The five highest-priced home sales reported in Hayward & Northwest Lakes, Wisconsin for the week ending November 8, 2026, came to a combined $3.44 million. Each sale was in a different town: Birchwood, Chetek, Cumberland, Hayward and Spooner.
Two of the homes are in Washburn County, two are in Barron County and one is in Sawyer County. The group mixes homes on the water with homes set on open country land, and it spans four decades of building, from a home built in 1976 to one completed in 2017.
No. 1 — $1,100,000 · 718 Lake St, Birchwood, Wisconsin
Birch Lake frames nearly everything about this Birchwood home, which sold for $1.1 million. Built in 2016 on a 0.26-acre lot with low elevation to the shoreline, the two-story home opens toward the water, and lake views run through an open floor plan finished with custom cabinetry and Cambria countertops.
At 3,757 square feet, it is the largest home in this week’s group. It has three bedrooms and four bathrooms, along with a loft and a bonus room. There are gas fireplaces in both the living room and the family room. The full lower level is finished, with daylight windows and a walkout, and in-floor radiant heat warms the lower living area as well as the primary suite.
Outside, a composite deck and a patio look over the lake, and there is a front porch. Garage space for three cars includes a tuck-under garage on the lake side, a natural spot for boats and lake gear.
Tammy J DeGraw of DeGraw Investments LLC was the listing agent, and Aaron Arf of Property Executives Realty represented the buyer in the highest-priced sale of the week.
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No. 2 — $687,000 · 2694 10th Avenue, Chetek, Wisconsin
This chalet-style home in Chetek sits on 40 wooded, rolling acres between Chetek and Cameron, the most land of any property on the list. It sold for $687,000. Built in 2001 with a steel exterior, the home greets visitors with a wide covered front porch, a row of dormers, landscaped grounds and mature trees.
The interior is defined by wood. Natural woodwork and hardwood floors carry through the home, and the kitchen has hickory cabinetry beside a formal dining room. The great room is the heart of the place, with a fieldstone fireplace rising toward a vaulted wood-plank ceiling and tall windows bringing in the surrounding woods. An open loft looks down into the room.
The finished walkout lower level adds a bar area and a family room with its own fireplace, and a wood-burning stove adds another source of heat. In all, the home has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and 3,676 square feet. Off the back, a large east-facing deck looks down over a fenced pasture suited to horses or cattle, and a concrete patio sits near the porch. A detached garage has room for three cars.
The property last sold in 2011 for $285,000. This time it went under contract 27 days after it was listed. Romaine Quinn of Real Estate Solutions was the listing agent, and William Smith of CB Brenizer/Rice Lake represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $629,000 · 2623 5 5 1/2 Street, Cumberland, Wisconsin
About four miles north of Cumberland, this one-story home has 251 feet of frontage on Spring Lake, with level ground leading down to a sandy swimming beach. It sold for $629,000 and, having been built in 2017, is the newest home in this week’s group.
The home has an open layout with three bedrooms, two bathrooms and 1,640 square feet on 0.88 acres, plus a fireplace. Much of its appeal is outdoors. A concrete patio faces the lake, and a separate concrete entertaining area is built around a fire pit. The property also has a dock, a small lake barn for storage, landscaped grounds and a detached two-car garage.
The property last sold in 2021 for $360,000. Jonathon Hile of RE/MAX NorthStar was the listing agent, and the Christina Widiker Team of Edina Realty, Corp. – Siren represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $573,800 · 9651N Dun Rovin Road, Hayward, Wisconsin
On the shoreline of the Chippewa Flowage near the Hay Creek boat launch, this Hayward home sold for $573,800. A wide path leads through the woods on its 1.47-acre lot to 125 feet of low-elevation shoreline, where a dock and a boat lift came with the property.
Built in 2005, the one-story home has two bedrooms and one bathroom in 936 square feet, the smallest living area in this Top 5. The main level centers on a kitchen and dining area that opens to a deck overlooking a private yard, with the living room and bedrooms alongside. Below, a full walkout lower level is partly finished and gets plenty of natural light.
A two-car garage, an 18-by-30-foot metal pole shed with a concrete floor and a Quonset hut give the property ample storage for boats, sleds and gear. That matters here: the home is right on a snowmobile trail, and the area’s four forest systems offer ATV, biking and cross-country ski trails, along with fishing and boating on the flowage.
Cathy LaReau of Area North Realty Inc was on both sides of the sale, as the listing agent and representing the buyer. It was the only sale in this Top 5 with the same agent on both sides.
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No. 5 — $453,900 · W7891 Keller Road, Spooner, Wisconsin
Built in 1976, the oldest home on the list has been thoroughly remodeled. This one-story Spooner home sold for $453,900. The renovation gave it a new kitchen and redone bathrooms, fresh drywall and new floors in every room, along with a new sauna and a new garage.
Inside, the living room rises to a vaulted ceiling, and the kitchen is open to the main living space. Laundry is on the main floor, and the primary suite has a large walk-in closet. The home has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,638 square feet, plus an electric fireplace and a partly finished full basement. A large patio looks out over the countryside on 5.05 acres.
The property is set up for work and hobbies as much as for living. Its garage space for nine cars is the most in this week’s group, and the land also has two pole buildings, the larger measuring 30 by 48 feet, and a separate outbuilding of the same size. The home is minutes from Spooner and offers access to ATV and snowmobile trail systems and to area lakes.
The property last sold in 2021 for $175,000. It went under contract 10 days after it was listed and sold above its asking price of $448,900. Donnie Marker of Dane Arthur Real Estate Agency/Birchwood was the listing agent, and Bonnie Burns of Real Estate Consultants of Hayward, Inc. represented the buyer.
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