Chapel Hill accounted for three of the five highest-priced home sales reported in the Durham-Chapel Hill metro area for the week ending October 18, 2026, with one more each in Hillsborough and Apex. Together the five homes sold for $8.06 million.
All five are single-family homes, built between the late 1990s and 2023, and their settings range from pasture and woods to a golf community and an established neighborhood within walking distance of shops and restaurants.
No. 1 — $2,500,000 · 101 Silers Fen Ct, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
The top sale of the week was a home in Hunts Reserve in Chapel Hill that has been through a down-to-the-studs renovation, emerging with a contemporary design that borrows from the modern farmhouse. It sold for $2,500,000. Built in 2000, the home sits on a 1.53-acre corner lot with hardwood trees and is finished outside in stone and fiber cement. At 4,775 square feet, it is the largest of the five homes, with four bedrooms and four bathrooms, three full and one half.
Vaulted ceilings rise over the entry, and a custom library sits just past the foyer. The formal dining room opens to a living area built around a stone fireplace and custom cabinetry, and the home also has a wet bar. A floating steel staircase stands as a design piece of its own, and on the upper level a gallery hall and reading nook look down on the main living area.
The kitchen is organized around a large island, with a butler’s pantry and a walk-in pantry, and a mudroom beside it leads directly into the three-car garage. A sunroom off the living area opens to the backyard. The primary suite is on the main level, with two walk-in closets and a bath that has a soaking tub, a large walk-in shower and double vanities. Upstairs are two more bedroom suites, along with a room that can serve as an office or guest bedroom and another planned as a gym or an extra bedroom.
Outside, the grounds are professionally landscaped and lit, with botanical plantings and hardscaping. There is a pool with travertine decking and a large patio, and a parking pad has room for up to 15 vehicles. The property last sold for $1.045 million in 2021.
Shenandoah Nieuwsma of Compass — Chapel Hill – Durham listed the home with Tessa Johnson, also of Compass — Chapel Hill – Durham, and their listing became the highest-priced sale in this week’s Top 5. Julia Tucker of Long & Foster Real Estate INC represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $1,465,000 · 4911 Parc Jardin Dr, Hillsborough, North Carolina
A farmhouse-style home on 20.02 acres in Bellechene, in Hillsborough, sold for $1,465,000. Its land is the largest of the five, and much of it is given over to horses. The horse facilities center on a four-stall barn with a hayloft, a feed room and a heated tack room. There is an all-weather arena as well as a riding ring, and the pastures are fenced, with a run-in shelter.
The property also works as a homestead, with a heated greenhouse, gardens, a vineyard and a chicken coop. For leisure there is a fenced, heated saltwater pool and a hot tub, along with an outdoor shower and a fire pit.
Built in 1997, the oldest of the five, the home has 3,493 square feet, four bedrooms and three bathrooms, two full and one half. Hardwood floors run throughout, and the family room has a gas fireplace. There is also a sunroom, a bonus room and a main-level office with built-ins. The kitchen has two copper sinks, a Sub-Zero refrigerator-freezer and three ovens. Solar panels, a backup generator and an electric-vehicle charger are already in place. The property last sold for $1.4 million in 2024.
Ryan Ford of Triangle Real Estate Journal and Stephanie Ford, also of Triangle Real Estate Journal, were the listing agents, and Frank Casadonte of Hillsborough RE Group LLC represented the buyer in the week’s second-highest sale.
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No. 3 — $1,430,000 · 221 Bear Tree Crk, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
A brick home in The Preserve at Jordan Lake, a golf community in Chapel Hill, in Chatham County, sold for $1,430,000. Its backyard is the main attraction: a freeform pool, heated and saltwater, with a raised spa and a natural stone waterfall. There are broad patios, built-in stone seating and an outdoor fireplace, and a large screened porch has wooded views.
Inside, the 4,015-square-foot home, built in 2006, has hardwood floors, layered crown molding and two staircases with wrought-iron balusters. The vaulted living room has a wall of windows facing the pool, and an office set in a turret has cathedral ceilings and arched windows. The kitchen was fully renovated with quartzite counters, Thermador appliances, a farmhouse sink and an oversized island, and its breakfast area is wrapped in windows looking onto the backyard.
The primary suite is on the main level, with tray ceilings, its own door to the outside and a renovated bath with a freestanding soaking tub and a frameless glass shower. The other bedrooms are upstairs, along with bonus and media rooms and a wet bar. In all, the home has four bedrooms, four bathrooms, three full and one half, and three stories on a 0.53-acre lot.
The community has a Davis Love III Signature golf course and a clubhouse, and the home is close to the clubhouse. Residents also share a pool, a fitness center, tennis courts and trails. The property last sold for $575,000 in 2007.
Chanel Hart D’Aprix of LPT Realty, LLC and Jason Galloway, also of LPT Realty, LLC, were the listing agents for the third-ranked sale, and Benjamin Passwaters of Compass — Cary represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,415,000 · 4525 Plymouth Pines Dr, Apex, North Carolina
The newest of the five homes, built in 2023 in Estates at Weddington in Apex, sold for $1,415,000. Its level 0.42-acre lot backs to protected wooded buffers along the rear and one side. The home is finished in stone and fiber cement, and the property last sold for $1.285 million in 2023.
With 4,322 square feet, the home has five bedrooms and six bathrooms, four full and two half. The main level has 10-foot ceilings, hardwood floors, a home office, a formal dining room and a guest suite with its own bath. In the kitchen are Thermador appliances, quartz counters, a waterfall-edge island and custom cabinetry that reaches the ceiling, plus a butler’s pantry and a coffee station with a wine refrigerator. The kitchen opens to a breakfast area and a family room with a coffered ceiling, a gas fireplace and built-in bookcases.
The primary suite has tray ceilings, a sitting area and its own door to one of two screened porches, and its bath has a walk-in shower, a freestanding soaking tub and dual vanities. Upstairs are a laundry room and a large bonus room with its own half bath. Outside there is also a deck, and the home has an 11-kilowatt solar panel system and is set up for electric-vehicle charging.
Michelle Roberts of Keller Williams Legacy was the listing agent, and Anne Wayne Prosser of Compass — Cary represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $1,250,000 · 102 Blue Granite Ct, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
A traditional home on a cul-de-sac in Timberlyne Estates in Chapel Hill sold for $1,250,000. Built in 2002 by Zinn Design Build, it has five bedrooms, four bathrooms and 3,530 square feet on a 0.47-acre lot. Vaulted ceilings with exposed beams and transom windows give the rooms their light, and the hardwood floors have been refinished. The updated kitchen has quartz counters, two ovens and a warming drawer. A guest or in-law suite is on the first floor, and the owner’s suite has a bath with a tub, a shower and two vanities. Out back, the large, flat yard has professionally designed seating areas.
The neighborhood is within walking distance of restaurants, a grocery store and the Chelsea Theater. The property last sold for $600,000 in 2012.
The home went under contract five days after Amy Weber of Nest Realty of the Triangle listed it, and it sold for $50,000 above its $1.2 million asking price. Judy Weinstock of Keller Williams Central represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, October 18, 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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