A newly built six-bedroom brick house on Saint Marys Street in Raleigh’s Hayes Barton neighborhood sold for $5.90 million on August 10, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Raleigh, North Carolina metro area for the week of August 10 through August 16, 2026.
Together the week’s five closings account for $20.67 million. They are spread across Hayes Barton, Forty Acres and North Ridge inside Raleigh, plus a gated Raleigh property bordering Falls Lake and an equestrian estate on about 140 acres at Franklinton in Franklin County. Build years run from 2000 to new construction completed in 2026, and one Raleigh real estate agent holds the listing side on two of this week’s ranked transactions.
No. 1 — $5,904,849 · 1515 Saint Marys St, Raleigh, North Carolina
A custom brick house at 1515 Saint Marys St in Hayes Barton sold for $5,904,849 on August 10, 2026, the highest reported residential price anywhere in the Raleigh metro area that week. Listing materials identify Allure Homes as the builder. Finished this year, the residence is recorded at six bedrooms, eight bathrooms and a reported 6,018 square feet.
Oversized Pella windows, hardwood floors, detailed millwork and tall ceilings run through the house. The kitchen is built around a 48-inch Wolf range and Sub-Zero refrigerator and freezer towers, with a walnut island and a full scullery. An Isokern gas-log fireplace anchors the main living room, and a second, wood-burning Isokern fireplace sits on the covered rear porch beside limestone flooring and an outdoor kitchen.
A breezeway connects the main house to a guest casita with its own living room, bedroom and kitchenette. Both the primary suite and the casita overlook a back yard built around a heated gunite saltwater pool and spa, and the marble primary bath has a freestanding tub and separate shower. The property previously changed hands for $1,225,000 in 2025, before the current residence was completed in 2026.
Jim Allen of Coldwell Banker Hpw was the listing agent. The sale closed $1,404,849 above its final asking price of $4,500,000, and it ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Raleigh Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026. Allen appears twice in this week’s ranking, holding the listing on the No. 4 sale as well.
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No. 2 — $4,600,000 · 1641 State Highway 96, Franklinton, North Carolina
An equestrian estate on about 140 acres of Franklin County countryside at 1641 State Highway 96 in Franklinton took the No. 2 position, trading at $4,600,000 in a closing dated August 14, 2026. Five ponds sit on the land, and the main residence is recorded at five bedrooms, five bathrooms and a reported 4,344 square feet.
Completed in 2013, the house is sided in hand-cut local oak bark and carries coffered beam ceilings, 10-foot heights and solid eight-foot interior doors, with a wraparound covered porch and stone gas fireplace overlooking the ponds. The equestrian side runs to a 60-by-44-foot timber-frame stall barn with five stalls, a 172-by-60-foot riding arena and three fenced pastures; according to the listing, about 13 acres support roughly nine horses with hay. The property previously changed hands for $4,100,000 in 2024.
Kimberly McKinney and Mike Rowe of RE/MAX Reliance were the listing agents. The property went under contract 8 days after the current listing date and closed at its full asking price, ranking No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Raleigh Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Maria Clemencia Guarin Dubeibe of Reality realty Group LLC represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $3,794,100 · 1404 Rock Dam Ct, Raleigh, North Carolina
In Raleigh’s North Ridge, a house at 1404 Rock Dam Ct changed hands for $3,794,100 on August 14, 2026. Built in 2000, the property is recorded at five bedrooms, five bathrooms and a reported 5,913 square feet.
Detailed listing remarks were not available for this transaction, so the entry stays with the publicly reported record. The property previously changed hands for $1,475,000 in 2021.
Gretchen Coley and Christian Beca of Compass — Raleigh were the listing agents. Their listing closed as the third-highest reported home sale in the Raleigh, North Carolina metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026. Mollie Owen of Hodge & Kittrell Sotheby’s Int represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $3,250,000 · 1718 Piccadilly Ln, Raleigh, North Carolina
A new Speight Built house at 1718 Piccadilly Ln in the Forty Acres neighborhood, inside Raleigh’s Beltline, sold for $3,250,000 on August 14, 2026. The four-bedroom residence was finished this year and was included in the 2026 Parade of Homes; the record lists six bathrooms and a reported 4,444 square feet.
Wide-plank hardwood floors run through the interior, and the kitchen is appointed with a 48-inch Wolf range, a 48-inch Sub-Zero refrigerator and a scullery, with a pass-through window opening to the screened porch. Outside, a covered porch carries Infratech ceiling heaters, phantom screens and an Isokern masonry fireplace, and an outdoor kitchen serves gathering areas set around a saltwater pool and spa. The property previously changed hands for $825,000 in 2024, before the current residence was completed in 2026.
Jim Allen of Coldwell Banker Hpw was the listing agent. The sale closed at its full asking price and ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Raleigh Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 16, 2026, Allen’s second listing in this week’s ranking. Joseph L Hodge of Hodge & Kittrell Sotheby’s Int represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $3,120,000 · 15508 Possum Track Rd, Raleigh, North Carolina
The ranking closes on a gated 5.65-acre property bordering Falls Lake at 15508 Possum Track Rd in Raleigh, which changed hands for $3,120,000 in a transaction dated August 12, 2026. Don Collins Builder custom-built the house for the original owners in 2012, and it was professionally updated in 2025. The record lists five bedrooms, nine bathrooms and a reported 9,158 square feet.
Protected Falls Lake and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers land buffer the site, leaving the wooded views uninterrupted. Three owner’s suites include a private in-law suite with its own exterior entrance, and the family room carries a two-story stone fireplace, an exposed wood-beam ceiling and a wall of windows. The daylight basement adds a second kitchen, a wine cellar, a three-tier theater and a game room, while the grounds hold a heated saltwater pool with a cascading waterfall, a hot tub, a pergola and a covered patio kitchen. Garage space is configured for eight cars, and the house is Energy Star rated, NAHB Green Builder certified and a former Parade Home.
Shawn Britt and Kerri Aikin of Realty World Carolina Prop were the listing agents. Their listing closed as the fifth-highest reported home sale in the Raleigh, North Carolina metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026. Sayed Soliman of Keller Williams Legacy represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 16, 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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