An oceanfront estate completed in 2024 on Ponte Vedra Boulevard sold for $16.5 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Jacksonville, Florida metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026. The week’s five highest-priced reported sales combined for $35.93 million.
The five sales span Ponte Vedra Beach, The Harbour at Marsh Landing, Atlantic Beach, Biera Mar and Pablo Creek Reserve, and the houses behind them were built between 1916 and 2024. Waterfront settings run through the group, from direct Atlantic frontage to Intracoastal and gated-community water views.
No. 1 — $16,500,000 · 993 Ponte Vedra Boulevard, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
An oceanfront estate at 993 Ponte Vedra Boulevard sold for $16,500,000 on August 14, 2026. Completed in 2024, the four-bedroom house carries a reported 5,938 square feet on 1.85 acres, with 190 feet of direct ocean frontage behind a gated entrance.
Listing materials identify Kevin Gray as the designer and Browdy & Browdy as the builder. The house was built of poured concrete block on pilings driven to bedrock, under a cement tile roof, with hurricane-impact windows, a full-home generator and geotube shoreline protection. Hand-hewn ash beams cross the living room ceiling above a travertine fireplace and wide-plank white oak floors, and the kitchen holds a custom La Cornue range, Thermador refrigeration and River City cabinetry, with a catering kitchen and beverage room alongside.
The owner’s suite opens through French doors to the pool and the ocean, with a double-sided fireplace, a hand-carved marble soaking tub and a marble shower. An elevator and a wood staircase reach three more en-suite bedrooms with ocean views and a gathering room under cathedral tongue-and-groove ceilings that opens onto a balcony above the Atlantic. A summer kitchen, a wood-burning fireplace, a heated spa and elevated dune walkovers sit outside, near a separate building for a gym or office. The property previously changed hands for $3,430,000 in 2018, before the current residence was completed in 2024.
Lisa Barton and Marsha Lynn Keller of Keller Williams Realty Atlantic Partners were the listing agents. The $16.5 million closing placed them on the listing side of RealtyWire’s highest-priced reported transaction in the Jacksonville metro area for the week.
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No. 2 — $6,700,000 · 193 Admirals Way S, Ponte Vedra Beach, Florida
A custom waterfront house at 193 Admirals Way S, inside the gated Harbour Island section of Marsh Landing Country Club, closed August 14, 2026 for $6,700,000. Built in 2016, it has four bedrooms and four full and two half baths across a reported 7,360 square feet, on more than half an acre of direct Intracoastal frontage.
The house was designed by architect Richard Skinner and built by Rick Morales, with interiors by Julie Schulte, according to the listing. Its main level holds a chef’s kitchen, a family room with a fireplace, a study lined with pecky cypress, a wine cellar and bar and a ground-floor en-suite bedroom; the upstairs primary retreat adds a private balcony and marble floors.
An infinity-edge heated pool and an oversized spa face the water beside a covered lanai with a summer kitchen, and a deeded 60-foot boat slip in the protected marina conveyed with the property. It previously changed hands for $1,250,000 in 2012, before the current residence was completed in 2016.
Jennifer Sexton and Wesley Mock of Compass Florida LLC were the listing agents. The $6.7 million closing ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Jacksonville metro area Top 5 for the week.
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No. 3 — $6,100,000 · 42 Third Street, Atlantic Beach, Florida
A 1916 oceanfront compound at 42 Third Street in Atlantic Beach sold for $6,100,000 on August 10, 2026. The sale record reports seven bedrooms and 5,523 square feet across four structures: a three-story main residence of 4,595 square feet, a 245-square-foot guest cottage, a 670-square-foot two-bedroom garage apartment with an ocean-view deck and a separate one-car garage.
Preserved details in the main house include original stained-glass windows, French doors, historic hardware, the original staircase, heart pine floors and a Florida citrus family mosaic; recent work added a finished third-floor expansion, updated systems and a refreshed kitchen with GE Cafe appliances and quartz countertops. The second-floor primary suite looks out over the Atlantic and opens to a widow’s walk. The compound stands three blocks from Beaches Town Center, and it previously changed hands for $5,385,000 in 2025.
Jennifer Martin Faulkner and Kim Martin-Fisher PA of Douglas Elliman Florida were the listing agents. The listing went under contract 7 days after the current listing date and ranked No. 3 in the metro’s weekly Top 5, and it is Jennifer Martin Faulkner’s second appearance in a RealtyWire Top 5 roundup for the metro.
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No. 4 — $3,500,000 · 5198 Atlantic Vw, Saint Augustine, Florida
A one-owner oceanfront house at 5198 Atlantic Vw, in the Biera Mar neighborhood of Saint Augustine, closed August 11, 2026 for $3,500,000. Custom built in 1998 of concrete block, the five-bedroom residence carries a reported 5,008 square feet on an oversized lot with private beach access and room for a pool.
The house was sited for ocean views, and an elevator serves three oceanside decks and a west-facing patio that catches the sunset. Recent upgrades include energy-efficient, UV-tinted, hurricane-rated windows and sliding glass doors, two air-conditioning units, two water heaters, new kitchen countertops and appliances, and waterproof epoxy flooring on the porches. It was offered mostly furnished.
Brian Hubbel of DJ & Lindsey Real Estate was the listing agent. The transaction ranked No. 4 among home sales publicly reported in the Jacksonville metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026.
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No. 5 — $3,127,500 · 5305 Bentpine Cove Road, Jacksonville, Florida
A Cape Cod-inspired custom house at 5305 Bentpine Cove Road, in the gated Pablo Creek Reserve community in Jacksonville, closed August 11, 2026 for $3,127,500. Completed in 2017, the cedar-shingle residence has four bedrooms and reported square footage of 4,823 on nearly an acre of waterfront.
White oak floors run through most of the main rooms, where an open plan links a kitchen with Thermador appliances and an oversized island to a butler’s pantry, a wine bar and the dining room. The first floor also holds an office, a guest suite and the primary suite, which looks out on the water with dual walk-in closets, a soaking tub and an oversized shower. A pool overlooks the water outside, beside a covered lanai with a fireplace. The property previously changed hands for $300,000 in 2016, before the current residence was completed in 2017.
MaryAnne Rodriguez of Root Realty LLC was the listing agent. The sale closed $32,500 above its final asking price of $3,095,000 and ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Jacksonville metro area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026.
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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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