Loudoun County, Virginia Top 5 Home Sales: A $3.03 Million Leesburg Estate Leads the Week
A gated country estate outside Leesburg led the week, and all five homes on the list sold for $1.8 million or more.
James Clark
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Lakes Region, New Hampshire Top 5 Home Sales: Bristol Waterfront Home Leads the Week at $3.985 Million
Homes on Newfound Lake, Lake Winnipesaukee and Lake Wentworth filled the list, from a modern home finished in 2025 to a lakeside cottage from 1950.
Lake Norman Area, North Carolina Top 5 Home Sales: Waterfront Home in The Peninsula Leads at $4.5 Million
Two homes in Cornelius, two in Davidson and one in Mooresville made the list, ranging from a brand-new home in Davidson Woods to a lakefront home built in 1977.
Hunterdon-Somerset (New Jersey) Top 5 Home Sales: Basking Ridge Home Leads at $2.45 Million
Five single-family homes in five different towns, from Warren to Califon, made up the top of the market for the week.
Hudson County (New Jersey) Top 5 Home Sales: Hoboken Condo Leads the Week at $1.5 Million
Four condominiums and a Hoboken carriage house property with plans for a new home made up a closely bunched list, with prices running from $1,235,000 to $1,500,000.
Howard County, Maryland Top 5 Home Sales: Ellicott City Colonial Leads at $1.4 Million
Two homes in Ellicott City, two in Clarksville and one in Elkridge led the county’s sales, with prices from $1,030,000 to $1,440,000.
Highlands-Cashiers & Western Mountains, North Carolina Top 5 Home Sales: New Cedar Hill Home in Cashiers Leads at $2.6 Million
Two newly built homes, a 1960s lake cottage and a condominium in a golf community were among a week of mountain sales that stretched from Cashiers to Cullowhee.
High Country, North Carolina Top 5 Home Sales: $3.3 Million Contemporary in The Lodges At Eagles Nest Leads the Week
Two homes in one Banner Elk community, a renovated Blowing Rock home near the country club, a Linville Ridge home and a log home on eight acres made up the week’s top sales.
Greensboro-High Point Area, North Carolina Top 5 Home Sales: Irving Park Leads, With Two Sales in Oak Ridge
From a golf-course neighborhood in Greensboro to open country in Climax, the week’s top sales covered a wide range of settings.
Greater Providence & Northern Rhode Island Top 5 Home Sales: A Blackstone Victorian Leads Sales in Providence, Lincoln and Hope
Two homes on Providence’s East Side, two Colonials in Lincoln and a gated ranch in Hope made up the week’s five highest-priced sales.
Greater Danbury Area, Connecticut Top 5 Home Sales: Modern Farmhouse in Ridgefield’s Lake West Leads at $2.4 Million
Four of the week’s five highest-priced sales were in Ridgefield, from a 1930 Cape near the village to a 2021 farmhouse on three acres, with a renovated Colonial and its saltwater pool in New Fairfield rounding out the group.
Farmington Valley & West Hartford, Connecticut Top 5 Home Sales: Burlington Sale Leads at $2.5 Million
Burlington, Farmington, Simsbury, Avon and West Hartford each had one of the week’s top sales, a group of single-family homes built across nearly a century.
Essex County (New Jersey) Top 5 Home Sales: Short Hills Leads With a $5.2 Million Sale
Two Short Hills homes led the week, with Montclair, Millburn and Livingston rounding out a list made up entirely of single-family homes.
East Bay & Newport County, Rhode Island Top 5 Home Sales: Newport Colonial Leads at $2.9 Million
Historic homes in Newport and Barrington, a newer Colonial in downtown Bristol and a Historic Hill condominium made up the week’s top of the market.
Durham-Chapel Hill Area, North Carolina Top 5 Home Sales: Surrey Green Townhouse Leads at $2 Million
Durham and Pittsboro each had two of the week’s top sales and Chapel Hill had one, in a group that runs from a redesigned townhouse to a home finished only this year.
Chester County, Pennsylvania Top 5 Home Sales: West Chester Farmhouse Leads at $2.0 Million
West Chester and Kennett Square each had two of the sales and Exton had one, in a group that runs from country acreage with barns to a townhouse community.
Capital Region, New York Top 5 Home Sales: Saratoga Springs Takes the Top Three, Led by a $1.9 Million New Home
A brand-new home on wooded acreage, a Victorian close to downtown and a home on Saratoga Lake led the week, with sales in Edison Woods and Loudonville close behind.
Bucks County, Pennsylvania Top 5 Home Sales: A Converted Barn in Newtown Leads the Week
Newtown and Doylestown each account for two of the week’s top sales, and the fifth is in Jamison.
Boston North Suburbs, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: $3.7 Million North Reading Estate Leads a Week With Three Winchester Sales
A brick estate in North Reading, a Winchester Colonial built this year and a rebuilt Contemporary in Reading were among the week’s most expensive homes.
Bethesda-Potomac-Rockville Area, Maryland Top 5 Home Sales: New Lybrook Home Sells for $3.9 Million
A newly built home in Bethesda’s Lybrook neighborhood led a week that also brought sales of a 1930s Tudor, a Colonial in Sumner and a combined high-rise residence in Chevy Chase.
Bethany-Fenwick & Inland Bays, Delaware Top 5 Home Sales: Bayfront Ocean View Home Leads Sales in Selbyville and Bethany Beach
A bayfront home on two acres, a new three-story build, a 1960s beach cottage, an oceanfront condominium and a canal-side home in a gated community made up the week’s top sales.
Bergen-Passaic (New Jersey) Top 5 Home Sales: Alpine Home Leads the Week at $5.2 Million
Alpine led the week, and Paramus, Franklin Lakes, Ho Ho Kus and Cliffside Park each claimed one of the other top spots.
Baltimore County, Maryland Top 5 Home Sales: Cockeysville Home Leads the Week at $2.1 Million
Two Cockeysville homes, including the top sale, joined sales in Pikesville, Lutherville Timonium and Owings Mills at the top of the week’s market.
Charlotte Area, North Carolina Top 5 Home Sales: New Cotswold Home Leads at $3.2 Million
A newly finished home on a Cotswold corner, two in-town townhomes and a pair of Myers Park and Barclay Downs single-family homes made up the week’s five priciest sales.
Asheville Area, North Carolina Top 5 Home Sales: Biltmore Forest Home Leads at $2 Million
The week’s top sales were spread across Buncombe, Haywood and Henderson counties, from an established Asheville neighborhood to wooded mountain acreage.
Annapolis-Anne Arundel County, Maryland Top 5 Home Sales: Cape St John Waterfront Home Leads at $3.4 Million
Four of the five sales were in Annapolis and one was in Millersville, and the homes range from properties with private piers to an Eastport home on a quiet one-way street.
Adirondack–Champlain Valley, New York Top 5 Home Sales: New Lake Placid Home Leads at $1.9 Million
A newly built home in Lake Placid led a week in which the five top sales came from five different towns.
Washington, District of Columbia Top 5 Home Sales: Cleveland Park Dutch Colonial Leads at $5.5 Million
Every home on the list was built between 1900 and 1930, and agents from a single brokerage listed the top three.
Suffolk County, New York Top 5 Home Sales: Sagaponack Estate Leads at $20.1 Million
An estate in Sagaponack led the group, followed by sales in Westhampton Beach and Southold and two in Dix Hills.
South Shore, Massachusetts Top 5 Home Sales: Crow Point Leads as Hingham Claims Three
Harbor views, a private pond and a restored barn turn up among the week’s top sales, which ran from Crow Point and the Whitcomb Neighborhood in Hingham to Little Harbor in Cohasset and Third Cliff in Scituate.