These are the highest-priced home sales reported in Highlands-Cashiers & Western Mountains, North Carolina for the week ending October 25, 2026. Together the five sold for a combined $12.484 million, with prices running from $1.9 million to $3.535 million.
Highlands accounted for four of the sales, all in Macon County, and Cashiers in Jackson County had the other. The group spans three decades of building, from a home finished in 1996 to one completed in 2026, and two of the five were new construction.
No. 1 — $3,535,000 · 343 Ledgeview Road, Cashiers, North Carolina
The top sale of the week was a newly built home in the Cedar Hill community, a few minutes from the center of Cashiers, which sold for $3,535,000. Finished in 2025, the two-story Traditional home is clad in stone and wood siding and sits on 1.48 acres of partially cleared, sloping ground with long-range mountain views.
Inside, a vaulted great room is built around a stone fireplace that rises from floor to ceiling, with a wine room enclosed in glass. The kitchen has two oversized islands, custom cabinetry and a walk-in pantry, and the home also has a breakfast nook, a keeping room and a formal dining room. The primary suite is on the main level, where a single fireplace is open to both the bedroom and the bath, and a study nearby has a fireplace of its own.
Upstairs are three guest bedrooms, each with its own bath, along with an office. Above the three-car garage is an unfinished space that a new owner can turn into more living area. In all, the home has four bedrooms, five bathrooms (four full and one half) and five fireplaces, one of them outdoors. The property last sold for $400,000 in 2024, before the current house was built.
Liz Harris of Cashiers Sotheby’s International Realty was the listing agent, and Julie Doerter, also of Cashiers Sotheby’s International Realty, represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $2,725,000 · 86 High Gate Drive, Highlands, North Carolina
The newest home in this week’s group, completed in 2026, sold for $2,725,000 at 86 High Gate Drive in Highlands. It is a gated property of 0.85 acres a few minutes from downtown Highlands and close to Highlands Country Club, with landscaped grounds of native plants set off by sculptural boulders.
The design pairs cottage and modern lines in stone, fiber cement and glass. Rough-sawn reclaimed beams frame the way into the living room, which has a trussed ceiling, a wall of custom windows reaching floor to ceiling and a stone fireplace of the same height. The builder’s plans centered the home on the kitchen and dining area, with a 60-inch Wolf range, a scullery and a grilling porch, while a covered stone terrace has its own fireplace for cooler evenings.
The primary suite is on the main level under a beamed ceiling, and its tiled bath was designed with heated floors and a freestanding soaking tub. Three more bedrooms are upstairs with a loft and a bonus room for reading or media. The home has four bedrooms, four bathrooms (three full and one half) and a two-car garage.
Julie Osborn of Pat Allen Realty Group and Pat Allen of Realty Group, Pat Allen, Pat Allen Realty Group were the listing agents. Deborah Gleeson of Christie’s International Real Estate Highlands-Cashiers represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $2,325,000 · 245 Woodland Ridge Drive, Highlands, North Carolina
In the Woodland Ridge neighborhood, less than three miles from Main Street in Highlands, a 2007 cottage on 2.37 landscaped acres sold furnished for $2,325,000. The property has a mountain view and plenty of open ground, unusual this close to town, with Highlands-Cashiers Hospital a short distance away.
Daily living is concentrated on the main floor, where wood and beamed ceilings run over an open plan joining the kitchen, dining room and living room. Outside, a broad open deck catches the sun, and a large screened porch has a fireplace of its own. Upstairs, a loft with a seating area sits alongside a private bedroom suite, and the lower level has two more guest suites, a family room and a separate deck. The home also has a wine cellar, four bedrooms, five bathrooms (four full and one half) and a two-car garage.
The property last sold for $1.09 million in 2007. This time it went under contract 23 days after it was listed. Mitzi Rauers and Judith Michaud, both of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Meadows Mountain Realty, were the listing agents, and W. Terry Potts of Country Club Properties represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,999,000 · 343 Hemlock Circle, Highlands, North Carolina
At 343 Hemlock Circle in Highland Hills, a log home made of two log structures joined into one sold furnished for $1,999,000. The property is a short drive from downtown Highlands, down a country lane past the lake, and the sale includes access to Apple Lake, a few steps away, for fishing, canoeing and kayaking.
Visitors come in past a garden and through a foyer into a large open living area with vaulted ceilings and a stone fireplace, with a covered porch beyond. The kitchen has been updated with a large island, light cabinetry and a marble countertop. Each of the three bedrooms is a primary suite: one has a private porch, and the suite on the upper floor looks down over the living room. The two-story home has three bathrooms and sits on 0.87 acres of flat, landscaped ground.
The property last sold for $1.425 million in 2021. It went under contract 21 days after it was listed and sold at its full asking price. C. Dan Chapman and Karen Armor, both of Country Club Properties, were the listing agents, and Ann Cooper of Silver Creek Real Estate Group – H represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $1,900,000 · 531 Billy Cabin Road, Highlands, North Carolina
The oldest home and the largest property in this week’s group, a French country home built in 1996 on 4.24 wooded acres in Mirrormont, sold for $1,900,000 at 531 Billy Cabin Road in Highlands. Several decks face the mountains beyond the trees, and trails wind through the woods around the property.
The three-story home gives its whole upper floor to the primary suite, which has two sitting areas and a large deck up among the treetops. Three more guest suites, each with an adjoining full bath, are beside family rooms on the upper and lower levels, and both family rooms open to covered decks. The kitchen is roomy, with a wood-burning fireplace on a raised hearth, and a formal dining room is close by. In all there are four bedrooms and five bathrooms, four full and one half.
Mirror Lake, for canoeing, is nearby, and the Highlands Greenway, Pinky Falls and Big Creek are a short trip away. The property last sold for $1.065 million in 2009.
Patrick Gleeson and Deborah Gleeson, both of Christie’s International Real Estate Highlands-Cashiers, were the listing agents, and Deborah Gleeson was on both sides of the sale, also representing 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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