The five highest-priced home sales reported in Highlands-Cashiers & Western Mountains, North Carolina for the week ending November 1, 2026 totaled $8.695 million. Cashiers had two of them, and Lake Toxaway, Highlands and Cullowhee had one each, with three of the five in Jackson County.
Four were single-family homes and one was a condominium. Two were new construction finished this year, and the oldest dates to 1964. At the bottom of the list, the fourth and fifth sales closed at the same price, $1,350,000.
No. 1 — $2,600,000 · 148 E Ridge Road, Cashiers, North Carolina
The week’s top sale was a newly built home in Cedar Hill, a gated community minutes from Cashiers, which sold for $2,600,000. Completed in 2026, the two-story home combines Craftsman and traditional design on 2.27 acres, with long-range mountain views.
A vaulted great room with a large stone fireplace sits at the center of the main level and opens to the kitchen and the living areas around it. The home has beamed ceilings, hardwood floors and a kitchen island with a breakfast bar. The primary suite is also on the main level. Off the living spaces, a stone Carolina porch has its own fireplace and looks across the valley.
The lower level is finished. A family room with a wet bar opens onto a second porch that has another fireplace and a built-in outdoor kitchen, and the four guest bedrooms are on that level as well. In all, the home has five bedrooms, five bathrooms (four full and one half) and a two-car garage. The property last sold in 2024 for $265,000, before the current home was built.
The home went under contract 16 days after it was listed. Liz Harris of Cashiers Sotheby’s International Realty was the listing agent, and Collin Taylor of RE/MAX Summit Properties represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $1,795,000 · 17 Club Cottages Way #41, Lake Toxaway, North Carolina
Locals call this corner of Lake Toxaway “downtown Toxaway,” and Spruce Hill Cottage in Lake Toxaway Estates is a minute from the marina, The Greystone Inn and the country club. Built in 1964, it was the oldest home in this week’s Top 5, and it sold for $1,795,000.
The wood-sided cottage has 1,391 square feet on a level 0.22-acre lot. Inside are a kitchen, a living room with a stone gas fireplace and a laundry room. Two of the three bedrooms are on the main level and the third is upstairs, and there are two full baths and a half bath.
Much of the living happens outdoors. A flagstone patio has a gas log fire pit, and a screened porch just above it is furnished for dining and sitting. The cottage also has a generator.
The cottage sold at its full asking price. Mish Nichols of Lake Toxaway Co. was the listing agent, and Reginald Heinitsh of Lake Toxaway Co. represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $1,600,000 · 253 Shelby Drive, Highlands, North Carolina
In Shelby Place, an in-town Highlands neighborhood with green spaces, walking areas and pickleball courts, a new single-story Craftsman home sold for $1,600,000. It was still under construction when it was listed, with completion expected in October 2026, and it has a southern exposure moments from downtown Highlands.
At the center of the plans is an open great room under vaulted, beamed ceilings, warmed by a wood-burning fireplace and lit by a long run of steel windows. Plans for the kitchen include a 36-inch professional cooktop and KitchenAid appliances, and it opens to the dining and living areas. Outside, a covered porch with its own fireplace is meant for dining, looking out over native plants and trees, with a creek nearby.
The home has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and a two-car garage on 0.29 acres, with board-and-batten siding and stone on the exterior. In the plans, the primary suite has a spa-style bath and a large walk-in closet that connects to the laundry room. A flat lawn leaves room for a garden, and a 22-kilowatt generator is part of the plan.
The home went under contract six days after it was listed and sold at its full asking price. Julie Osborn of Pat Allen Realty Group and Pat Allen, whose brokerage is Realty Group, Pat Allen, Pat Allen Realty Group, were the listing agents. Gary Garren of Highlands Sotheby’s International Realty – DT represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,350,000 · 426 Meadowcrest Drive, Cashiers, North Carolina
This home in the gated High Meadows community in Cashiers began as something else. Built in 2002 as the community’s stable, it was later converted into a residence, and it sold for $1,350,000.
It sits on 4.03 acres, the largest lot among the five sales, a gently rolling corner parcel of broad lawns edged by a white fence. Open, rolling ground like this is unusual in the mountains, and the setting reads more like a small farm than a mountain lot. The community has a park, a picnic area and trails.
Inside, the two-story home has vaulted, beamed ceilings, wood and brick floors and a stone wood-burning fireplace in the great room, with windows running along the main level. The primary suite is on the main level. The guest suites are upstairs on the far side of the home, along with a second kitchen. The home has three bedrooms and four bathrooms, three full and one half. The property last sold in 2021 for $726,000.
The home went under contract seven days after it was listed. Faye Wurm of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Meadows Mountain Realty – HF and Cristina Vives of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Meadows Mountain Realty were the listing agents, and Bambi Famous Kaine of Silver Creek Real Estate Group, Inc. represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $1,350,000 · 712 Trillium Ridge Road #104, Cullowhee, North Carolina
A condominium high in the Trillium Links & Lake Club in Cullowhee sold for $1,350,000, the same price as the High Meadows home. Built in 2003 in a traditional style, it looks out on long-range views of the surrounding mountains and ridges.
A wall of windows fills the great room with light, and a floor-to-ceiling stone gas fireplace anchors it. The kitchen has a large island and a beverage station with a wine cooler. The three bedrooms and three bathrooms are on the main level. The primary suite has its own mountain views and a bath with a soaking tub, a double vanity and a walk-in closet, and one guest bedroom has its own bath and a door to the covered porch. Upstairs is a bonus room that can serve as an office, a media room or extra sleeping space.
The condominium also has covered outdoor living areas, a one-car garage and a whole-house generator, and it includes deeded water access and use of a community pool. Membership in the club is optional; it offers an 18-hole golf course and recreation on Lake Glenville, along with tennis, pickleball and a fitness center. Cashiers is a few minutes away. The property last sold in 2023 for $1.175 million.
Susan Mills of Keller Williams Great Smokies was the listing agent, and the same agent was on both sides of the sale, representing the buyer as well.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, November 1, 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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