The French-inspired Hollywood Regency house at 2116 E Balboa Blvd in Newport Beach, built in 1972 on a 55-foot-wide harborfront parcel, comes with a private dock that accommodates an 85-foot yacht along with two side ties. Its $26.80 million closing on August 31 led a week in which the five highest-priced home sales reported across the Los Angeles, California metro area combined for $88.45 million.
Two of the week’s closings landed in Newport Beach. In all, the sales span Newport Beach, Brentwood, The Flats and Encino, ranging from a 1922 Beverly Hills residence to a house in Encino completed this year.
No. 1 — $26,800,000 · 2116 E Balboa Blvd, Newport Beach, California
The week’s No. 1 sale closed August 31 at $26,800,000. The four-bedroom, five-bath house offers a reported 5,624 square feet on a 10,752-square-foot parcel at the water’s edge, positioned just beyond the neighboring residence to take in front-facing harbor views along with corner vistas toward the harbor entrance and the lights of Corona del Mar.
Entry runs through gardens and an interior courtyard, off which a guest house holds its own living room anchored by an antique French limestone fireplace. Inside the main residence, a country French kitchen is floored in antique brick laid in a herringbone pattern, custom bronze windows and doors frame the rooms, and the grand-scale waterfront rooms open to lavender-planted gardens, terraces and a lawn running down to the harbor.
The transaction ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Los Angeles Metro Area Top 5 for the week, and the property previously changed hands for $16,700,000 in 2023.
Tara Foster Shapiro of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent.
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No. 2 — $26,000,000 · 12846 Highwood St, Los Angeles, California
In Brentwood Park, a newly completed traditional estate at 12846 Highwood St closed on September 1, 2026, at $26,000,000. The five-bedroom, nine-bath house, a reported 13,077 square feet, was finished after a five-year design and construction process.
Hand-applied plaster walls, custom steel doors and windows β including pocketing panels that disappear into the walls β and wide-plank natural oak floors run throughout, and the main rooms unfold along a central axis anchored by a series of aligned fireplaces. A 16-foot great room flows into a kitchen backed by a separate chef’s prep kitchen, and the house also holds a paneled library and office with a bar, a Dolby Atmos theater, a game room, a wine cellar, an elevator and a gym, spa and wellness retreat. The primary suite opens to a terrace overlooking the pool, lawn, courtyard gardens and an outdoor dining room beneath a covered loggia, and the grounds sit behind gates and mature hedging on a Brentwood Park street.
The $26 million closing placed Kurt Rappaport on the listing side of the No. 2 transaction in RealtyWire’s Los Angeles Metro Area Top 5 for the week. The property previously changed hands for $11,750,000 in 2019, before the current residence was completed in 2023.
Kurt Rappaport of Westside Estate Agency Inc. was the listing agent. Josh Flagg of Compass represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $13,650,000 · 524 W Oceanfront, Newport Beach, California
Back on the water in Newport Beach, an oceanfront house at 524 W Oceanfront sold for $13,650,000 on September 1. The 2016 house sits directly on the sand on a corner lot along the Newport Peninsula boardwalk, with panoramic water views.
Each of the eleven bedrooms carries a dedicated private bath β twelve baths in all across a reported 6,249 square feet β and the house includes a rooftop deck, a private patio, an expansive balcony off the primary suite, an elevator, a four-car attached garage and five uncovered parking spaces. Listing materials describe the property as a beachfront family compound offered for sale for the first time and marketed alongside the neighboring residence. The location puts it within walking distance of Balboa Pier, the Balboa Fun Zone and the Balboa Island Ferry.
The sale ranked No. 3 among the metro area’s five highest-priced reported closings for the week.
Ronnie Hackett and MaiKai Makena of Berkshire Hathaway HomeService were the listing agents. Tim Smith of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $12,000,000 · 508 N Canon Dr, Beverly Hills, California
In Beverly Hills, a 1922 residence at 508 N Canon Dr in The Flats closed on September 2, 2026, at $12,000,000. The five-bedroom, six-bath house offers a reported 6,130 square feet on a 22,669-square-foot lot.
The backyard is laid out around a pool, open grounds and a sports court configured for tennis, pickleball, volleyball or basketball, and a two-story guest house with its own private entrance adds a bedroom, two bathrooms, a living room and a full kitchen. A three-car garage is joined by parking for five or more additional vehicles, and the property sits within the Beverly Hills school district.
The closing ranked No. 4 in the week’s Top 5, and the property previously changed hands for $10,500,000 in 2021.
Dafna Milstein of Keller Williams Beverly Hills was the listing agent. Bobby Syed of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $10,000,000 · 5343 Amestoy Ave, Encino, California
The final spot on the list went to new construction in Encino’s Amestoy Estates, where the seven-bedroom, eight-bath house at 5343 Amestoy Ave sold September 4 for $10,000,000.
Across a reported 9,550 square feet, floor-to-ceiling pocket sliding doors open the rear of the house to the backyard, and the kitchen is anchored by a dual island with a fully appointed chef’s prep kitchen concealed behind it. Accordion glass windows retract to exterior bar seating beside a covered outdoor kitchen. A private office, a media room and a game room fill out the plan, every main-house bedroom is en suite, and the primary suite adds a steam shower, dual vanities, a dual-island walk-in closet and a private balcony with its own outdoor shower.
Outside, a zero-edge pool and spa are framed by two cabana lounges, joined by a sunken fire pit, a practice putting green and a two-bedroom guest house, while the three-car garage was built with elevated ceilings engineered for car lifts. The sale completed the week’s Top 5 at No. 5, and the property previously changed hands for $2,900,000 in 2024, before the current residence was completed in 2026.
Adi Livyatan and Dennis Chernov of Rodeo Realty were the listing agents. Federico Rolon of Compass represented the buyer.
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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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