A 2008 custom home on Langford Lane in Atlanta’s Powers Ferry Estates sold for $3.35 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Atlanta, Georgia metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The five leading closings reported across the metro that week combined for $13.38 million in Atlanta-area real estate.
The sales span Powers Ferry Estates, Bakers Farm, Grant Estates, Ellard and Deer Creek Shores, recorded in Atlanta, Alpharetta and Cumming. Build years run from 1968 to 2008, renovation work figures in most of the week’s leading transactions, and the No. 5 sale carries Lake Lanier frontage.
No. 1 — $3,350,000 · 705 Langford Ln NW, Atlanta, Georgia
Powers Ferry Estates produced the week’s highest reported sale: a custom home at 705 Langford Ln NW in Atlanta, built in 2008, that closed on August 7, 2026 for $3,350,000. The house has five bedrooms, nine bathrooms and a reported 7,660 square feet.
Stacked stone and cedar shake shingles front the residence behind a covered porch, with a three-car side-entry garage. Millwork and hardwood floors run through the main level, where a coffered-ceiling sitting room with a gas fireplace and a dining room seating 12 or more open off the entry.
The kitchen carries an oversized quartz island, a Wolf six-burner cooktop, double ovens and a Sub-Zero refrigerator, and the two-story family room centers on a floor-to-ceiling stacked stone fireplace. The main-level primary suite opens onto the covered porch, four upstairs bedrooms have en-suite baths, and the terrace level holds a media area, billiards space, a temperature-controlled wine cellar and a bar with a full kitchen.
Robin Blass of Harry Norman Realtors was the listing agent. David Kaufman of Atlanta Fine Homes – Sotheby’s Int’l represented the buyer. The property went under contract 19 days after the current listing date, and the $3,350,000 closing put Blass at the listing side of RealtyWire’s highest-priced Atlanta-area home sale reported that week.
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No. 2 — $2,995,000 · 2889 Bakers Farm Rd SE, Atlanta, Georgia
A 1981 house in the Bakers Farm neighborhood took the metro’s No. 2 reported sale. The residence at 2889 Bakers Farm Rd SE in Atlanta traded for $2,995,000 in a closing recorded August 5, 2026, with five bedrooms and five bathrooms on a flat 0.69-acre lot.
Listing materials identify architect Stan Dixon as the designer of a 2016 expansion and full renovation that placed the primary suite on the main floor. The kitchen is built around a soapstone island and carries a Sub-Zero refrigerator-freezer, a Wolf gas range and double Bosch dishwashers, and a screened porch opens onto a flat, walk-out backyard in a 44-home Cobb County enclave.
Price Curtis of Home Luxury Real Estate was the listing agent. Jacqueline Carlyle of Home Luxury Real Estate represented the buyer. The house went under contract 14 days after the current listing date and closed at its full asking price, ranking No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Atlanta Metro Area Top 5; it previously changed hands for $1,073,000 in 2011.
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No. 3 — $2,685,000 · 3346 Valley Rd NW, Atlanta, Georgia
A reported 4,380 square feet fills a 1968 brick residence at 3346 Valley Rd NW in Atlanta’s Buckhead, which closed August 3, 2026 at $2,685,000 to take the No. 3 spot. Renovated interiors carry designer-selected finishes across four bedrooms, three full baths and two half baths.
Mature landscaping surrounds the brick exterior, and the reworked plan pairs generously scaled rooms with a sun-filled dining room and a kitchen that opens to the family room and overlooks the rear patio. A sunroom serves as an office or reading lounge, the terrace level adds an updated bath and flexible rooms, and the address sits close to Buckhead dining and the Cherokee Town and Country Club.
Ashley Bundy of Dorsey Alston Realtors was the listing agent. Kim Noeltner of Beacham and Company represented the buyer. The house went under contract 13 days after the current listing date and closed $85,000 above its final asking price of $2,600,000, ranking No. 3 in RealtyWire’s Atlanta Metro Area Top 5; it previously changed hands for $985,000 in 2011.
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No. 4 — $2,250,000 · 3138 E Addison Dr, Alpharetta, Georgia
The guard-gated Ellard community in Alpharetta produced the week’s No. 4 reported sale, an all-brick 2001 house at 3138 E Addison Dr that closed on August 3, 2026 for $2,250,000. It carries five bedrooms, six bathrooms and a reported 6,935 square feet.
Wrap-around porches front the property, and inside are soaring ceilings, refinished hardwood floors, custom millwork and a two-story family room with floor-to-ceiling windows facing the backyard. The renovated kitchen has dual islands, waterfall quartz countertops and a walk-in pantry, and the terrace level adds a wet bar, a walk-in wine cellar and a steam shower. Outside are a heated saltwater pool and spa, a fire feature and a rose garden backing to undisturbed woods, with Ellard’s river park, trails and tennis courts along the Chattahoochee River.
April Rener of Keller Williams Realty Atl. Partners was the listing agent. Holly Gibbons of Keller Williams Realty represented the buyer. The sale closed at its full asking price and ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Atlanta Metro Area Top 5, on a property that previously changed hands for $950,000 in 2016.
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No. 5 — $2,100,000 · 8140 Lanier Dr, Cumming, Georgia
Lake Lanier frontage carried the week’s No. 5 reported sale. The 1998 house at 8140 Lanier Dr in Cumming’s Deer Creek Shores closed August 3, 2026 at $2,100,000, with five bedrooms, five bathrooms and a reported 7,000 square feet.
Completely remodeled in 2023, the property spans two lots, the adjoining parcel carrying a building site down by the water. Two full kitchens and two full laundries are split between the upper and lower levels, and a full deck runs across the lakeside of the house. A private drive leads to a double-slip aluminum boat dock beside a natural beach, and the garage holds up to five vehicles behind three doors, one sized for an RV or large boat.
Jerry Henderson of Jerry Henderson Enterprises was the listing agent. Shelley Shope of Keller Williams Lanier Partners represented the buyer. The $2,100,000 closing placed Henderson at the listing side of the No. 5 sale in RealtyWire’s Atlanta Metro Area Top 5, on a property that previously changed hands for $830,500 in 2015.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 9, 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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