Residence 7 at The Jordan Mansion, a penthouse in an 1854 building at 46 Beacon St in Boston, sold for $12.50 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Boston, Massachusetts metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The five leading closings reported across the metro that week combined for $33.11 million in Boston-area real estate.
The sales were recorded in Boston, Newton, Duxbury and Cohasset, with Newton appearing twice. Build years span 1843 to 2025, and water figures in more than one transaction: Chestnut Hill Reservoir views on the No. 2 sale, Duxbury Bay and Shipyard Beach close to the No. 3, and Gulf River access on the No. 4.
No. 1 — $12,500,000 · 46 Beacon St #Penthouse 7, Boston, Massachusetts
Residence 7 at The Jordan Mansion, 46 Beacon St in Boston, sold for $12,500,000 on August 4, 2026, the highest reported price in the metro for the week. The multi-level penthouse carries three bedrooms, four bathrooms and a reported 3,557 square feet in a building dating to 1854.
The Jordan Mansion holds eight residences in a structure that spans the block from Beacon Street through to Spruce Street, its original architecture renewed for contemporary use. Chevron white-oak floors run through the penthouse, where refined plasterwork and several statuary-marble fireplaces anchor the expansive living and dining rooms. A study on the upper level looks down into the double-height living room, and steps from it lead to a private roof deck with views over Boston Common.
Listing materials identify updated building systems, on-site concierge service, direct elevator access and garage parking among the shared features of the eight-home building.
Tracy Campion of Campion & Company Fine Homes Real Estate was the listing agent. Kandia Frangiadakis of Live Realty Boston LLC represented the buyer. The residence went under contract 14 days after the current listing date, and the $12,500,000 closing put Campion at the listing side of RealtyWire’s highest-priced reported home sale in the Boston metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 2 — $5,750,000 · 124 Chestnut Hill Rd, Newton, Massachusetts
A brick house on a private road in Newton’s Chestnut Hill took the metro’s No. 2 position at $5,750,000, with the closing recorded August 4, 2026. Built in 1925 and gut-renovated in 2021, it offers five bedrooms, eight bathrooms and a reported 7,359 square feet, with sweeping views of the Chestnut Hill Reservoir.
The main level holds a chef’s kitchen, living and dining rooms, a study overlooking the patio and two mudrooms. The primary suite has dual dressing rooms and a spa-style bath, joined on that floor by four en-suite bedrooms. A gym and a bonus room occupy the third floor, and the 0.61-acre lot carries a large patio and a two-car garage. The property previously changed hands for $2,750,000 in 2021.
Maggie Gold Seelig and Rachel Goldman of Mgs Group Real Estate LTD were the listing agents. Chris Choi of Compass represented the buyer. The house went under contract 15 days after the current listing date, and the $5,750,000 sale ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Boston Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 3 — $5,500,000 · 65 Partridge Rd, Duxbury, Massachusetts
An 18.6-acre estate in the heart of Duxbury, moments from Shipyard Beach and Duxbury Bay, changed hands for $5,500,000 in a transaction recorded August 3, 2026. The residence dates to 1843 and carries five bedrooms, five full and one half bathrooms and a reported 5,821 square feet.
Wide pine floors, custom millwork and expansive walls of glass frame the landscape and carry daylight through the interiors. Rolling fields, two ponds and hand-laid stone walls run across the grounds, and a two-story barn serves as an entertaining space overlooking an in-ground pool and a separate pool house. The property previously changed hands for $2,500,000 in 2006.
Liz Bone Team of South Shore Sotheby’s International Realty was the listing agent, and the listing agent represented both sides of the transaction. The property closed at its full asking price, and the $5,500,000 sale ranked No. 3 in RealtyWire’s Boston Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 4 — $4,858,012 · 66 Black Horse Ln, Cohasset, Massachusetts
New construction on the Cohasset coastline produced the week’s No. 4 reported sale. The house at 66 Black Horse Ln traded for $4,858,012 in a closing recorded August 6, 2026, and the 2025 build carries four bedrooms, four bathrooms and a reported 4,400 square feet on nearly two acres of shoreline.
Listing materials identify the architecture firm Campbell Smith as the designer and South Shore builder EJ Pontiff as the builder of the custom waterfront home, laid out with expansive entertaining rooms, water views and a full walk-out basement. The site has direct access to the Gulf River and deeded use of a secluded seven-acre private island, and it stands a short walk from Cohasset’s seaside village and harbor.
Kelsey Berman and Amy Fay of Waterfront Realty Group were the listing agents. Courtney Durkin of Compass represented the buyer. The sale closed $863,012 above its final asking price of $3,995,000, and the transaction ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Boston Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 5 — $4,500,000 · 66 Montrose St, Newton, Massachusetts
A 2009 brick house at 66 Montrose St in Newton, rebuilt from the ground up, took the week’s No. 5 spot at $4,500,000 in a closing recorded August 4, 2026. Five bedrooms, seven bathrooms and a reported 7,522 square feet are arranged across four levels.
A foyer opens onto a light-filled main level connecting the kitchen, a family room with fireplace, the dining room and a private library, with a guest suite on the first floor. Four en-suite bedrooms sit on the second level, among them a primary suite with its own terrace, and an office and playroom fill the third.
The lower level holds a media and game room, a gym, a wine cellar and a half bath, and a custom mudroom connects to the two-car garage and a heated driveway. The landscaped yard carries a patio and a gas fire pit. The property previously changed hands for $4,050,000 in 2024.
Robin Allen of Hammond Residential Real Estate was the listing agent. Post Advisory Group of Engel & Volkers Boston represented the buyer. The $4,500,000 closing placed Allen at the listing side of the No. 5 sale in RealtyWire’s Boston Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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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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