The 1987 house on McMeekin Place carries a reported 6,902 square feet behind a circular drive, and its rear yard opens directly onto the University of Kentucky’s grounds. It was one of five reported home sales across the Lexington metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026, and those five transactions combined for $5.74 million.
The week’s five sales span the McMeekin, Ashland Park, Shadeland, Crosswoods and Still Meadow communities, with Lexington addresses in Fayette County and one closing in Nicholasville, in neighboring Jessamine County. Bluegrass Sotheby’s International Realty held the listing side of two of this week’s five highest-priced reported sales, and the group ranges from a 1953 Ashland Park house to a 2014 ranch built on a walkout basement.
No. 1 — $1,400,000 · 870 McMeekin Pl, Lexington, Kentucky
A four-bedroom, four-bath residence at 870 McMeekin Pl in Lexington closed on September 3, 2026 for $1.40 million. Built in 1987 in the McMeekin subdivision, the house reports 6,902 square feet and is approached by a circular drive and a front porch framed with leaded-glass sidelights.
Inside, a marble foyer and hardwood floors open to the living and dining rooms. An oversized family room holds a fireplace, built-ins and a wet bar and connects to a kitchen fitted with Thermador and SubZero appliances, marble countertops and a breakfast bar. The primary suite includes a fireplace, a dressing room and a custom closet, and listing materials identify Laura Dalzell as the designer of its bath, finished in Italian marble with a soaking tub. Additional bedrooms, several bonus rooms and a vaulted third-floor suite sit above, while the finished lower level contains a recreation room, an office, a kitchenette and a workshop.
An enclosed wraparound porch with a wall of windows faces the gardens, and a separate room houses a hot tub. The grounds are maturely landscaped and include a masonry patio, and the lot backs to the University of Kentucky Arboretum with direct access to the university’s grounds. Stadiums, parks, schools, hospitals and the Chevy Chase district are within walking distance. The property previously changed hands for $85,500 in 1986, before the current residence was completed in 1987.
Whitney W Durham of Bluegrass Sotheby’s International Realty was the listing agent. The $1.40 million closing placed Durham on the listing side of the highest-priced home sale reported in the Lexington metro area for the week, ranking No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Lexington Metro Area Top 5, and Durham has appeared in two earlier RealtyWire Top 5 roundups for the metro.
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No. 2 — $1,334,000 · 1305 Cooper Dr, Lexington, Kentucky
A classic Ashland Park house at 1305 Cooper Dr in Lexington sold for $1,334,000, with the transaction closing September 1, 2026. Built in 1953, the residence offers five bedrooms and three baths across a reported 3,044 square feet on three floors, and it sits on a lot of more than half an acre.
A front porch leads into the foyer, with formal living and dining rooms to one side; the living room has a fireplace and opens to a screened porch. The updated kitchen sits at the center of the plan and includes a gas range and a breakfast bar. The primary bedroom is on the first floor with an en suite bath, joined there by two further bedrooms, one currently used as a home office, and a full hall bath. Two more generously sized bedrooms and another full bath occupy the upper floor.
The lower level holds a recreation room that opens to the backyard, with built-ins, a second fireplace, a two-car garage and substantial storage. Mature landscaping screens the rear yard. The property previously changed hands for $500,000 in 2008.
Mina D Mattone and S Alexander Lennon of Bluegrass Sotheby’s International Realty were the listing agents. Meredith Price of Bluegrass Sotheby’s International Realty represented the buyer. The listing went under contract one day after the current listing date, and the sale ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Lexington Metro Area Top 5 for the week.
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No. 3 — $1,033,000 · 1327 Strawberry Ln, Lexington, Kentucky
In the Shadeland area, 1327 Strawberry Ln in Lexington traded for $1,033,000 on August 31, 2026. The 1977 house reports 4,235 square feet with four bedrooms and stands on just under half an acre inside New Circle Road.
A foyer opens to the main living spaces, where a remodeled living room combines custom built-ins, a fireplace and hardwood floors with an adjoining dining room. A family room with a wood-burning fireplace and built-ins connects to the kitchen, which has generous pantry storage, a bright breakfast area and picture windows looking over the rear yard. Three fireplaces serve the house in total. Four bedrooms and remodeled baths occupy the upper floor, and the primary suite includes two walk-in closets, a large tiled walk-in shower and a double vanity. Permanent stairs climb to an unfinished third floor, and a finished walk-up lower level adds a recreation area with a wet bar and a large flex room.
A side-entry two-car garage includes workshop space, and the rear lot is a park-like setting. The address is around the corner from Ecton Park and the shops and restaurants of Romany Road, with the University of Kentucky, Kroger Field, the Arboretum and downtown Lexington nearby. The property previously changed hands for $198,000 in 1984.
Laura Hayden of Rector Hayden Realtors was the listing agent. Rusty Underwood of Christies International Real Estate Bluegrass represented the buyer. Hayden’s listing went under contract 3 days after the current listing date and closed as the No. 3 sale in RealtyWire’s Lexington Metro Area Top 5 for the week.
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No. 4 — $999,900 · 103 Morgan Dr, Nicholasville, Kentucky
The only sale on this week’s list outside Fayette County, 103 Morgan Dr in Nicholasville, changed hands for $999,900 in a September 1, 2026 closing. The one-level ranch was built in 2014 in Crosswoods III and reports 4,697 square feet, with four bedrooms and four baths set over a finished walkout basement.
A foyer opens to an open-concept plan of living room, formal dining room and kitchen. The main-level owner’s retreat looks onto a tree-lined backyard, and its bath has a walk-in shower, a soaking tub and separate his-and-her walk-in closets. Two guest bedrooms, two flex rooms suited to home offices or hobbies and two full guest baths complete the floor, with potential for a fifth main-level bedroom. The walkout lower level adds a family room, a second kitchen, a guest bedroom and a full bath, plus unfinished storage and an auxiliary garage.
The house has a side-entry angled two-car garage, numerous ADA accessibility features and a whole-house Generac backup system. A front porch, a covered rear porch and expansive tiered decking overlook the wooded rear lot. It has had one owner since completion, and the property previously changed hands for $125,000 in 2012, before the current residence was completed in 2014.
Todd A Tyler of Kentucky Real Estate Group was the listing agent for the property, which went under contract one day after the current listing date and closed at its full asking price, ranking No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Lexington Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Shannon L Cornett of Gateway Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $975,000 · 3684 Horsemint Trl, Lexington, Kentucky
A custom-built Jimmy Nash home at 3684 Horsemint Trl in Lexington’s Still Meadow community sold for $975,000, closing on September 4, 2026. Completed in 2011, it reports 5,072 square feet with six bedrooms and five full baths.
The main level holds a guest bedroom and full bath, a formal dining room and a family room with 10.8-foot coffered ceilings. The kitchen is appointed with high-end finishes, a walk-in pantry and an adjoining mudroom, and a hearth room sits alongside it. Upstairs, the primary suite has a custom walk-in closet and a tiled shower; two secondary bedrooms with walk-in closets share a Jack-and-Jill bath, and a further bedroom has its own en suite. A generously sized laundry room serves the upper floor.
The finished basement contains a full bar, a dedicated movie theater area, recreation space and an additional bedroom and full bath. Outdoors, professional landscaping surrounds a covered patio with an outdoor fireplace and retractable motorized screens. Systems include geothermal HVAC, a tankless water heater, an irrigation system, a security system and radon mitigation. The address is near schools, hospitals, Hamburg and I-75. The property previously changed hands for $574,603 in 2011.
Jennifer L Wallace of The Brokerage was the listing agent. D Bryan Wehrman of Bluegrass Sotheby’s International Realty represented the buyer. The $975,000 transaction ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Lexington Metro Area Top 5 for the week.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, September 6, 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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