A Gulf-front estate at 6001 Gulf of Mexico Drive on Longboat Key sold for $9.97 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the North Port, Florida metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The five leading closings reported across the metro that week combined for $27.77 million in Sarasota-area real estate.
Longboat Key produced the week’s three highest reported sales, each recorded August 7. The other two closings were recorded in Sarasota, one of them in the Wild Blue at Waterside community. Build years run from 1998 to 2026, and the group spans a Gulf-front estate, a beachfront condominium residence, a redesigned penthouse and two newly completed houses.
No. 1 — $9,975,000 · 6001 Gulf OF Mexico Drive, Longboat Key, Florida
Longboat Key produced the week’s highest reported sale. A 2013 Gulf-front estate at 6001 Gulf of Mexico Drive changed hands for $9,975,000 in a transaction that closed on August 7, 2026. The five-bedroom, seven-bathroom residence carries a reported 6,959 square feet and occupies close to an acre with direct Gulf frontage at the north end of the island, behind a gated circular drive.
Travertine and hardwood flooring runs through the main level, where coffered ceilings, crown molding and walls of glass face the water. The kitchen is fitted with custom wood cabinetry, granite counters, a large island, double ovens and a breakfast nook overlooking the Gulf. The main-floor primary suite opens onto its own terrace, with dual walk-in closets and a bath remodeled in 2025, and a private elevator connects every level to a second-story loft, a media room and four more bedrooms.
Outdoors, a travertine deck holds a heated pool and spa, a summer kitchen and covered terraces. The house also carries hurricane-rated French doors, a whole-house generator and a three-car garage, and it sits a short drive from the Longboat Key Club and St. Armands Circle. The property previously changed hands for $6,800,000 in 2013.
Roger Pettingell of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent. The $9,975,000 closing put Pettingell at the listing side of RealtyWire’s highest-priced reported home sale in the North Port metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. Kathy Callahan of Michael Saunders & Company represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $5,350,000 · 4995 Gulf OF Mexico Drive #500, Longboat Key, Florida
A first-floor residence in Positano, an intimate 10-acre Longboat Key community of 29 homes, sold for $5,350,000. The closing was recorded August 7, 2026. Built in 2007, the unit has four bedrooms and four bathrooms across a reported 3,344 square feet, with a walkout to the beach.
A wraparound terrace runs the Gulf side, and further terraces open off the secondary bedrooms. Floor-to-ceiling windows frame the water, and the interior carries porcelain tile floors, 10-foot ceilings and crown molding. The Gulf-front kitchen adjoins a family gathering area and an open living and dining plan, and the residence has a private enclosed two-car garage. The community grounds hold a 75-foot pool, a spa and shaded cabanas, and the property previously changed hands for $4,200,000 in 2019.
Reid Murphy of Developers Realty Lbk, Inc was the listing agent. Laura Way of Fine Properties represented the buyer. The $5,350,000 transaction ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s North Port Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 3 — $5,000,000 · 3030 Grand Bay Boulevard #PH3101, Longboat Key, Florida
A reported 4,413 square feet fills the penthouse at 3030 Grand Bay Boulevard on Longboat Key, which closed at $5,000,000 on August 7, 2026. The three-bedroom, four-bathroom residence dates to 1998 and has since been rebuilt inside to a clean-lined plan run by a Lutron smart-home system.
A private wraparound terrace of roughly 5,300 square feet carries an outdoor kitchen and 270-degree views taking in Sarasota Bay, the golf course, the Sarasota skyline, the marina and the Gulf of Mexico. Alongside the three bedroom suites are an entertainment room, a den and a kitchen fitted with Cucine Ricci cabinetry and Dornbracht fixtures. The residence sold furnished.
Grand Bay is gated, with two heated pools, Har-Tru tennis courts and a clubhouse, and ownership carries deeded access to the private Bay Isles Beach Club. The property previously changed hands for $2,970,000 in 2012.
Carolyn Donnelly, PA of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent. Tina Rudek Stark, PA of Century 21 Rosebay represented the buyer. The sale ranked No. 3 in RealtyWire’s North Port Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 9, 2026, and Coldwell Banker Realty held the listing side on both this closing and the week’s No. 1 transaction.
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No. 4 — $3,946,385 · 528 Blue Shell Loop, Sarasota, Florida
New construction in the Wild Blue at Waterside community accounted for the week’s No. 4 reported sale. The house at 528 Blue Shell Loop in Sarasota traded for $3,946,385, with the closing recorded August 3, 2026. Completed in 2026, it has four bedrooms, five bathrooms and a reported 4,000 square feet. Detailed listing remarks were not available for this closing, so the account here rests on the verified transaction record.
The listing-side agent could not be verified from the source of record and is therefore not named here. Stacy Haas, PL of Michael Saunders & Company represented the buyer. The $3,946,385 sale ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s North Port Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 5 — $3,500,000 · 603 Tremont Street, Sarasota, Florida
The week’s No. 5 reported sale was a newly built house at 603 Tremont Street in Sarasota, which traded for $3,500,000 in a closing recorded August 3, 2026. Completed in 2025, it has four bedrooms, four full bathrooms and a half bath across a reported 3,996 square feet. Listing materials place the residence in Siesta Key, minutes from Siesta Key Beach.
An open plan runs under 20-foot ceilings, with floor-to-ceiling glass and porcelain tile floors. The kitchen carries Monogram appliances, quartz countertops and a walk-in butler’s pantry, and the main floor also holds an office. Upstairs are a second living room and three bedroom suites, each with its own bath and private access to a rooftop deck, and a private elevator serves every level.
Outside are two patios, a summer kitchen with a built-in grill, a pool and a spa, and the house carries impact-rated windows and doors. The property previously changed hands for $930,000 in 2022, before the current residence was completed in 2025.
Faith Stutzman of Pham Realty Group LLC was the listing agent. Jenny Staub of Lpt Realty, LLC represented the buyer. The $3,500,000 closing ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s North Port Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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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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