Martin-St. Lucie Counties, Florida Top 5 Home Sales: Sailfish Point Home Leads at $7.5 Million
The week’s top sales spanned nearly half a century of building, from a ranch built in 1976 to a home completed in 2022.
Don Baker
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He earned a Bachelor of Science in Business from Southern Illinois University and currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Ocala, Florida Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Acreage Estates and Horse Farms in Ocala, Summerfield and Umatilla
Every home on the list came with land, from just over three acres to more than 21, and in three of the five sales the same agent was on both sides.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Murrells Inlet Home Leads the Week at $1.7 Million
Three homes on lakefront lots, an oceanfront condominium and a home in a gated Murrells Inlet community made up the week’s top sales.
Mobile, Alabama Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: New Country Club Estates Ranch Leads, Dauphin Island Bayfront Home Follows
A sprawling ranch, a Creole-style home on the water and three older homes in Mobile’s established neighborhoods made up the week’s top sales.
Lakeland, Florida Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: A Lakefront Auburndale Home and a New Winter Haven Farmhouse Tie at $825,000
A home on Lake Arietta and a just-finished farmhouse on a golf course shared the top spot, followed by a 10-bedroom resort home in Davenport and two properties with large detached workshops.
Huntsville, Alabama Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Three New Homes in Madison Join a Monte Sano Ranch and an East Huntsville Craftsman
Two of the week’s top sales were neighbors on the same Madison road, and two brokerages each listed a pair of the five homes.
Columbia, South Carolina Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: A 1940 Heathwood Home Leads at $1.2 Million
A renovated home from 1940 in an established Columbia neighborhood led a week that also took in waterfront living in Leesville and newer family homes in Lexington and Blythewood.
Augusta-Aiken, Georgia Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Aiken Horse Country Leads at $1.4 Million
A horse property with its own arena, a pool-and-guest-cottage estate, a lakefront home on a cove and more than 41 wooded acres outside Hephzibah filled out the week’s list in Georgia and South Carolina.
Valon Raises $150 Million at a $2.3 Billion Valuation, With One in Six U.S. Mortgages Under Contract
Valon Technologies raised $150 million in Series D funding at a $2.3 billion valuation, doubling its prior valuation, with Ribbit Capital joining and Andreessen Horowitz returning. The company says one in six outstanding U.S. mortgages is under contract to run on its ValonOS servicing platform.
Greenville, South Carolina Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Sunset Waterfront Home Leads at $2.5 Million
Two homes in a Lake Keowee golf community, a country estate in Six Mile and two Greenville homes made up the week’s five biggest sales.
Volusia-Flagler Counties, Florida Top 5 Home Sales: Ocean Hammock Estate Leads Four Palm Coast Sales
Oceanfront golf communities in Palm Coast and a home on the Halifax River in Port Orange made up the week’s top sales, from a three-story custom estate to a brand-new lakefront home.
Chattanooga, Tennessee Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Soddy Daisy Lakefront Home Leads at $2.1 Million
Two homes on Chickamauga Lake, two on Lookout Mountain and a new home on Signal Mountain made up a week led by a $2.1 million sale in Soddy Daisy.
Wilmington, North Carolina Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Wrightsville Beach Oceanfront Home Tops the Week at $3.8 Million
Homes in Wrightsville Beach and Oak Island take four of the five spots, and a home in Wilmington’s Landfall community completes the list.
Pensacola, Florida Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Gulf-Front Perdido Key Home Leads at $4.65 Million
A Gulf-front home in Perdido Key led a week of sales that stretched from Navarre Beach to a bayou in Pensacola.
Space Coast, Florida Top 5 Home Sales: Melbourne Beach Oceanfront Home Leads at $3.1 Million
An oceanfront home built by its builder for personal use, a one-level Spanish-style home on a lake and a renovated 1973 riverfront home were among the sales that led the week’s sales along the Space Coast.
Knoxville, Tennessee Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Jackson Bend Lakefront Home Leads at $4 Million
Two Louisville homes near the water led the week, and the five ranged from a gated country property to a home that has yet to be built.
Jacksonville, Florida Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Ortega Home Leads the Week at $4.3 Million
A new condominium on Amelia Island and an acre on Ponte Vedra Boulevard joined older homes in Ortega and on Duval Drive among the week’s biggest closings.
Baldwin County, Alabama Top 5 Home Sales: Orange Beach Waterfront Home Leads at $4.4 Million
The coast took all five spots, from a custom home on Bayou St. John to Gulf-front residences on Perdido Beach Boulevard and a raised beach duplex in Gulf Shores.
Okaloosa-Walton Counties, Florida Top 5 Home Sales: Gulf-Front Inlet Beach Home Leads at $7.2 Million
Two Inlet Beach homes on the Gulf led the week, and a pair of Miramar Beach homes in the same neighborhood rounded out the list.
Sarasota-Bradenton, Florida Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: A $26 Million Gulf-Front Estate Leads a Week of Sarasota Waterfront Sales
Four of the five homes were newly built, and two of them are condominium residences in the same beachfront development.
Naples, Florida Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: New Port Royal Home Leads at $26 Million
Waterfront homes in Port Royal, Park Shore and the Moorings shared the list with a newly built estate in Pine Ridge.
GEO Group Sells Three Adelanto, Calif., ICE Facilities to Homeland Security for $950 Million
The GEO Group completed the $950 million sale of three immigration detention facilities in Adelanto, Calif., totaling 2,644 beds, to the federal government through the Department of Homeland Security, and will keep operating them under an ICE contract that runs through 2034.
Hilton Head-Bluffton Area, South Carolina Top 5 Home Sales: $7 Million Oceanfront Home on Hilton Head Island Leads the Week
An oceanfront home led a week of sales split between Hilton Head Island and Okatie, with golf views running through much of the list.
Charleston, South Carolina Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Daniel Island Park Home Leads at $5.3 Million, With Sales on Isle Of Palms and South of Broad
A Victorian from 1903, a riverfront condominium in the French Quarter, a beach home and two Daniel Island properties made up the week’s top sales.
Fort Myers-Cape Coral Area, Florida Top 5 Home Sales: Barefoot Beach Gulf-Front Home Leads Five Waterfront Sales
Water ran through every one of the week’s top sales, from Gulf beaches to a freshwater lake and a river.
Birmingham, Alabama Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: A 1927 Mountain Brook Estate Leads at $6.2 Million
A villa built by Italian artisans in the 1920s, a Bobby McAlpine cottage in Redmont and a golf-course home in Shoal Creek were among the week’s most expensive homes to change hands.
Tampa-St. Petersburg, Florida Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: New Waterfront Home in Saint Petersburg Leads at $5.5 Million
New construction on the water and in South Tampa shares the list with a Brooksville farm estate on nearly 30 acres and a boater’s home in Belleair Beach.
Orlando, Florida Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Kissimmee Estate Leads a Week That Spans Baldwin Park, Lake Nona Estates and Longwood
A gated estate on five acres, a Georgian-style home in Baldwin Park, a brand-new home in Oakland, a golf-club home in Lake Nona Estates and a renovated waterfront retreat in Longwood made up the week’s five priciest sales.
Miami-Dade-Broward-Palm Beach, Florida Top 5 Home Sales: Manalapan Oceanfront Estate Leads at $83.2 Million
Four of the week’s five priciest homes sold in Palm Beach County, from a 1925 Mediterranean Revival home in Palm Beach to two newly built waterfront homes.
Atlanta, Georgia Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: New Sandy Springs Home Leads at $3.9 Million
Two brand-new homes in Sandy Springs led the week, ahead of a Buckhead estate, a walkable home in Downtown Alpharetta and a lakefront property on acreage.