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Grand Rapids, Michigan Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: 1985 Riverfront Home Closes at $2.38 Million

A 7,239-square-foot riverfront home with six bedrooms in Grand Rapids sold for $2,380,000, the highest price among five home sales reported across the Grand Rapids metro area for the week ending September 27, 2026.

Grand Rapids, Michigan Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: 1985 Riverfront Home Closes at $2.38 Million

The house at 7177 Aqua Fria Ct SE stands at the end of a cul-de-sac on 1.7 acres, with more than 400 feet of frontage on the all-sports Thornapple River and a private boat launch. The 1985 house previously changed hands for $1,626,500 in 2021.

That closing led the five highest-priced home sales reported in the Grand Rapids, Michigan metro area for the week of September 21 through September 27, 2026, a group that combined for $8.96 million. The sales are spread across Grand Rapids, Byron Center, Macatawa, Spring Lake and Caledonia, and the Thornapple River, Lake Macatawa, Spring Lake and Green Lake all appear in the week’s records.

No. 1 — $2,380,000 · 7177 Aqua Fria Ct SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan

Top home sale No. 1 in the Grand Rapids, Michigan metro area β€” 7177 Aqua Fria Ct SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, week ending September 27, 2026

The residence at 7177 Aqua Fria Ct SE sold for $2,380,000 on September 24, 2026, the highest reported price anywhere in the metro that week. The six-bedroom house carries a reported 7,239 square feet. Its kitchen was renovated with custom walnut cabinetry, marble countertops, a built-in Miele coffee maker and Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances, and a game room, formal living and dining rooms and a family room share the main floor, which has new flooring, paint and windows. Upstairs, the primary suite has a fireplace, a sitting area, custom built-in closets and dual vanities, with two further bedrooms and a full bath alongside. Three more bedrooms, one with an en suite bath, a gym and a family room with a wet bar fill the lower level.

A Trex deck runs the length of the house, connecting a hot tub under a Covana cover to a sitting area off the kitchen. Stairs lead down to a fire pit, a boat house and a cantilevered dock with a boat lift, and a detached garage has heated floors. A stone walkway crosses landscaped grounds to the river. The property sits in the Forest Hills School District, and listing materials identify a speed boat as included with the sale.

Laura G Campbell of Five Star Real Estate (Ada) was the listing agent. It went under contract 15 days after the current listing date. The $2,380,000 closing placed Campbell at the listing side of the metro’s highest-priced reported sale of the week, ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Grand Rapids Metro Area Top 5. Arthur(Beau) H Otis of Greenridge Realty (Cascade) represented the buyer.

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No. 2 — $1,900,000 · 4668 76th St SW, Byron Center, Michigan

Top home sale No. 2 in the Grand Rapids, Michigan metro area β€” 4668 76th St SW, Byron Center, Michigan, week ending September 27, 2026

Susan M Prins of Five Star Real Estate (Jenison) was the listing agent. The sale ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Grand Rapids Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Robert A Antonini of Coldwell Banker Schmidt Realtors represented the buyer.

A 2021 house on 4.84 acres at 4668 76th St SW in Byron Center traded at $1,900,000, in a transaction that closed September 22, 2026. The property previously changed hands for $1,504,000 in 2022.

The five-bedroom house carries a reported 5,077 square feet. Iron-banded wood ceiling beams and a fireplace frame the living room, and the main floor also holds a utility room, an office and the primary bedroom, whose en suite bath has a claw-foot tub and a walk-in gravity shower. Three bedrooms sit upstairs, and a fifth is on the lower level, which has in-floor heat, a family room, a bar, a sauna and a fitness and play room. Fittings include Wolf and Sub-Zero appliances, quartzite countertops and a walk-in pantry.

A heated saltwater pool with an automatic cover and a travertine surround anchors the grounds, with a pool house holding a kitchenette and a half bath, a granite bar, a custom gazebo and a screened porch with a gas fireplace. A 42-by-46-foot barn holds three stalls with clearance for an RV, a heated workshop and a generator serving both barn and house. The sellers added the pool, gazebo, granite bar, travertine surround and landscaping after buying in 2022, along with a kitchen and bath in the barn.

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No. 3 — $1,608,000 · 2337 Maksaba Trl, Macatawa, Michigan

Top home sale No. 3 in the Grand Rapids, Michigan metro area β€” 2337 Maksaba Trl, Macatawa, Michigan, week ending September 27, 2026

Set into the wooded dunes of Macatawa Park, the house at 2337 Maksaba Trl traded at $1,608,000 in a sale that closed September 23, 2026.

Built in 1991 and carrying a reported 3,382 square feet, the four-bedroom house occupies nearly an acre inside a gated lakeshore community, with elevated views over Lake Macatawa and Lake Michigan beach access a few doors away. Tall windows light the living room, which has a fireplace. The main floor was updated with new cabinetry, new appliances and new flooring, and its dining and gathering rooms were refreshed.

Several decks step off the house for dining, for gathering and for a hot tub, and the wooded lot provides parking at the house and more up the hill at the corner. A tennis club sits just below the property, and tennis equity transferred with the sale; pickleball courts, Eldean’s Marina and the Macatawa Bay Yacht Club are nearby. The parcel is among the largest in the Macatawa Cottagers Association.

Andrea L Crossman and Benjamin Fris of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt were the listing agents. The $1,608,000 closing put Crossman and Fris on the listing side of the metro’s third-highest reported sale for the week. Andrea L Crossman of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt represented the buyer.

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No. 4 — $1,575,000 · 18886 Greenwood Ct, Spring Lake, Michigan

Top home sale No. 4 in the Grand Rapids, Michigan metro area β€” 18886 Greenwood Ct, Spring Lake, Michigan, week ending September 27, 2026

Protected lake frontage edges the private one-acre parcel at 18886 Greenwood Ct, on a quiet cul-de-sac in Spring Lake, where the house sold for $1,575,000 on September 24, 2026.

The 1983 house carries a reported 4,881 square feet and six bedrooms. Wood floors, custom ceramic-tiled baths, craftsman-style trim and solid wood doors run through the interior. An open plan links the kitchen, built around a large gathering island, to a family room set behind a wall of windows. The main-floor primary suite takes in the water view under a beamed cathedral ceiling and has its own en suite bath; the upstairs bedrooms are generously sized, and a third-floor bonus room sits above them.

A walkout lower level adds a recreation room, a second kitchen with a snack bar, an exercise room and a guest bedroom and bath. Outside, a back deck looks out over the water and ties a lakeside deck and lawn to a private dock with a boat lift.

Kathi A Gabrielse of Coldwell Banker Woodland Schmidt Grand Haven was the listing agent. The transaction ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Grand Rapids Metro Area Top 5 for the week. John D McNeil of Greenridge Realty represented the buyer.

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No. 5 — $1,500,000 · 4577 6th St, Caledonia, Michigan

Top home sale No. 5 in the Grand Rapids, Michigan metro area β€” 4577 6th St, Caledonia, Michigan, week ending September 27, 2026

On the west shore of Green Lake, the house at 4577 6th St in Caledonia changed hands for $1,500,000, with the sale closing September 22, 2026. The 1970 house carries a reported 3,693 square feet, with four bedrooms and three bathrooms on a grassy lot with lake views. A lakeside deck and a patio face the water, and a second kitchen sits on the lower level. Recent work on the house includes a newer roof, a boiler, windows and a series of mechanical improvements.

An additional parcel directly across the street came with the property, carrying an oversized garage with room for boats, vehicles and golf carts.

Ryan M Schafer of Realiant Real Estate was the listing agent. It went under contract 16 days after the current listing date. The $1,500,000 closing ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Grand Rapids Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Kyle J Gummere of Windpoint Realty LLC represented the buyer.

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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, September 27, 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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