A point-of-land property on the Magothy River in Severna Park sold for $2.88 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Baltimore, Maryland metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026.
The week’s five highest reported sales combined for $12.93 million. They span Fair Oaks On The Magothy, Sykesville, Woodstock, Southwind and Manhattan Manor, and they range from a 1969 waterfront house and a custom estate completed in 2020 to more than 139 acres of Howard County farmland. Severna Park accounts for two of the closings, and three of the properties come with their own pier.
No. 1 — $2,877,000 · 454 Fairoak Dr, Severna Park, Maryland
454 Fairoak Dr occupies a point of land on the Magothy River in Severna Park, edged by 497 linear feet of shoreline. The six-bedroom house sold for $2,877,000, the highest reported price in the Baltimore metro area for the week, and dates to 1969, with four bathrooms and a reported 4,425 square feet. The sale closed on August 12, 2026.
A newly built pier reaches into deep, protected water with room for a large vessel, and an upgraded bulkhead runs the shoreline, putting the Magothy and the Chesapeake Bay beyond it within reach of the dock. The kitchen and adjoining dining area face the river, a wood-clad great room with a fireplace opens onto a waterside porch, and the primary suite upstairs has a private balcony above the water. Public water, public sewer and natural gas serve the property, which sits steps from the community pool in Fair Oaks On The Magothy.
Brad Kappel of TTR Sotheby’s International Realty was the listing agent. The $2,877,000 closing ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Baltimore Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026, and the property went under contract 8 days after the current listing date. Richie Taylor of Taylor Properties represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $2,800,000 · 13090 Old Frederick Rd, Sykesville, Maryland
The week’s second-highest reported sale was farmland: more than 139 acres at 13090 Old Frederick Rd in Sykesville, in Howard County, which changed hands for $2,800,000. The transaction closed August 14, 2026.
The farm carries the right to build one primary home at the cleared homesite in front of its four-car garage, where the original farmhouse stood, without Agricultural Board approval, and two tenant-house rights are available subject to board approval. Enrolled in the Howard County Agricultural Land Preservation Program and zoned RCDEO, the land has electrical utilities in place and has produced corn, soybeans and other crops over the past ten years. A 4,608-square-foot machine storage building, the 1,200-square-foot garage, a trailer office and a well house convey with it.
Alana Tacchetti and Rebecca Jane Mason of Cummings & Co. Realtors were the listing agents. The $2,800,000 sale put them at the listing side of the second-highest reported closing in RealtyWire’s Baltimore Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Rebecca Mason of Cummings & Co. Realtors represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $2,700,000 · 1820 Woodstock Rd, Woodstock, Maryland
A custom estate completed in 2020 on three acres at 1820 Woodstock Rd in Woodstock sold for $2,700,000, third on the week’s list. Reached by a long driveway, the six-bedroom house holds seven bathrooms and a reported 11,380 square feet over three levels. The property changed hands on August 12, 2026.
A two-story foyer with marble floors and dual staircases opens onto a conservatory with coffered ceilings and a great room with exposed beams and a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace under a wall of windows. Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances fit out the kitchen, and the primary suite adds a sitting room with a gas fireplace, a private balcony and three walk-in closets. Downstairs are a recreation room with a full bar, a home theater and a fitness room, and a heated saltwater Roman pool, a gazebo and a gas fire pit sit off the patio. The house stands in the Marriotts Ridge School District and previously changed hands for $625,000 in 2015, before the current residence was completed in 2020.
Bob Lucido of Keller Williams Lucido Agency was the listing agent. The $2,700,000 closing put him at the listing side of the third-highest reported sale in RealtyWire’s Baltimore Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Shelly German of Keller Williams Lucido Agency represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $2,350,000 · 2832 Cox Neck Rd, Chester, Maryland
Sited on Cox Creek with 369 feet of waterfront, a contemporary residence at 2832 Cox Neck Rd in Chester sold for $2,350,000, fourth on the week’s list. Built in 1997 on 2.3 acres, it faces west over the creek and has four bedrooms, three full and two half bathrooms and a reported 4,717 square feet. The sale closed on August 10, 2026.
The main-level primary suite pairs creek views with multiple walk-in closets and a renovated spa-inspired bath; custom hardwood spans the main level, two fireplaces anchor the rooms, and a three-season room overlooks the water. A temperature-controlled wine room, a three-car garage, riprap shoreline protection and a private pier with a boat lift and jet ski lifts round out the property, and the Southwind community adds a boat launch, tennis courts, walking trails and a clubhouse. It previously changed hands for $1,500,000 in 2014.
Dee Dee McCracken of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent. The property went under contract 15 days after the current listing date, and the $2,350,000 closing ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Baltimore Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Erin Anderson of Chesapeake Real Estate Associates, LLC represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $2,200,000 · 798 Creek View Rd, Severna Park, Maryland
798 Creek View Rd overlooks a cove off Cypress Creek in Severna Park from 350 feet of shoreline, and its $2,200,000 price completes the week’s five highest reported sales. Built in 2003, the seven-bedroom house has six bathrooms and a reported 7,921 square feet across three levels behind a stone front. The sale closed August 10, 2026.
Bamboo hardwood runs through rooms arranged around a two-story great room whose dual-sided fireplace carries through to the Ipe deck outside, where two fire pits face northwest toward the sunset. The kitchen was rebuilt in 2023 with a large center island, a GE Monogram refrigerator and double wall ovens, and the main-level primary suite opens onto that deck. A private apartment above the three-car garage adds a second kitchen, a bedroom and a full bath, and the lower level holds a recreation area, a third kitchen and a home gym. The pier carries three slips and two personal watercraft lifts, and the Manhattan Beach community association gives residents beaches, a boat ramp and a clubhouse. It previously changed hands for $1,625,000 in 2020.
David Orso of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices PenFed Realty was the listing agent. The property went under contract 8 days after the current listing date, and the $2,200,000 closing ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Baltimore Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026. Georgie Berkinshaw of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 16, 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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