Queens, New York Top 5 Home Sales: Fresh Meadows Home Leads at $2.7 Million
All five of the week’s top sales cleared $2 million, led by a single-family home in Fresh Meadows.
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Raleigh Area, North Carolina Top 5 Home Sales: Chestnut Hills Home Leads the Week at $3.8 Million
All five homes were built between 2021 and 2026, four of them in Raleigh and the fifth in Wake Forest.
Richmond Area, Virginia Top 5 Home Sales: Manakin Sabot Estate Leads at $2.7 Million
Three homes in the city of Richmond and two on more than five acres each in Goochland and Hanover counties made up the week’s top sales.
Roanoke & Smith Mountain Lake, Virginia Top 5 Home Sales: $12.5 Million Moneta Waterfront Estate Leads the Week
Smith Mountain Lake waterfront led the list, with the rest of the top five spread from the Franklin County countryside to Bedford County and the city of Roanoke.
Rockland County, New York Top 5 Home Sales: Montebello and Spring Valley Homes Tie at $2 Million as Piermont Takes Two Spots
Two homes tied at the top price, and a pair of Piermont properties with views of the Hudson River followed, in a week that ran from a 1952 Colonial to a home finished in 2025.
Seacoast Area, New Hampshire Top 5 Home Sales: Portsmouth Waterfront Contemporary Leads at $5.1 Million
A tidal waterfront contemporary in Portsmouth, a brand-new farmhouse-style home in Greenland, two homes near the beaches of Rye and a pond-side retreat in Barrington made up the week’s top sales.
Shoreline & Lower River Valley, Connecticut Top 5 Home Sales: Lyme Waterfront Estate Leads at $4.9 Million
A waterfront estate in Lyme led the week, ahead of two Guilford homes, an Old Lyme Colonial and a townhouse in Madison.
South County, Rhode Island Top 5 Home Sales: $6.6 Million Narragansett Home Leads a Week on the Water
A single-level home in Narragansett’s Ocean Road Estate Area led the list at more than twice the price of any other sale in the group.
South Jersey Shore (New Jersey) Top 5 Home Sales: Stone Harbor Bayfront Home Leads at $9.8 Million
A home on the bay, a home on the beach and a renovated home in a historic district were among the week’s top sales across five Cape May County shore towns.
Staten Island, New York Top 5 Home Sales: A Great Kills Colonial Leads a Week of Classic Homes
The week ran from a renovated 1920 brick home in Shore Acres to a hi-ranch in New Springville, with pools, finished basements and a New Dorp project along the way.
Union County (New Jersey) Top 5 Home Sales: $2.6 Million Sale Leads a Week in Summit, New Providence and Westfield
Every one of the week’s five priciest homes sold at or above its asking price, and three sold above it.
Upper & Mid-Shore, Maryland Top 5 Home Sales: Chester Takes Three Spots as Harbor View Sale Leads at $1.2 Million
A former cattle barn on the water, a Colonial on six acres, two new model homes and a horse farm made up the top of the market.
Upper Valley & Lake Sunapee, New Hampshire Top 5 Home Sales: $2.7 Million Wilmot Estate Leads, Hanover Claims Three
A country estate in Wilmot led the week, and Hanover accounted for three of the five sales.
West Bay, Rhode Island Top 5 Home Sales: East Greenwich Homes Take Three Spots, Led by a $1.95 Million Colonial in Southridge
Wooded acreage, pond views and salt water within walking distance run through a week in which East Greenwich claimed the top two sales and homes in Warwick and Coventry filled out the list.
Westchester–Putnam, New York Top 5 Home Sales: Rye Takes the Top Three Spots, Led by $5.9 Million
The week’s list ran from new construction in Rye to an 18th-century farmhouse in Pound Ridge, with a pair of prewar homes in between.
Winston-Salem Area, North Carolina Top 5 Home Sales: Three Buena Vista Homes and a Log Home on 51 Acres in Pfafftown
A French Provincial home on more than two acres sold for $1,800,000 to top a week in which three of the five sales were in the Buena Vista neighborhood.
Neponset Valley & Greater Franklin, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: Four-Bedroom Homes in Canton, Foxboro, Sharon and Franklin Lead the Week
Sharon had two of the week’s five top sales and Canton, Foxboro and Franklin had one each, and every one of the five was a four-bedroom home.
Nassau County, New York Top 5 Home Sales: Brookville Colonial Leads at $4.2 Million
Closings in Glen Head, Manhasset and Roslyn filled the week’s list, with prices running from $2,815,000 to $4,200,000.
Morris-Sussex (New Jersey) Top 5 Home Sales: Madison Takes Three Spots, With Mendham and Morristown Close Behind
Five single-family homes in Morris County, built across more than eight decades, led the week’s sales.
Montgomery County, Pennsylvania Top 5 Home Sales: Eagleville Colonial Leads at $1.6 Million
Two townhouses and three single-family homes, from a 1980s ranch to one finished in 2025, made up the week’s highest-priced sales across five towns.
Monmouth County (New Jersey) Top 5 Home Sales: Spring Lake Home Leads at $5 Million
Five single-family homes in five different towns, from Spring Lake to Wall Township, made up the top sales, and in two of them the same agent was on both sides.
Middlesex County (New Jersey) Top 5 Home Sales: Metuchen Takes Four of the Top Five, Led by a New Colonial
A newly built Colonial topped the list, and one RE/MAX COMPETITIVE EDGE agent listed two of the five homes.
Mid-Hudson Valley, New York Top 5 Home Sales: Lake Hill Modern on 40 Acres Leads at $2.5 Million
Three Ulster County homes and two in Dutchess County, built across more than two centuries, sold on country acreage from Woodstock to Rhinebeck.
Mid-Fairfield County, Connecticut Top 5 Home Sales: Westport, Fairfield and Weston Homes Top Out at $2.5 Million
A Westport home with gardens and a pool led the week, and a Fairfield home sold partway through a rebuild, with its finishes left for the buyer.
MetroWest & Western Suburbs, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: $9 Million Weston Estate Leads a Week Across Five Towns
A lakefront home on Lake Cochituate, a contemporary beside Steele Farm and a Concord Colonial on nearly two acres joined a Weston estate among the week’s top sales.
Merrimack Valley, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: Former Groton Chapel Leads at $2.5 Million
Historic architecture, grounds made for entertaining and handcrafted woodwork set apart the top sales across four towns.
Mercer County (New Jersey) Top 5 Home Sales: Princeton Takes the Top Three Spots
Princeton claimed the three highest-priced sales, and two brand-new townhouses in Windsor Township completed the list.
Manhattan, New York Top 5 Home Sales: $21.9 Million Lenox Hill Duplex Leads a Week of Upper East Side, Chelsea and Tribeca Sales
A Rosario Candela duplex in Lenox Hill led the week, ahead of sales in Chelsea, Midtown, Tribeca and the Upper East Side that included the list’s only single-family home.
Main Line, Pennsylvania Top 5 Home Sales: New Villanova Home Leads at $3.95 Million
A newly built home in Villanova led a week of sales that also reached Malvern, Wynnewood, Haverford and Bryn Mawr.
Lower Fairfield County, Connecticut Top 5 Home Sales: A $10 Million New Canaan Estate Leads Three Greenwich Sales
Two homes tied at $9.5 million in a week when the top sales ranged from a home built in 1965 to one built in 2016.