A 1926 house on Monument Avenue in Richmond sold for $2,235,000 on August 14, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Richmond, Virginia metro area for the week of August 10 through August 16, 2026.
Together the week’s five leading closings account for $9.21 million. Three are inside the city of Richmond, two on Monument Avenue and one in Colonial Place, and the others are neighboring homesites in The Reserve at Campbell Creek, a Hanover County community addressed to Ashland and Hanover. Build years run from 1910 to new construction finished this year.
No. 1 — $2,235,000 · 2320 Monument Ave, Richmond, Virginia
2320 Monument Ave, on a Monument Avenue block in Richmond, sold for $2,235,000 on August 14, 2026. Listing materials identify New York architect William Lawrence Bottomley as the designer of the 1926 house, which carries five bedrooms, five bathrooms and a reported 5,402 square feet.
An entry foyer and staircase open to a 29-by-17-foot living room facing Monument Avenue, a side porch and a 22-by-16-foot dining room whose French doors swing open to the courtyard. The current owners rebuilt the kitchen around an island, a Viking range, a walk-in pantry and a wine refrigerator, and an elevator beside it reaches a basement level with storage and its own outside entrance.
Four bedrooms occupy the second floor and the top floor holds a further suite, a room large enough for a workout area and, past the mechanical room, a deck. The courtyard behind the house has seating and dining areas, landscape lighting, a koi pond and planted borders. The property previously changed hands for $1,550,000 in 2019.
Jenny Maraghy of Compass was the listing agent. The $2,235,000 closing put Maraghy on the listing side of the highest-priced home sale reported anywhere in the Richmond, Virginia metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026, and the house went under contract 16 days after the current listing date. Mary Davenport of The Steele Group represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $1,914,054 · 8264 Mount Eagle Rd, Ashland, Virginia
8264 Mount Eagle Rd stands on more than 10 acres in The Reserve at Campbell Creek in Ashland, changing hands for $1,914,054 in a closing dated August 12, 2026. The 2025-built Boone Homes Heatherworth plan carries four bedrooms, five bathrooms and a reported 6,000 square feet.
Two separate primary suites sit on the first floor, each with walk-in closets and a private bath, near a study behind French doors, a formal dining room and a JennAir kitchen with a large island and a walk-in pantry. A loft, a game room and two more en suite bedrooms fill the upper level, and a screened patio and deck extend the main rooms outdoors. The property is in the Hanover High School District, minutes from Randolph-Macon College and I-95.
Alexander Boone of Boone Homes Inc was the listing agent. The sale closed $849,054 above its final asking price of $1,065,000 and ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Richmond Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Boone also held the listing side of the No. 3 property.
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No. 3 — $1,850,000 · 8276 Mount Eagle Rd, Hanover, Virginia
A second Heatherworth, next door at 8276 Mount Eagle Rd, recorded an August 11, 2026 closing at $1,850,000. Built in 2024 in Hanover County and recognized during the Parade of Homes, it is listed with four bedrooms, five bathrooms and a reported 4,229 square feet.
Accordion doors fold back from an open family room under a red oak coffered ceiling to a screened patio, with a private study and a formal dining room off the entry and JennAir appliances in the kitchen. Two first-floor primary suites each have an en suite bath, and two more en suite bedrooms, a loft and a rec room fill the second floor, on an acreage homesite within reach of Ashland and I-95.
Alexander Boone of Boone Homes Inc was the listing agent. The house went under contract the same day the current listing went live and closed at its full asking price, ranking No. 3 in RealtyWire’s Richmond Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Shane Lott of Rashkind Saunders & Co. represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $1,625,000 · 4507 Leonard Pkwy, Richmond, Virginia
4507 Leonard Pkwy, a custom house finished this year in Richmond’s Colonial Place, changed hands for $1,625,000 in a closing dated August 13, 2026. The record lists five bedrooms, five bathrooms and a reported 3,402 square feet.
An expansive foyer with arched entryways opens onto a plan that runs from a formal dining room under a painted accent ceiling to a family room where backlit shelving frames a gas fireplace and black sliding doors reach a covered porch. The kitchen pairs soft-close cabinetry and white quartz counters with a GE Cafe gas range, a large island and an arched dry bar. The first-floor primary suite has vaulted ceilings, an oversized walk-in closet and a bath with a freestanding tub and a Dekton-lined shower, and wide-plank white oak floors run throughout. The site previously changed hands for $430,000 in 2025, before the current residence was completed in 2026.
Jenni Comer of Real Broker LLC was the listing agent. The house went under contract 3 days after the current listing date and closed $125,050 above its final asking price of $1,499,950, ranking No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Richmond Metro Area Top 5 for the week. Melissa Savenko of Long & Foster Realtors represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $1,587,262 · 2209 Monument Ave, Richmond, Virginia
The ranking finishes back on Monument Avenue, where 2209 Monument Ave, a 1910 townhouse beside a historic Fan church, closed on August 10, 2026 at $1,587,262. The record lists five bedrooms, six bathrooms and a reported 4,098 square feet.
A rare side yard brings light into the house and opens views of sky, garden and the church’s stained glass, and the multi-bay windows keep their historic beveled glass. A restoration renewed the oak floors, sliding doors and brass hardware, added a new kitchen and baths and updated the systems.
Double parlors with fireplaces run front to back into a large dining room, front and rear staircases reach a two-suite second floor, and the third floor holds two more bedrooms and a bath with original tile and tub. An accessory dwelling unit fitted out as a studio and office connects from the second floor, and the garden, created by designer Meg Turner, has an outdoor fireplace, a fish pond and a covered grotto. The property previously changed hands for $625,000 in 2012.
Coleen Butler Rodriguez of The Steele Group was the listing agent. The townhouse went under contract 21 days after the current listing date and closed as the fifth-highest reported home sale in the Richmond, Virginia metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026. Shane Lott of Rashkind Saunders & Co. 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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