Built in 1976 and last sold in 2018, the five-bedroom house at 5175 Queens Cir in Greenwood sold for $3.92 million on September 1, leading a week in which the five highest-priced home sales reported across the Minneapolis, Minnesota metro area combined for $16.64 million.
The list for the week ending September 6, 2026, spans Greenwood, Excelsior, Locust Hills and BridgeVine, and two of its closings landed in Greenwood. Lake access threads through the group as well, from private boat slips on Lake Minnetonka to a shared dock and community pontoon on Lake Independence.
No. 1 — $3,925,000 · 5175 Queens Cir, Greenwood, Minnesota
At the top of the list, 5175 Queens Cir closed September 1 at $3,925,000, the week’s No. 1 reported home sale in the metro area. The 1976-built house carries five bedrooms and four bathrooms in the public record, and the property previously changed hands for $1,850,000 in 2018.
Detailed listing remarks were not available for this transaction, and RealtyWire is reporting the sale from the public record.
The listing agent for the sale could not be verified by publication, and RealtyWire invites the professionals involved to confirm or correct the credit. Kim Pease of Coldwell Banker Realty – Lakes represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $3,600,000 · 5025 Covington St, Greenwood, Minnesota
Greenwood placed a second sale on the list at 5025 Covington St, a cottage-style house completed in 2015 that closed on September 4, 2026, for $3.6 million.
Listing materials identify Mike Sharratt as the designer, and craft details run through the four-bedroom house, a reported 7,378 square feet: custom leaded stained-glass windows by Gaytee-Palmer Stained Glass, wainscoting and box-beam ceilings, and a great room with timber trusses and a gas fireplace set in a floor-to-ceiling stone surround rising 20 feet. The kitchen pairs custom cabinetry and Cambria surfaces with Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances and a butler’s pantry holding a built-in Miele coffee machine, and an office finished in walnut built-ins and stained glass looks out to park views. Upstairs, the primary suite adds a gas fireplace, a private deck and a marble bath with heated floors, a dual-head shower and a Victoria + Albert freestanding tub, while an elevator serves all three levels.
Outdoors, a screen porch and a flagstone patio center on a wood-burning fireplace. The house sits across from Greenwood Park, adjacent to the Lake Minnetonka Regional Trail and a short walk from the Village of Excelsior. The closing ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Minneapolis Metro Area Top 5 for the week.
Sarah E Polovitz and Al Anderson of Compass were the listing agents. Sarah E Polovitz of Compass represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $3,300,000 · 3752 Woodland Cove Pkwy, Excelsior, Minnesota
In Excelsior, 3752 Woodland Cove Pkwy sold for $3.3 million on September 1, 2026. The five-bedroom, four-bathroom house went under contract 12 days after the current listing date and closed at its full asking price.
Completed in 2019 by Denali Custom Homes in collaboration with Alexander Design Group, the house sits in a community known as The Cove on Lake Minnetonka and spans a reported 5,809 square feet. White oak floors lead to a main level with 12-foot ceilings and walls of glass framing Lake Minnetonka views, and the kitchen carries quartz countertops, Thermador appliances, a Scotsman ice maker, a built-in coffee system and a walk-in pantry. A sunroom with a wood-burning fireplace opens to the deck, and the primary suite takes in lake views with a fireplace, heated bath floors and a custom walk-in closet. Two separate upstairs wings hold a vaulted-ceiling office, a bonus room above the heated three-car garage and a bedroom with a loft and a concealed room, while the walkout lower level adds a family room, a wet bar and three more bedrooms.
The property includes two private permanent boat slips on Lake Minnetonka, and the homeowners association maintains two pools, pickleball courts and two clubhouses, with the Lake Minnetonka Regional Trail and the Dakota Rail Trail nearby. The property previously changed hands for $650,000 in 2018, before the current residence was completed in 2019, and the transaction put Desrochers Realty Group of eXp Realty on the listing side of the sale that ranked No. 3 on the week’s list.
Desrochers Realty Group of eXp Realty was the listing agent. Jessica E Freeland of Avenue Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $2,912,500 · 1610 Locust Hills Pl, Wayzata, Minnesota
A mile from downtown Wayzata, 1610 Locust Hills Pl closed September 1, 2026, at $2,912,500, placing Gary Petersen and Ian J Petersen of Coldwell Banker Realty on the listing side of the week’s No. 4 reported sale.
The three-bedroom residence, designed by Sharratt Design and built by Kyle Hunt and Partners, sits in the Locust Hills community off Bushaway Road with a brick-and-timber exterior, stacked-stone fireplaces, distressed wood and brick floors and Dutch doors. The front door opens to a brick-floor foyer and a great room framed in rough timbers and rich millwork, where a hand-stacked stone fireplace stands against a wall of windows overlooking a pond. The kitchen carries Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances and a large center island, entertaining space runs from a main-floor game room to a vaulted porch and a walkout lower-level family room, and an elevator shaft is already in place. The reported square footage is 4,376, and parking includes a heated two-car garage plus a 1.5-car detached garage.
Locust Hills keeps a private neighborhood pool, a clubhouse with meeting rooms in the original estate’s stables and walking trails, and residents reach an association dock, a lakeside gazebo and a fire-pit area on Grays Bay of Lake Minnetonka; the association also handles lawn care and snow removal. The property previously changed hands for $475,000 in 2009, before the current residence was completed in 2010.
Gary Petersen and Ian J Petersen of Coldwell Banker Realty were the listing agents. K C Chermak of RE/MAX Results represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $2,900,000 · 2101 Bridgevine Ct, Independence, Minnesota
The list closes in Independence, where a newly completed one-level Charles Cudd home at 2101 Bridgevine Ct sold for $2.9 million, with the sale closing August 31, 2026.
Built in 2025 in the BridgeVine community, the four-bedroom house spans a reported 5,935 square feet and pairs floor-to-ceiling windows and interior stone accents with a chef’s kitchen backed by a separate prep kitchen. A stone fireplace and a screen porch anchor the main level, and the finished lower level carries a full bar, a custom wine room, a golf simulator room and an adjacent workout room.
BridgeVine residents hold private community access to Lake Independence, with a shared dock, a community pontoon and a gazebo. The $2.9 million closing ranked No. 5 on RealtyWire’s Minneapolis-area list for the week and stands as the only new-construction sale in the group.
The Holmers Group and Stickney Real Estate β George Stickney of Keller Williams Premier Realty Lake Minnetonka were the listing agents. LeAnn Sather of RE/MAX Consultants represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, September 6, 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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