A hilltop house in Raleigh’s Country Club Hills sold for $3.75 million, the highest reported home sale in the Raleigh, North Carolina metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The week’s five closings came to $15.60 million.
The sales span Country Club Hills, Drewry Hills and Avalaire inside Raleigh, the Wakefield Estates community in Wake Forest and a Lichtin Boulevard address in Morrisville. Build years run from 2001 to 2020, and the group takes in a hilltop estate, a custom build by a named Raleigh builder, a renovated acreage property and a former Parade Home. Hodge & Kittrell Sotheby’s Int held the listing side of the week’s two highest-priced reported transactions.
No. 1 — $3,750,000 · 3108 Beaufort St, Raleigh, North Carolina
A 2004 house standing on a rise in Raleigh’s Country Club Hills sold on August 7, 2026 for $3,750,000, the highest reported price in the metro area that week. The residence carries five bedrooms, six baths and a reported 6,652 square feet.
Brazilian hardwood floors, tall ceilings and four fireplaces run through an open main living level, where the kitchen is built for scale and flows into the adjoining dining and gathering rooms. The primary suite includes a marble-clad bath. Outside, a covered patio with a fully equipped outdoor kitchen faces a swimming pool and cabana, and a detached pool house holds its own bedroom area, kitchen and a one-car garage beneath, with a two-car garage serving the main house. Listing materials place the property within walking distance of Aldert Root School and St. David’s.
The sale closed at its full asking price, and the home went under contract one day after the current listing date. The property previously changed hands for $1,825,000 in 2020.
Salli Worth of Hodge & Kittrell Sotheby’s Int was the listing agent. The transaction ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Raleigh Metro Area Top 5 for the week, on a listing that drew a contract within a day of the current listing date and closed at full asking price. Mollie Owen of Hodge & Kittrell Sotheby’s Int represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $3,250,000 · 3341 Coleridge Dr, Raleigh, North Carolina
Dixon Kirby built the custom residence at 3341 Coleridge Dr in 2020, on a landscaped .44-acre lot in Raleigh’s Drewry Hills. It ranked No. 2 for the week at $3,250,000, with the transaction completed August 7, 2026.
Wide-plank white oak floors, detailed moldings and designer lighting carry across three levels, all reachable by elevator, in a reported 5,317 square feet. A vaulted-ceiling living room holds a gas log fireplace and a home office is glazed floor to ceiling. The kitchen centers on a honed quartzite waterfall island with bar seating, a six-burner Wolf gas range with double ovens, Sub-Zero refrigeration and a herringbone glass tile backsplash. The main-level primary suite looks onto wooded views, and its bath carries a freestanding soaking tub, a dual-sink vanity and customized closets. Downstairs, a serving bar with dual wine columns adjoins a guest bedroom suite. A covered porch with a wood-burning fireplace and ceiling heater opens onto a Trex deck and bluestone patio under mature trees, and the house is fitted with a cedar shake roof, three Lennox HVAC systems, whole-house audio and an EV charging outlet.
The home went under contract 25 days after the current listing date. The property previously changed hands for $1,810,000 in 2020.
Mollie Owen and Haley O’Neal of Hodge & Kittrell Sotheby’s Int were the listing agents. The pair carried the No. 2 transaction in RealtyWire’s Raleigh Metro Area Top 5 for the week, and their brokerage also held the listing side of the week’s highest-priced reported sale. Alley Buscemi of Compass — Raleigh represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $3,019,500 · 6701 Green Hollow Ct, Wake Forest, North Carolina
A renovated residence on 1.85 acres in the Wakefield Estates community of Wake Forest closed on August 3, 2026 for $3,019,500, ranking No. 3 for the week. Built in 2001, it carries four bedrooms, seven baths and a reported 7,676 square feet.
Engineered hardwoods and marble tile run through the reworked interior beneath high ceilings and custom lighting. The kitchen holds a six-burner Pitt cooktop, a massive island, a hidden butler’s pantry, an ice maker and dual electric and convection ovens, with a built-in bar and wine storage alongside. The baths include a soaking tub and spa fittings. A full finished basement with walk-out access adds a media room, an exercise room, a sauna and a steam room, and two screened porches face the wooded rear grounds, where a pool and spa adjoin a full outdoor kitchen.
The sale closed $24,500 above its final asking price of $2,995,000. The property previously changed hands for $1,495,000 in 2023.
Julie Horton of EXP Realty OF Piedmont NC LLC was the listing agent, taking the No. 3 transaction in RealtyWire’s Raleigh Metro Area Top 5 for the week to a close above its final asking price. Peter Kima of Real Broker, LLC represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $2,855,000 · 5109 Avalaire Oaks Dr, Raleigh, North Carolina
The 2018 house at 5109 Avalaire Oaks Dr sits on 1.1 acres in Raleigh’s Avalaire, with a pool, a spa and a five-car garage. It changed hands August 6, 2026 for $2,855,000, the No. 4 reported price of the week. Listing materials record it as a former Parade Home.
Eleven-foot ceilings and extensive hardwoods run across the main level, where the kitchen carries Miele appliances, a 48-inch gas range, an oversized island with breakfast bar, a scullery, a wine bar and a butler’s pantry. A private study and a formal dining room sit off the main hall, and the great room, under a coffered ceiling and fitted with a fireplace and custom cabinetry, opens through sliding glass doors that pocket into the wall onto a covered porch with phantom screens and a grilling patio above the pool. The main-level primary suite includes a spa bath, and the upper floor holds a game room with a refreshment bar, an exercise room, a loft and three en-suite bedrooms. The record lists four bedrooms, six baths and a reported 6,135 square feet, with unfinished storage above the two-car garage reached by a private stair.
The home went under contract 5 days after the current listing date. The property previously changed hands for $1,750,000 in 2018.
Leslie Young and John Young of Coldwell Banker Hpw were the listing agents. Their listing went under contract within five days of the current listing date and ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Raleigh Metro Area Top 5 for the week.
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No. 5 — $2,724,000 · 1005 Lichtin Blvd, Morrisville, North Carolina
A 2018 house on Lichtin Boulevard in Morrisville completed the week’s list at $2,724,000, with the transaction recorded August 3, 2026, the sole Morrisville address on the week’s list.
The record for 1005 Lichtin Blvd lists five baths and a reported 7,483 square feet. No listing description reached RealtyWire for this address, so the entry rests on the verified transaction record. The property previously changed hands for $2,225,000 in 2023.
The agents on this sale could not be verified for publication, and RealtyWire invites a correction from the professionals involved. The $2,724,000 transaction ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Raleigh Metro Area Top 5 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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