A house completed this year in Minnetonka’s Elevare enclave sold for $5,350,000, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Minneapolis, Minnesota metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The five leading closings reported across the metro that week combined for $20.91 million in Minneapolis-area real estate.
The transactions were recorded in Minnetonka, Wayzata, Maple Plain, Edina and Mound, in communities including Elevare, Rolling Green and Wildhurst Estates. Build years run from 1900 to 2026, and water figures heavily in the week’s leading sales: Lake Minnetonka shoreline on the No. 2 and No. 5 closings, and 118 acres along Whaletail Lake on the No. 3. Coldwell Banker Realty agents held the listing side of the No. 2, No. 3, No. 4 and No. 5 reported sales.
No. 1 — $5,350,000 · 12743 Elevare Ct, Minnetonka, Minnesota
Minnetonka’s Elevare enclave produced the metro’s highest reported sale of the week. The five-bedroom, six-bathroom house at 12743 Elevare Ct closed on August 3, 2026 for $5,350,000, and it carries a reported 6,062 square feet on a wooded lot of just over an acre.
Listing materials identify Modern Oasis as the designer, working with Charles Stinson Architecture, Swanson Homes as the builder and Carbon 6 Interiors for the interiors. A vaulted great room walled in glass opens to the kitchen, a walk-in pantry and a dining area, and the primary suite is finished with spa-style fixtures and daylight on more than one side. A four-season sunroom with a fireplace extends from the main rooms and flows out to a screen porch, a south-facing patio and an in-ground pool. The lower level holds three of the bedrooms along with a golf simulator, a bar, a game area, a media room, a fitness space and a sauna, and the oversized garage has three stalls with room for storage and a workspace.
Elevare is a limited collection of 10 wooded homesites less than a mile south of Ridgedale, within reach of Wayzata and Lake Minnetonka, and further lots and custom build opportunities remain available there.
Blake Edward Swanson and Dalia M Carter of New Haus Real Estate, Inc. were the listing agents. The property closed at its full asking price, and the $5,350,000 transaction ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Minneapolis Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026. Mollie Ketroser Greenberg of Edina Realty, Inc. represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $5,087,500 · 2442 Lafayette Rd, Wayzata, Minnesota
Lake Minnetonka shoreline carried the metro’s No. 2 reported sale. The house at 2442 Lafayette Rd in Wayzata traded for $5,087,500 in a closing recorded August 7, 2026, on a 1.1-acre lot with 150 feet of riprapped shoreline and a sandy hard bottom.
Records date the residence to 1900; it was rebuilt to the studs in 2016, and its interior was updated again in 2025 and 2026. Four bedrooms and six bathrooms are arranged across a reported 5,659 square feet, with two fireplaces, a wine cellar, a sauna and a wet bar. A cross-gable roof with exposed rafter tails marks the exterior, and manicured grounds run from the patio to the water’s edge, with east-facing lake views. Neighborhood parks and the Dakota Trail are within walking distance, and downtown Wayzata, Minneapolis and MSP airport are reached without a stoplight.
Melissa Johnson of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent. The $5,087,500 closing put Johnson at the listing side of the second-highest reported home sale in the Minneapolis metro area that week, on a property that previously changed hands for $4,496,500 in 2025. Sarah E Polovitz of Compass represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $3,700,000 · 2300 County Road 92, Maple Plain, Minnesota
A 118-acre setting on the western edge of Whaletail Lake took the No. 3 position. The house at 2300 County Road 92 in Maple Plain sold for $3,700,000 on August 7, 2026, reached by a long, tree-lined drive and set above 3,700 feet of east-facing shoreline.
Built in 1989, the five-bedroom, five-bathroom residence carries a reported 7,049 square feet, with vaulted ceilings, exposed beams and extensive built-ins. A 54-by-30-foot indoor athletic court sits over a drained swimming pool that can be converted back with the existing equipment in place, and the outbuildings include a heated three-car garage and an 80-by-42-foot Morton building. The land is gently rolling and wooded and supports deer, turkey, pheasants and waterfowl; listing materials state that bow and shotgun hunting are permitted. A portion of the acreage is leased for farming, and a city-approved plat provides for a future 11-lot development of two-acre homesites, each with lake access.
Sharla K Stafford and Eric D Stafford of Coldwell Banker Realty were the listing agents. The listing went under contract 14 days after the current listing date and closed $50,000 above its final asking price of $3,650,000, ranking No. 3 in RealtyWire’s Minneapolis Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week; the property previously changed hands for $962,500 in 1997. Mark Carrier of Coldwell Banker Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $3,525,000 · 6 Merilane Ave, Edina, Minnesota
At the end of a private lane in Edina’s Rolling Green neighborhood, 6 Merilane Ave changed hands for $3,525,000 in a transaction recorded August 3, 2026. The house occupies a wooded hilltop lot of more than 1.2 acres, minutes from Edina schools, area parks and Interlachen Country Club.
Listing materials identify Mike Sharratt as the architect and Narr Construction as the builder. Five bedrooms and five bathrooms occupy a reported 6,204 square feet dating to 2007. A two-story living and dining room carries soaring ceilings, walls of windows facing the woods and a stone fireplace, while the main floor holds the primary suite with an adjacent sitting area, a second bedroom and a study fitted with custom cabinetry and built-in bookcases. A vaulted porch under wood beam ceilings, with its own stone fireplace, can be enclosed with glazing and screens.
The walkout lower level adds a family room, a wet bar, open recreation space and a workout area, and the heated four-car garage has epoxied floors and built-in storage. Outside, stone walls frame a patio with a gas fire table overlooking a private pond. Smart-home systems include a whole-home backup generator, WiFi-enabled HVAC controls and remote water shut-off with leak detection.
Robert Hare of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent. The $3,525,000 sale ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Minneapolis Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026, on a property that previously changed hands for $2,950,000 in 2017. Arthur D Hays of Lakes Sotheby’s International Realty represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $3,247,500 · 1074 Wildhurst Trl, Mound, Minnesota
A reported 3,401 square feet at 1074 Wildhurst Trl closes out the week’s leading sales. The Mound house looks out over 140 feet of Lake Minnetonka shoreline from a 2.55-acre setting on a quiet non-through street in Wildhurst Estates, and it traded for $3,247,500 in a closing recorded August 3, 2026.
Built in 2002, the four-bedroom, six-bathroom house is laid out around a great room under a barrel-vaulted ceiling, with custom built-ins, a fireplace and a wall of windows facing the water. A kitchen with a walk-in pantry and an informal dining area open onto the patio, and the main-level primary suite has French doors to the lakeside terrace. Two junior suites, a guest bedroom and a den occupy the upper level, and a carriage house adds quarters with a three-quarter bathroom beside a heated garage with room for more than four cars. Improvements include a 2022 roof and a new lakeside patio with stone stairways.
Jeffrey J Dewing of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent. The property went under contract 22 days after the current listing date, and the $3,247,500 closing ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Minneapolis Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026; it previously changed hands for $2,300,000 in 2023. Brian K Benson 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, 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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