The five highest-priced home sales reported in High Country, North Carolina for the week ending October 25, 2026 came to a combined $7.58 million. Each sale was in a different town, from Elk Park and Banner Elk in Avery County to Beech Mountain and Boone in Watauga County and West Jefferson in Ashe County.
The group spans nearly four decades of mountain building, from a home built in 1985 to one finished in 2024, and ranges from a lot of well under an acre in a gated resort community to a farm property of 14.50 acres.
No. 1 — $2,305,000 · 1370 Falls Creek Parkway, Elk Park, North Carolina
The week’s top sale was a log home on 4.47 acres in Headwaters At Banner Elk, a gated community in Elk Park, which sold furnished for $2,305,000. Built in 2008, the home has four bedrooms, three full baths and a half bath, and 4,557 square feet of living space, the most of the five.
Inside, cathedral ceilings rise over an open plan with hardwood floors, custom cabinetry and granite counters, and two stone fireplaces burn wood and light with gas. The kitchen, dining area, great room and primary suite are all on the main level. Upstairs are another bedroom, a bunk room and a loft that serves as an office, and a further flight leads to a sleeping and reading loft for children. The finished walk-out basement is the surprise: a den with built-in booth seating in the style of a restaurant, a workstation, a safe room and quarters for guests.
Outside, wrap-around decks with an outdoor fireplace face the long-range mountain views, and there is a hot tub. A covered gazebo for entertaining, added in 2018, sits above an oversized detached garage and workshop and has a gas firepit and heaters. The home also has a two-car attached garage. Residents of Headwaters share a mountaintop clubhouse with a fitness center, game room and theater room, along with a tennis and pickleball court, a lakeside pavilion, several parks and a natural waterfall. Downtown Banner Elk is a short drive away. The property last sold for $825,000 in 2012.
Linda Cramblit of Blue Ridge Realty & Inv. – Banner Elk was the listing agent, and Jules Blaylock of Elevate Land & Realty Banner Elk represented the buyer. Blue Ridge Realty & Inv. – Banner Elk listed two of the week’s top five sales, this one and the No. 3 sale on Beech Mountain.
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No. 2 — $1,800,000 · 37 Tioga Drive, Banner Elk, North Carolina
The newest home in the group, finished in 2024, went under contract one day after it was listed and sold for $1,800,000. It sits in the Villages section of Eagles Nest, a gated community in Banner Elk, at an elevation of nearly 4,000 feet, where the community takes care of mowing and trimming. The Lodges At Eagles Nest property was sold furnished.
The mountain-style home is finished in stone and wood siding and has three bedrooms and four baths, two full and two half, in 2,470 square feet on a 0.64-acre lot. Its main room is open under a cathedral ceiling, with a wall of windows two stories tall and a stone gas fireplace that runs from floor to ceiling. A loft used as a home office also looks out to the mountains. The owners added designer lighting, a whole-home water purification system, landscaping front and back, a fenced front porch and an enclosed side yard for a dog.
Eagles Nest residents have access to a restaurant and a grille, a winery, courts for tennis, pickleball and basketball, ATV and hiking trails, a climbing tower, trout ponds, a fitness center, a dog park and an amphitheater with free summer concerts. The property last sold for $1.25 million in 2025.
Kat Spradling of Elevate Land & Realty Banner Elk was the listing agent.
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No. 3 — $1,175,000 · 173 Rhododendron Drive, Beech Mountain, North Carolina
On Beech Mountain, a home set among rhododendrons and hardwoods on Rhododendron Drive sold for $1,175,000. Built in 2006 in a mountain style with cedar and masonry outside, it has four bedrooms, three full baths and a half bath, and 2,903 square feet on 1.08 acres.
Much of the interior is finished in wood. The staircase has pickets made of rhododendron and a black locust handrail, the living room has a vaulted wood ceiling, and the stone gas fireplace has a mantel by Bradley at Rustik. The kitchen was updated with walnut cabinets, quartz counters, double ovens and a gas cooktop, and it opens to a great room with a large dining area. The primary bedroom is on the main level under a wood tray ceiling, and its bath was redone with a tub, a large shower and a double vanity topped in granite and live-edge wood.
The lower level has two bedrooms with their own baths and a fourth bedroom, along with a game room that overlooks a large deck and the view. A bocce court and a firepit are in the front yard, and there is a two-car garage. The country club and the Buckeye Rec Center are a few miles away.
Lyn Sappington of Blue Ridge Realty & Inv. – Banner Elk was the listing agent, giving the firm its second listing in this week’s top five. Sarah Long of 828 Real Estate represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,150,000 · 174 Grouse Run Road, Boone, North Carolina
The oldest home in the group, built in 1985, sold for $1,150,000 in the Greystone neighborhood of Boone. It sits on 2.41 acres of natural, well-kept land with long-range mountain views, and the property also includes a second lot that keeps the view and privacy in the owner’s hands.
The three-story home was remodeled in 2019, with new cabinets, bathrooms, granite counters, floors and appliances. It has three bedrooms, three full baths and a half bath, and 3,447 square feet, with vaulted ceilings, a stone fireplace, a partially finished basement and a two-car garage. Several decks look out over the land, and a playhouse stands in the woods nearby. Greystone is close to Boone, Blowing Rock and the Blue Ridge Parkway. The property last sold for $325,000 in 2018.
Drew Taylor of Blowing Rock Real Estate, LLC was the listing agent, and Kevin Brett Baldwin of Blue Ridge Realty & Inv. Boone represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $1,145,900 · 3760 Bald Mountain Road, West Jefferson, North Carolina
Bluff View Farm, in Chestnut Tree Farms in West Jefferson, sold for $1,145,900, and its 14.50 acres made it the largest piece of land in the group. The home began as a working horse barn. The artist and designer Alain J.L. Huin reimagined it as a contemporary residence built within the original barn structure, keeping the timber framing and adding tall ceilings and walls of windows.
Built in 2000, the home has five bedrooms, the most in the group, along with three full baths and 3,175 square feet. Among its rooms are suites set in the old barn stalls. Wolf appliances equip the kitchen, the stone fireplace burns wood, and skylights bring in more light. In the utility room, a stainless steel commercial sink with three compartments, once used for pottery, remains in place.
The land is as much a part of the place as the home. Paddocks, pasture fencing and an outbuilding remain from its farm use, and raised garden beds sit alongside a mature orchard. A marked trail of about a mile leads to the property’s highest point and its panoramic views. There is also a hot tub. The property last sold for $991,000 in 2023.
The home went under contract nine days after it was listed and sold at its full asking price. Jonathan Lehman of Keller Williams High Country was the listing agent, and Eric Brooks of Mountainscape Realty represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, October 25, 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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