The five highest-priced home sales reported in Columbia Metro Area, South Carolina, for the week ending November 8, 2026, totaled $3.47 million. Three of the homes are in Columbia, in neighborhoods that include Forest Acres and Shandon, and two are in Elgin. Four of the sales were in Richland County and one was in Kershaw County.
All five are single-family homes, and together they cover more than eight decades of building, from a home that dates to the 1940s to one that was finished this year.
No. 1 — $1,500,000 · 553 Jacobs Mill Pond Rd, Elgin, South Carolina
The week’s top sale was a Traditional-style home of brick and stucco in Elgin, which sold for $1.5 million, its full asking price. Built in 2005, it stands on 2.76 acres on the water, along a shared lake, and the home has water views. The property last sold for $685,000 in 2020.
At 5,437 square feet, it is the largest of the five homes, with five bedrooms and six bathrooms, four of them full and two half. The ceilings are vaulted in places and high throughout, with molding and built-ins. There is a media room for movies and an exercise room for workouts, as well as an office, a wet bar and a finished bonus room. The home also has an in-law floor plan, a finished basement and a propane gas-log fireplace.
Outside are a front porch, a patio, an irrigation sprinkler system and an attached garage. The listing agent for the sale could not be verified.
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No. 2 — $710,000 · 4620 Fernwood Rd, Columbia, South Carolina
This brick ranch in Forest Acres went under contract six days after it was listed and sold for $710,000, which was $14,100 above its asking price of $695,900. The home was built in 1954 and has been completely remodeled, and it last sold for $432,500 in 2019.
The living room, dining area and kitchen are open to one another. In the kitchen, painted cabinets sit beneath quartz counters, and an island has seating at a bar, with recessed lighting overhead. A combined mudroom and laundry room opens off the kitchen, and a powder room is at the front entry. Floors are hardwood, tile and carpet.
The home has four bedrooms and three bathrooms, two full and one half, in 2,600 square feet. The new primary suite has two walk-in closets and its own bathroom, with a double vanity, a custom tile shower and a separate water closet. The other three bedrooms share a hall bathroom. The lot covers 0.52 acres, and the backyard has a patio. The listing agent could not be verified.
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No. 3 — $492,500 · 104 Park Shore Dr W, Columbia, South Carolina
Inside the gates of the Spring Valley community in Columbia, this Georgian-style brick home sold for $492,500. Built in 1972, it has 3,400 square feet, three full bathrooms and five bedrooms, tying it with the top sale for the most bedrooms among the five.
Formal living and dining rooms are joined by a family room that serves as a second living room, and the kitchen has been updated. A guest bedroom on the main level has its own full bathroom, which suits visitors or several generations living under one roof. Out back are an in-ground pool and a manicured yard, and the home has an attached garage. No listing agent for this sale could be verified.
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No. 4 — $425,000 · 2909 Heyward Street, Columbia, South Carolina
In Shandon, a one-story bungalow from 1944 went under contract five days after it was listed and sold for $425,000, its full asking price. It is the oldest and the smallest of the five homes, with two bedrooms and two bathrooms in 1,293 square feet on an 8,712-square-foot lot. The property last sold for $338,000 in 2022.
The home keeps original details, with hardwood floors and high ceilings throughout. The living room is bright and has built-ins and a masonry fireplace, along with a separate bonus area that can work as an office, a playroom or a hobby space. In the formal dining room, a reading bench is built into the wall. The kitchen has granite counters, stainless steel appliances, a subway tile backsplash, a built-in coffee bar and a good deal of storage.
Each bedroom has its own bathroom. One has a tub and shower combination, and the other has been updated with a tiled walk-in shower. At the back is a covered, screened porch wired for electricity, with room for dining or lounging and a 180-degree view of the fenced backyard. Mature plantings surround the lot, which also has a large shed and a one-car detached garage. The neighborhood has sidewalks and is convenient to Five Points and the Devine District.
The home was listed through The Art of RE at eXp Realty; the listing agent could not be verified.
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No. 5 — $339,600 · 6014 Edgemont Ct, Elgin, South Carolina
The newest home in the group, built in 2026, sold for $339,600 in the Ellington community in Elgin, in Kershaw County. It is a two-story Rutherford plan with 2,658 square feet, four bedrooms and four bathrooms, three full and one half, plus a two-car garage.
The plan is built around two primary suites. The one on the main level has a vaulted ceiling, a walk-in closet, dual sinks and a tiled shower with a tile bench. Upstairs, the second primary suite has its own walk-in closet and dual sinks, a separate tub and shower and a private water closet. Two more bedrooms on the upper level each have a walk-in closet and share a bathroom with dual sinks, and a loft sits at the top of a staircase with hardwood treads.
A covered porch greets visitors at the front door, and luxury vinyl plank flooring in a driftwood tone runs through the main living areas. The kitchen looks onto the great room and has granite counters, stone gray cabinetry with crown molding, a white tile backsplash, a gas cooktop and a large pantry. The main-level laundry room has cabinets and a bulk storage closet, and a second covered porch with an extended patio slab serves the backyard. The listing agent for this sale could not be verified.
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