The five highest-priced home sales reported in the Des Moines Metro Area, Iowa for the week ending November 8, 2026 added up to $5.155 million, and they were spread across five different cities: Ankeny, Panora, Van Meter, Granger and Des Moines. The homes range from a recently built one-and-a-half-story home to a ranch on country acreage and a two-story home built nearly a century ago.
No. 1 — $1,425,000 · 814 SW Prairie Trail Pkwy, Ankeny, Iowa
The top sale of the week was a home in Ankeny built in 2022, which sold for $1,425,000. It is the largest of the five, with 5,232 square feet of living space, and it has the most bedrooms in the group: nine, three of them on the main level. The one-and-a-half-story home has eight bathrooms, two fireplaces and a four-car attached garage, and it sits on 0.59 acres.
The property also includes a secondary residence with about 2,000 square feet of finished space of its own, suited to guests or extended family. In the main home, the kitchen has an integrated refrigerator and a butler’s pantry with full equipment, and there is both a formal dining room and a dining area. The finished lower level, with egress windows, includes a soundproof home theater. The home also has a wet bar and a central vacuum system.
Outside, a heated in-ground saltwater pool measures 20 by 40 feet and comes with a large patio, with both covered and open outdoor space. The four-car garage is built in a hangar style. The property last sold for $150,000 in 2022.
Jake Ham of Smart Avenue was the listing agent, and Austin Martin of Sundance Realty represented the buyer. Ham also appears elsewhere in this Top 5, as the agent who represented the buyer of the Van Meter acreage that ranked third.
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No. 2 — $1,100,000 · 5107 Panorama Dr, Panora, Iowa
A 1973 ranch in Panora sold for $1,100,000, tying the third-ranked sale for the second-highest price of the week. The traditional one-story home has three bedrooms, one of them on the main level, along with two full baths and a half bath in 1,464 square feet, the smallest living area in the group. It has a fireplace, a basement with walk-out access and a three-car attached garage on 0.63 acres.
Bill Ludwig and Sue Sutton-Ludwig, both of RE/MAX Concepts, were the listing agents, and Sutton-Ludwig also represented the buyer, putting the same agent on both sides of the sale. RE/MAX Concepts listed two of the week’s top five sales, this one and the Van Meter home that ranked third.
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No. 3 — $1,100,000 · 1271 Old Portland Rd, Van Meter, Iowa
Set among the rolling hills of Madison County, this Van Meter property covers 17.68 acres, with a stocked pond, wildlife and long views from the home. It sold for $1,100,000. The ranch was built in 2006 and has 2,343 square feet, five bedrooms, three full baths and a half bath. Geothermal heating and cooling serve the home, and a 40-by-60-foot outbuilding provides room for equipment, in addition to a detached three-car garage.
On the main level, a two-sided fireplace opens to both a sitting area and a family room, which also have large picture windows. The kitchen has a center island, a double refrigerator, a wall oven, soft-close cabinets and a walk-in pantry hidden from view. The primary suite has its own bath and a private deck, and the laundry is also on this floor. Downstairs, the finished walk-out lower level has in-floor heating, a second family room, four more bedrooms and a room that serves as both storm shelter and wine cellar. Outside are two patios as well as a deck.
Andy Wallace of RE/MAX Concepts was the listing agent. Jake Ham of Smart Avenue represented the buyer, a week in which Ham was also the listing agent for the top sale in Ankeny.
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No. 4 — $790,000 · 11936 NW 142nd St, Granger, Iowa
In Granger, a home with four bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,108 square feet sold for $790,000. The listing agent for this sale could not be verified.
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No. 5 — $740,000 · 534 Waterbury Cir, Des Moines, Iowa
This 1925 home in the Waterbury neighborhood of Des Moines went under contract four days after it was listed and sold for $740,000. The neighborhood keeps a full calendar, with an Easter egg hunt, a Fourth of July parade, trick-or-treating and a luminary display, and in summer an elementary school student has run a weekly coffee shop. Bike trails are about 100 feet away, and the home backs up to woods.
The two-story home has a frame and stucco exterior and 3,136 square feet of living space on 0.36 acres. Its five bedrooms include a primary suite with two walk-in closets and laundry just outside, and the second floor has four more bedrooms and a full bath. The home has two full baths and a half bath in all, two fireplaces, a finished basement and an attached three-car garage. The property last sold for $292,000 in 2020.
Ryan Lynch of Keller Williams Realty GDM was the listing agent, and Jenny Farrell of RE/MAX Concepts represented the buyer.
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