A just-renovated Lowcountry compound on Spring Island, in the Goose Pond Circle area of Okatie, sold for $4.55 million to lead the highest-priced home sales reported in the Hilton Head Island, South Carolina metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The week’s five leading closings accounted for $16.70 million combined.
The sales spread across four communities in three municipalities: Goose Pond Circle on Spring Island in Okatie, Calibogue Cay in the Sea Pines community on Hilton Head Island, Palmetto Bluff in Bluffton and Lawton Beach, back on Hilton Head Island. Palmetto Bluff accounted for two closings, both of them houses finished in 2026, and prices ran from $2.5 million up to $4.55 million on transactions dated August 5 through August 7, 2026.
No. 1 — $4,550,000 · 194 Spring Island Dr, Okatie, South Carolina
The residence at 194 Spring Island Drive closed on August 6, 2026 for $4,550,000, following a renovation that reworked a house built in 2000. It stands on a landscaped 2.18-acre home site with southeasterly views over Little Sister Pond and the tidal marshes toward the Colleton River, and the main house carries four bedrooms and four and a half baths across a reported 4,604 square feet. Glass windows and doors frame those views from every room. The main floor pairs a kitchen and back kitchen with the dining and living rooms and opens onto three decks, two with fireplaces, one gas and one wood-burning, plus a screened porch for dining outdoors.
The ground level holds the primary suite, a dressing room and a bath with an outdoor shower, along with a guest en suite and the laundry room, and a third-level loft opens onto its own deck. A two-bedroom, two-bath guest cottage a few steps away adds a kitchenette, separate laundry and a wrap-around porch, and a new climate-controlled three-car garage completes the compound, which is reached by new tabby and Savannah Grey brick walkways. Spring Island is a 3,000-acre barrier island community of roughly 400 residents. The property previously changed hands for $2,300,000 in 2024.
The Broadhurst Group of EXP Realty LLC was the listing agent. The $4.55 million closing put the team at the listing side of the highest-priced home sale reported in the metro area that week, ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Hilton Head Island Metro Area Top 5. Debra McCarter of Spring Island Realty LLC represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $3,750,000 · 21 N Calibogue Cay Rd, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Deep water reaches the back of 21 N Calibogue Cay Road, a one-level waterfront house in the Sea Pines community with a private dock and an oak-framed setting overlooking the water. Built in 1977 and recently remodeled with new Pella doors and enlarged windows, it holds three bedrooms and two and a half baths in a reported 2,549 square feet. Vaulted, beamed ceilings, wood paneling and hardwood floors run through the interior, which includes a built-in wet bar, a kitchen with a breakfast area, a formal dining room with an adjacent flex room and a primary suite that opens to the outdoors. A raised Old Savannah brick patio overlooks a manicured lawn, and Harbour Town, the beaches and the island’s leisure trails sit nearby. The house changed hands on August 7, 2026 for $3,750,000, and had previously changed hands for $715,000 in 1997.
William Anderson of Daniel Ravenel Sotheby’s International Realty was the listing agent. The $3.75 million result ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Hilton Head Island Metro Area Top 5 for the week, the highest-priced Sea Pines transaction on the list. Eleve Properties of Eleve Properties Brokered by EXP Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $3,195,000 · 345 Corley St, Bluffton, South Carolina
New construction produced the week’s No. 3 transaction: 345 Corley Street, a contemporary coastal-style house with a carriage house in Palmetto Bluff’s Moreland Village, finished in 2026 and sold on August 6, 2026 for $3,195,000. Listing materials identify Court Atkins Group as the architectural designer, Grier Development and Construction as the builder and Kelly Caron as the interior designer. The house holds five bedrooms and five and a half baths in a reported 3,557 square feet, entered through double doors into a foyer with inlaid floor detailing.
White oak floors, craftsman detailing and elevated crown molding carry into an open plan for living, dining and entertaining beneath a wall of windows. The great room has a cast stone gas fireplace and a pecky cypress coffered ceiling, and the kitchen custom cabinetry, brass fixtures, a 36-inch dual Wolf range, a panel-ready Sub-Zero refrigerator and a wine cooler. A screened porch with its own fireplace runs along the back. The primary suite includes a walk-in closet with built-ins and a bath with a soaking tub, walk-in shower and twin vanities in white oak, honed marble and brass. Above the two-car garage, a carriage house with its own entrance adds a bonus room with a beverage refrigerator and full bath; three further en suite bedrooms sit on the second floor. The site previously changed hands for $202,500 in 2016, before the current residence was completed in 2026.
Jeff Quinn of Palmetto Bluff Real Estate Co was the listing agent. The $3,195,000 closing ranked No. 3 in RealtyWire’s Hilton Head Island Metro Area Top 5 for the week and was the higher-priced of the two Palmetto Bluff sales reported. Thomas Kersey of Coldwell Banker Access Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $2,700,000 · 7 Cassina Ln, Hilton Head Island, South Carolina
Steps from a beach access path in the Lawton Beach area of Hilton Head Island, 7 Cassina Lane is a six-bedroom, five-bath property made up of a main house and a casita, sold fully furnished. The sale was completed August 5, 2026 at $2,700,000. Built in 1980 and reported at 3,308 square feet, it has been renovated with coastal designer finishes, updated composite siding, roof, windows and doors, a new heated pool, multiple balconies, ocean glimpses and new landscaping. The main house and the casita have both been used as rentals. Coligny Plaza, restaurants and the shoreline are within walking distance. The property previously changed hands for $1,390,000 in 2021.
The Cobb Group of The Cobb Group brokered by eXp Realty was the listing agent. The house closed at its full asking price, and the $2.7 million result ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Hilton Head Island Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Thomas Kersey of Coldwell Banker Access Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $2,500,000 · 125 Hunting Lodge Rd, Bluffton, South Carolina
The week’s fifth-ranked transaction was a second 2026 completion in Palmetto Bluff. The house at 125 Hunting Lodge Road in Bluffton went for $2,500,000 in a transaction dated August 7, 2026, and the record gives it five bedrooms, six baths and a reported 3,531 square feet. The site previously changed hands for $470,000 in 2022, before the current residence was completed in 2026.
The Ussery Group of Charter One Realty was the listing agent. The house went under contract the same day the current listing went live, and the $2.5 million closing ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Hilton Head Island Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Palmetto Fine Homes of Corcoran HM Properties – Bluffton represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 9, 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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