Mountain Brook claimed two of the five highest-priced home sales reported in the Birmingham metro area for the week ending October 11, 2026, and Birmingham itself claimed two more, in the Crestline and Hollywood neighborhoods. The fifth was in Homewood. Together the five sales came to $10.48 million.
No. 1 — $3,165,000 · 486 Botanical Pl S, Mountain Brook, Alabama
The top sale of the week was a 2005 brick home at 486 Botanical Place South in Mountain Brook, which sold for $3,165,000. It sits on a cul-de-sac in Botanical Place, a gated community. The listing says the Botanical Gardens are in its backyard, with English Village and Mountain Brook Village a short walk away.
Inside, the formal living room is the showpiece: beamed ceilings, wide-plank antique wood floors, custom built-ins, natural stone accents and a fireplace of limestone. French doors lead from it out to a bluestone patio. The dining room opens to the kitchen, which has a large island with seating, stone counters, a gas range and a Sub-Zero refrigerator, and beside it a keeping room with space for a desk.
The home has four bedrooms, three full baths and a half bath in 4,304 square feet. The primary bath has a jetted tub, a tiled shower and separate vanities, and the suite has two closets. A grand staircase with stenciled walls rises to the upper floor, where two bedrooms share a Jack-and-Jill bath and the fourth bedroom opens to a den or study lined with built-ins and its own full bath. A two-car garage is on the main level, and a closet has been set aside so an elevator can be added later.
The home went under contract one day after it was listed and sold $670,000 above its asking price of $2.495 million. Shelley Clark of Ray & Poynor Properties was the listing agent, and Bert Siegel of RealtySouth-MB-Cahaba Rd represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $1,950,000 · 1758 Huntington Rd, Homewood, Alabama
At 1758 Huntington Road in Homewood, a 2007 home of brick and wood siding sold for $1,950,000, within walking distance of downtown Homewood and Shades Cahaba Elementary. The property last sold in 2024 for $1.11 million.
The main home has five bedrooms, three full baths and a half bath in 3,567 square feet, with four fireplaces among them. Living space and kitchen are open to each other, and a separate office has its own fireplace. Off the primary suite is a screened porch with a fireplace of its own.
The 10,018-square-foot lot is built for time outdoors. There is a fenced in-ground pool with an automatic cover, a bluestone patio, an outdoor kitchen and a court marked for basketball and pickleball. A 736-square-foot guest house adds a living area, a kitchenette, a bedroom, a bunk room and a full bath.
Helen Drennen of RealtySouth-MB-Cahaba Rd was the listing agent. The home went under contract three days after it was listed and sold at its full asking price. Drennen’s firm also listed the week’s fifth-ranked sale.
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No. 3 — $1,850,000 · 3625 Mountain Park Dr, Birmingham, Alabama
The oldest home in the Top 5, and the smallest, sold for $1,850,000 at 3625 Mountain Park Drive in the Crestline neighborhood of Birmingham. Built in 1948 of brick and shingle siding, the one-story home has four bedrooms, four full baths and a half bath in 2,976 square feet, on 0.74 acres with mountain views. A full finished daylight basement sits below the main floor, and there are brick fireplaces in both the living room and the recreation room. Outside are a private in-ground pool, a deck and a patio with an outdoor grill, along with an attached two-car garage.
Melvin Upchurch of LIST Birmingham was the listing agent, and Jane Huston Crommelin of Ray & Poynor Properties represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,800,000 · 316 Greenwood St, Birmingham, Alabama
Set on 0.69 acres at 316 Greenwood Street in the Hollywood neighborhood of Birmingham, a 1952 home sold for $1,800,000. Visitors arrive past a water feature and flagstone at the front, and behind the home the backyard is planted with a mix of trees and arranged with places to sit.
A living room with a wood-burning fireplace leads into the dining area, and the kitchen has been updated with new light fixtures and generous cabinetry. A back porch opens off the kitchen, and there is a covered deck as well. The primary suite has a walk-in closet and its own bath, and it connects to an outdoor shower and a hot tub. A second bedroom suite and a den are also on the main floor, with three more bedrooms and an updated bathroom upstairs. In all the home has five bedrooms, three full baths and a half bath in 3,121 square feet, with a detached two-car garage. The property last sold in 2025 for $1.25 million.
The home went under contract two days after it was listed and sold $350,000 above its asking price of $1.45 million. Charles Perlis and Guy Bradley of LAH Sotheby’s International Realty Homewood were the listing agents, and Hollyann Bemis of Keller Williams Realty Vestavia represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $1,713,262 · 3836 Rock Creek Trl, Mountain Brook, Alabama
The newest and largest home of the week, at 3836 Rock Creek Trail in the Cherokee Bend neighborhood of Mountain Brook, sold for $1,713,262. Built in 2019 of brick, it has 6,157 square feet, six bedrooms and six full baths plus a half bath, the most bedrooms and bathrooms in this Top 5, on 1.11 acres at a cul-de-sac location. The property last sold in 2024 for $1.505 million.
From the foyer, a study with built-ins sits to one side and a dining room to the other. The living room has a coffered ceiling, built-ins that run floor to ceiling and a gas fireplace. In the kitchen are quartz counters, a gas range, a walk-in pantry, a breakfast area and an oversized island with a double sink. The primary suite is on the main level, with two walk-in closets and a bath with a soaking tub, a walk-in shower and double vanities, and a guest suite, a mudroom and a laundry room share that floor.
Four more bedrooms and play nooks are upstairs. The daylight basement has a second kitchen, a den and game room, an office, a gym and a full bath, and the home has garage space for three cars. Out back, a screened porch looks over a patio with a built-in grill and a fenced yard.
Stephanie Robinson of RealtySouth-MB-Cahaba Rd was on both sides of the sale, which went under contract 29 days after the home was listed. Robinson’s firm also listed the week’s second-ranked sale in Homewood.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, October 11, 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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