The 1996 house and its 24-plus acres at 6520 W Highway 326 in Ocala went under contract one day after the current listing date. Five reported home sales across the Ocala, Florida metro area for the week of September 21 through September 27, 2026 accounted for $8.99 million, led by that $3.65 million transaction.
Matt Varney was the listing agent on the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 reported sales of the week, each of them for Ocala Horse Properties, LLC, putting the same agent and the same Ocala brokerage on the listing side of the metro’s leading closings. The sales were reported in Ocala and Ocklawaha, including properties in the Deerwood Acres and Lake Faye communities.
No. 1 — $3,650,000 · 6520 W Highway 326, Ocala, Florida
Matt Varney of Ocala Horse Properties, LLC handled the listing side of the highest-priced reported home sale in the Ocala metro area for the week ending September 27, 2026. The sale ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Ocala Metro Area Top 5 for the week. It went under contract one day after the current listing date.
A renovated equestrian estate on more than 24 acres at 6520 W Highway 326 in Ocala closed on September 21, 2026 for $3,650,000. The 1996 residence holds four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a reported 2,867 square feet, with an open floor plan, a dedicated office and a fireplace in the family room. It previously changed hands for $1,750,000 in 2025.
A 10-stall center-aisle barn contains an apartment, a feed room, a tack room, an office and a bathroom, and the grounds carry nine paddocks with all-new fencing and a riding arena. A separate equipment barn and an RV hookup add storage and parking. A screened pool and spa sit off the main rooms of the house, which also has a two-car garage and a whole-house generator, and the farm is less than 10 minutes from the World Equestrian Center.
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No. 2 — $1,700,000 · 7575 NW 90th Avenue, Ocala, Florida
The September 23, 2026 transaction at 7575 NW 90th Avenue in Ocala brought $1,700,000 for a 12-acre horse farm three minutes from Golden Ocala Country Club and under 10 minutes from the World Equestrian Center. The 2004 residence has three bedrooms and a reported 3,195 square feet, with high ceilings, an office and French doors opening to a lanai.
Wood-burning fireplaces with custom hearths and mantels anchor the living room and the breakfast and lounge area, and the main bathroom has a large whirlpool tub and a walk-in shower. The fenced and cross-fenced acreage carries mature oaks and magnolias, a circular driveway, a stocked pond and a stream.
The barns total 13 stalls. The main barn holds three stalls and four substantial covered open stalls, all with fans and automatic waterers and opening directly to fenced paddocks, and it also contains an air-conditioned tack room, a feed room and a wash rack with hot water. Three two-stall shelters add grooming areas, and a bridle path, a round pen and a generator for house and barn complete the grounds.
The closing ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Ocala Metro Area Top 5 for the week, part of a notable stretch for Matt Varney, who held the listing on the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 4 reported sales in the metro, all of them under the Ocala Horse Properties, LLC banner.
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No. 3 — $1,525,000 · 10893 SE 141 Avenue Road, Ocklawaha, Florida
A lakefront property on about 14.75 acres at 10893 SE 141 Avenue Road in Ocklawaha brought $1,525,000, with the transaction recorded on September 21, 2026. The remodeled 1967 residence has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and a reported 4,109 square feet, and the parcel carries more than 500 feet of private shoreline on a spring-fed lake known for bass fishing.
A custom addition turned the main rooms toward the water, where a stone wood-burning fireplace anchors the sitting room and the open kitchen runs into a large dining room. The owner’s suite has a gas fireplace, vaulted ceilings, French doors and deck access, plus a marble bathroom and a 14-by-14-foot walk-in closet.
Outdoors, a screened pool nine feet deep sits beside a cabana and an outdoor kitchen, and a private dock carries a sun deck and a boat lift. The fenced and gated grounds hold a two-bedroom, two-bathroom guest house with its own well and septic, a 60-by-40-foot equipment barn and an open-air two-stall barn. Listing materials record the parcel as zoned A-1, about 20 minutes from The Villages.
Joan Pletcher has one earlier appearance in a RealtyWire Top 5 roundup for the metro. The sale ranked No. 3 in RealtyWire’s Ocala Metro Area Top 5 for the week and closed at its full asking price. Chase Checho of Chase Aaron Real Estate LLC represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,138,789 · 8548 NW 115th Avenue, Ocala, Florida
Matt Varney of Ocala Horse Properties, LLC was the listing agent. The property of Barrens Edge Farm ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Ocala Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Carl Harnish of Showcase Properties OF Central represented the buyer.
Barrens Edge Farm, a fully fenced six-acre property at 8548 NW 115th Avenue in the Deerwood Acres area of Ocala, changed hands on September 23, 2026 for $1,138,789. The 2007 house has three bedrooms, two bathrooms and a reported 1,783 square feet, with an open floor plan, a dining room, a breakfast nook and French doors to a screened lanai that opens to a fenced in-ground pool and patio.
The five-stall shed row barn is built around daily work: 12-by-12 stalls with a mattress system, rubber pavers in the aisle, a 12-by-24 climate-controlled tack and feed room, wash racks, a full bathroom and a lounge area just off the barn. Seven paddocks and a 100-by-185 irrigated arena with sand and clay footing fill out the acreage, and the residence has an attached two-car garage. The farm is about five minutes from HITS and nine minutes from the World Equestrian Center.
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No. 5 — $975,000 · 4 Middleground Road, Ocala, Florida
A 4.4-acre fenced farm at 4 Middleground Road in Ocala sold on September 23, 2026 for $975,000. The renovated 2001 house has four bedrooms, two bathrooms and a reported 2,134 square feet, and a second entrance on the grounds gives direct access to the barn and stables. It previously changed hands for $350,000 in 2020.
That barn measures 3,192 square feet and holds 12 stalls, an office, a tack room, 80-amp service and a metal roof. Eight pastures, a secure electric gate and a new concrete farm entrance serve the acreage, along with a detached three-and-a-half-car garage wired with an RV receptacle. Inside, a kitchen remodel brought stone counters and black-stainless appliances, and the house offers a private primary en suite with its own entrance to the pool. Metal roofing runs across the structures, and the systems include new central air conditioning. The property sits in the Meadow Wood Farms community, about seven minutes from the World Equestrian Center and 12 minutes from HITS.
James Walton of Charles Rutenberg Realty Inc represented the listing side of a transaction that ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Ocala Metro Area Top 5 for the week. The home went under contract 22 days after the current listing date. Nicole Boccaccio of Parsley Real Estate Inc represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, September 27, 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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