The five highest-priced home sales reported in the Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton Area, North Carolina for the week ending November 8, 2026 came to a combined $4.434 million. All five were in Catawba County: two in Hickory, two in Newton and one in Catawba. The prices ran from $680,000 to $1,585,000, and the homes ranged from a ranch built in the early 1980s to new construction finished last year.
No. 1 — $1,585,000 · 4023 8th Street Ct NW, Hickory, North Carolina
A private dock on the main channel of Lake Hickory sets this Hickory property apart. The dock is two levels high, framed in aluminum on galvanized-steel posts, and it has a 15,000-pound hydraulic boat lift with a Trex-finished platform. Its second level is open space for gathering, with long views across the water.
The home was built in 2015 on 1.96 acres and has three bedrooms, two full baths and three half baths, and 3,260 square feet of living space. HardiePlank fiber-cement siding and hard-coat stucco cover the exterior, and the outdoor spaces use Ipe decking and wrought-iron railings. A circular driveway arrives at a porte-cochere.
On the main floor, the kitchen, the dining area and the great room are arranged in one open space facing the lake, and the primary suite is on the same level, with a large walk-in closet. Throughout the home there are vaulted and beamed ceilings, Brazilian cherry and other hardwood floors, and extensive custom cabinetry. A guest bedroom upstairs, which can also work as an office, has its own half bath. The walk-out lower level has a climate-controlled wine room and a home theater, along with a second bedroom suite, a dog-washing station and a room set aside for hobbies and gift wrapping. Outside, the decks and patios are covered, and there is an outdoor kitchen with a wood-burning fireplace.
Kathryn Herman of Coldwell Banker Boyd & Hassell and Carly Pruitt of Coldwell Banker Boyd & Hassell were the listing agents, and Pruitt also represented the buyer, so the same agent was on both sides of the sale. The home sold for $1,585,000, $110,000 above its asking price of $1.475 million, the top sale of the week.
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No. 2 — $750,000 · 3182 Ninth Tee Dr, Newton, North Carolina
With 4,808 square feet of living space, this ranch in Newton’s Weidner Acres neighborhood is the largest of the five homes by living area. Built in 1983, it is the oldest home in the group. It sits on a level lot of 0.64 acres, with a front porch and a side-facing two-car garage.
The open main level has three of the home’s four bedrooms, a kitchen with a breakfast bar, a formal dining room and a living room with a fireplace. From the large deck there is a view of a golf course. The partially finished walk-out basement adds the fourth bedroom, which has a full bath, along with a recreation room, a den and an exercise room, and unfinished space there can be used for storage. In all, the home has four baths, three full and one half. The property last sold for $10,000 in 1983.
The home went under contract the same day it was listed and sold for $750,000, its full asking price. Kim Turner of The Joan Killian Everett Company, LLC was the listing agent.
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No. 3 — $719,000 · 6705 Long Island Rd, Catawba, North Carolina
At 10.42 acres, this wooded property on Long Island Road in Catawba has the most land of any home on this week’s list, with room for gardens and a private, rural setting. The two-story traditional home was built in 2022 and has five bedrooms, the most in the group, along with four baths, three full and one half, and 3,224 square feet of living space. It has a front porch, a soaking tub, a pantry and an attached two-car garage. The property last sold for $115,000 in 2021, before the current home was built, and it sold this time for $719,000.
Clarence Brown of Mark Spain Real Estate was the listing agent, and Judy Brandt of RE/MAX Crossroads represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $700,000 · 1328 33rd Avenue Dr NE, Hickory, North Carolina
The newest home in the Top 5 is this all-brick transitional in Hickory’s North Pines neighborhood, completed in 2025 and sold as new construction for $700,000. The property last sold for $25,000 in 2021, before the current home was built.
The great room rises under a two-story coffered ceiling and has a gas fireplace, and it opens to the breakfast area and the kitchen, where quartz counters, a gas cooktop and a large island with a breakfast bar are the main features. A formal dining room sits apart from that open space. The layout separates the bedrooms: the primary suite, with its own bath, is on one side of the home, and a guest suite with a full bath is on the other. A finished room over the garage can serve as an office, a playroom or a media room. The closets were left without shelving so the buyer could choose how to lay them out.
The home has four bedrooms, three full baths and 3,110 square feet of living space on a level, open lot of 0.68 acres. There are front and rear porches and a two-car garage.
Teresa Hensley of Realty Executives of Hickory was the listing agent, and Stephen Kue of Century 21 American Homes represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $680,000 · 1055 Catawba Greens Dr, Newton, North Carolina
In the Catawba Greens community in Newton, this custom home from 2006 is finished in brick and stone and sold for $680,000. The property last sold for $600,000 in 2022.
Inside the front door, a library and office opens on one side of the foyer and a formal dining room on the other. The home’s trim work is substantial, with heavy moldings, decorative columns and a cathedral ceiling, and the great room is built around a stone fireplace with gas logs that climbs from floor to ceiling. The kitchen is large, with granite counters, a gas range, a center island, an eat-at bar and a breakfast area.
All four bedrooms are on the main level, including two primary suites. The larger one has a door to the covered back patio, a bath with dual vanities, a soaking tub and a tiled walk-in shower, and an oversized walk-in closet fitted with built-ins. The second primary suite has its own full bath, and the other two bedrooms each have a walk-in closet and share a Jack-and-Jill bath. Upstairs is a finished bonus room. The home has four baths, three full and one half, and 3,335 square feet of living space on 0.58 acres, with a three-car garage and in-ground irrigation.
Sarah Devenney of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Foothills was the listing agent, and Jonathan Houck of Realty ONE Group @ Home represented the buyer.
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