The highest-priced home sales reported in the Durham-Chapel Hill Area, North Carolina for the week ending November 8, 2026 came to a combined $6.61 million. Two of the homes are in Chapel Hill, two are in Durham and one is in Pittsboro.
The group spans more than six decades of building, from a ranch first built in 1955 to a contemporary home finished in 2021, and two of the five sold for exactly the same price.
No. 1 — $1,575,000 · 403 Simerville Rd, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The top sale of the week was an all-brick traditional home in Chapel Hill’s Meadowmont community. The home at 403 Simerville Road sold for $1,575,000, its full asking price.
Built in 2002, it is the largest home in this week’s group, with 5,370 square feet, six bedrooms and five bathrooms, four full and one half. A broad front facade gives way to a formal foyer. The family room has a gas fireplace and built-ins and sits close to the kitchen, where a large island anchors the room, and there is a separate dining room. The owner’s suite has its own sitting area, a spacious bath and three walk-in closets, and the other bedrooms have en suite bath access. The second floor also has a laundry room with a utility sink and cabinets. There is space for a private office as well as a separate homework area, along with a mudroom, a large pantry and an attached two-car garage on the 0.34-acre lot.
Meadowmont’s parks, pools, paved greenway and wooded trails are all within walking distance, as are grocery shopping, restaurants, fitness options and Rashkis Elementary. The property last sold for $900,000 in 2017.
Jeanie Stasko of Nest Realty of the Triangle was the listing agent. Jill Ehrenfeld of Bold Real Estate represented the buyer in the week’s highest-priced sale.
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No. 2 — $1,300,000 · 3812 Somerset Dr, Durham, North Carolina
Two homes tied for second place at $1,300,000, and the first is the oldest of the five. The single-story ranch at 3812 Somerset Drive in Durham’s Hope Valley was built in 1955 and reimagined in 2008, and it sits on 0.48 acres near the Donald Ross-designed golf course and historic clubhouse of Hope Valley Country Club.
The kitchen is the center of the home. It has two cooking stations, with a DCS six-burner gas range and an electric range, as well as an indoor gas grill, a warming drawer, a walk-in pantry and an oversized island that seats six. Next to it, the family room has a cathedral ceiling and a gas fireplace, and glass sliders open from it to a courtyard deck and a screened porch.
The primary suite occupies its own wing, with wooded views, a custom walk-in closet, an air-jet soaking tub and a zero-entry rain shower. In all, the brick home has four bedrooms and four bathrooms, three full and one half, in 3,507 square feet, plus an unfinished daylight basement with an outside entrance. Magnolias, landscape lighting and professionally planted grounds surround it.
Dana Ellington of Compass — Raleigh was the listing agent, and Susan Peak of Peak, Swirles & Cavallito represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $1,300,000 · 402 Ridgecrest Dr, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The other home to sell for $1,300,000 went under contract the same day it was listed, and it sold at its full asking price. The cedar-clad contemporary at 402 Ridgecrest Drive is in Chapel Hill’s Lake Forest neighborhood, and the home comes with full Eastwood Lake privileges, reached on foot directly from the backyard.
Built in 1957, the single-story home has had a full renovation of its kitchen and bathrooms. Floor-to-ceiling windows, beamed and vaulted ceilings and an open plan define the interior, with bamboo and hardwood among its floors. All three bedrooms are on the one level, along with two bathrooms, in 2,734 square feet, the most compact home in this group.
Gardens, native plantings and many trees fill the 0.91-acre lot, which has wooded views, a fenced yard and a deck. The neighborhood offers beach access, a park and a picnic area. The property last sold for $615,000 in 2020.
Laura Morgan of Compass — Chapel Hill – Durham was the listing agent. Denise P Kennihan of Chapel Hill Realty Group, Inc. represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,275,000 · 4215 Henderson Pl, Pittsboro, North Carolina
In Fearrington Village outside Pittsboro, the green-certified custom home at 4215 Henderson Place sold for $1,275,000, its full asking price, eight days after it went on the market. Its 1.30-acre lot is the largest of the week’s five, a private, gently sloping and wooded parcel with hardwood trees and landscaping front and back.
Homes by Dickerson built the home in 2018 to its Chatham Forest floor plan, with energy-efficient features throughout. Ceilings on the main level rise to 11 feet over hardwood floors. The open kitchen has quartz counters, a large center island, a walk-in pantry and an induction cooktop with downdraft ventilation and a breakfast bar.
The home has four bedrooms and four bathrooms in 3,693 square feet, and the primary suite is on the main level. Gas-log fireplaces warm both the family room and the primary bedroom, and there are built-in bookcases, crown molding and recessed lighting. Outside are front and rear porches and a patio, and the attached two-car garage has an electric vehicle charging station. Fearrington’s community amenities include a clubhouse, a pool, tennis courts, trails and a year-round pond. The property last sold for $768,000 in 2018.
Dottie Willard of Berkshire Hathaway HomeService was the listing agent, and Kevin Gracey of Coldwell Banker Advantage represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $1,160,000 · 1023 S Duke St, Durham, North Carolina
The newest home in the group, built in 2021, is a detached modern brownstone in Durham’s Orchard Park. The home at 1023 South Duke Street sold for $1,160,000, on the smallest lot of the week, at 2,613 square feet. The home rises four levels, and an elevator reaches each one.
The ground level has the two-car garage and an efficiency apartment with its own outside entrance and a stacked washer and dryer. Above it, the main level is a single open space for living, dining and cooking, with a living room fireplace behind glass doors. The third floor has three bedrooms and two bathrooms with its own laundry, and at the top is a private rooftop terrace already plumbed for an outdoor kitchen. The home has views of downtown and of the forest. In all, the home has four bedrooms and four bathrooms, three full and one half, in 3,136 square feet.
Downtown Durham is within walking distance, as are a park and the American Tobacco Trail.
Jaye Kreller of Dwell Real Estate was the listing agent. Tiffany Williamson of Navigate Realty represented the buyer.
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