as an office, a breakfast area and a mudroom fill out the plan, and a bonus room has its own full bath. Residents share a community dock with access to Bogue Sound.
The property last sold for $749,900 in 2024. Alan T Leary of RE/MAX Ocean Properties was the listing agent, and Monica Greene of RE/MAX Homestead Swansboro represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, October 25, 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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