The five highest-priced home sales publicly reported in the Detroit, Michigan metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026 combined for $11.38 million. The week’s top sale was a $2,850,000 waterfront estate on Upper Straits Lake in Orchard Lake, which closed on the first day of the reporting period.
Bloomfield Hills accounted for two of the week’s closings, with the others in Birmingham and on Grosse Ile in the Detroit River. Every sale on the list closed at $2,000,000 or above.
RealtyWire’s Top 5 ranks the five highest-priced residential closings it identified in the Detroit, Michigan metro area for the reporting week. It may omit private, delayed, nondisclosed, or otherwise unreported transactions.
No. 1 — $2,850,000 · 5820 Lakeview Ave, Orchard Lake, Michigan
Topping the week’s list, the waterfront estate at 5820 Lakeview Ave in Orchard Lake closed for $2,850,000 on August 3, 2026. Built in 2017 on a double lot along Upper Straits Lake, the four-bedroom home offers a reported 8,508 square feet and roughly 80 feet of frontage on the all-sports lake. The listing counts five full and three half bathrooms and describes 20-foot ceilings at the entry, heated floors and water views from nearly every room. The kitchen is outfitted with Thermador appliances, a Sub-Zero refrigerator, custom cabinetry and stone work surfaces.
One bedroom has been converted into a custom dressing room that the listing says can be returned to bedroom use, and a private elevator connects all levels. The finished walkout lower level adds a second kitchen, a fireplace and a retractable projector screen, with direct access to an oversized terrace overlooking the water. A whole-house generator, multiple fireplaces and a heated three-and-a-half-car garage round out the property.
Edinam Moten and Sheel Sohal of Bridge Cross Realty were the listing agents. Ann Michael of DOBI Real Estate represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $2,375,000 · 7400 Parkstone Ln, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
At 7400 Parkstone Ln in Bloomfield Hills, a contemporary ranch on a one-acre lot closed for $2,375,000 on August 3, 2026. Built in 1953, the four-bedroom, four-bathroom home is credited in the listing to Young & Young Architects and Mosher Design Co., with a reported 3,517 square feet featuring bamboo floors, floor-to-ceiling windows and illuminated tray ceilings. The kitchen carries dual quartz islands, a 48-inch six-burner Thermador range and a butler’s pantry bar with side-by-side Sub-Zero beverage refrigerators.
In the living room, a linear gas fireplace anchors a floor-to-ceiling wall unit, and paired doorwalls open to a backyard the listing says Mosher Design completed in 2023, with a pool, integrated spa, sundeck and steel waterfall feature. A covered stone patio with a fire bowl, a vaulted-ceiling primary suite with two walk-in closets and heated bathroom floors, a whole-home generator and a four-car garage complete the property.
Matthew Barker and Jeffrey S Barker of Max Broock, REALTORS® were the listing agents. Christian J Grothe of Max Broock, REALTORS® represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $2,100,000 · 182 Chewton Rd, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan
In the Bloomfield Village section of Bloomfield Hills, the extensively updated house at 182 Chewton Rd closed for $2,100,000 on August 7, 2026. Built in 1964, the five-bedroom home shows a reported 6,289 square feet; the listing describes 4,289 square feet plus a finished lower level with higher ceilings, a second kitchen with bar seating, a fitness room and a half bath. The main kitchen pairs an oversized island with a built-in refrigerator, double wall ovens, dual dishwashers, a Viking gas cooktop and granite counters, and opens to a family room with a stone fireplace and custom built-ins.
A library with floor-to-ceiling built-ins and a second stone fireplace sits nearby, and the primary suite adds dual walk-in closets and a bathroom with a jetted tub and an oversized shower. Heated mudroom floors, three furnaces, a newer roof and a heated attached two-car garage finish the offering.
Dan A Gutfreund of Signature Sotheby’s International Realty was the listing agent. Meredith R Colburn of The Agency Hall & Hunter represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $2,050,000 · 405 Bonnie Brier Ave, Birmingham, Michigan
The sale at 405 Bonnie Brier Ave in Birmingham closed for $2,050,000 on August 5, 2026. Built in 1989 a short walk from downtown Birmingham, the three-bedroom house borders woods and ravines above the Rouge River, and the listing presents it as an “Up North”-style retreat designed as a condo alternative. An elevator serves all three levels of the reported 4,609 square feet, and the entire second floor is devoted to a primary suite with walk-in closets, a sauna, its own laundry room and a deck overlooking the ravine.
The main level holds a living room with soaring ceilings, a private office facing the ravine, an open kitchen joined to a family room with a stone fireplace, a separate dining room and a bar area. The walkout lower level adds two bedrooms, a full bathroom, a second family room, a wine cellar, a mirrored fitness room and a workshop.
Kathleen F Wilson of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Kee Realty was the listing agent. Meredith M Myers Kulka of Cranbrook Associates represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $2,000,000 · 19123 Parke Ln, Grosse Ile, Michigan
Rounding out the list at an even $2,000,000, the Grosse Ile estate at 19123 Parke Ln closed on August 7, 2026. According to the listing, the 1928 house was originally custom built for Charles Fisher, a co-founder of the Fisher Body Company and a General Motors vice president, by the architecture firm Smith, Hinchman and Grylls. Set well back from the road on a three-acre lot, the seven-bedroom home fronts 200 feet of the Detroit River, with views toward the Canadian shoreline, the Grosse Ile Lighthouse, the Ambassador Bridge and the Gordie Howe International Bridge.
Within a reported 9,988 square feet, an Italian marble foyer opens to rooms with 12-foot ceilings and plaster medallions, and a carved Carrara marble fireplace anchors the formal living room. The upper level holds seven bedrooms and nine bathrooms, several with private sun porches, and a six-car garage and a riverside patio complete the grounds.
Jennifer Baghdoian of The Charles Reinhart Company was the listing agent.
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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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