An oceanside house in Bethany Beach that the architectural firm Barnes Vanze expanded in 2009 sold for $3,900,000, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Salisbury, Maryland metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The five leading closings reported across the metro that week combined for $14.12 million in Salisbury-area real estate.
The five sales span Bethany Village, North Shores, Seapointe and Ocean City, and their build years run from 1984 to 2012. Three closings on the week’s list are in Ocean City, Maryland, with the remaining two in the Delaware beach towns of Bethany Beach and Rehoboth Beach. Oceanfront exposure and harbor dockage feature throughout the week’s reported real estate transactions.
No. 1 — $3,900,000 · 39664 Seaside Ave N, Bethany Beach, Delaware
A 2009 expansion by the architectural firm Barnes Vanze shaped the metro’s highest reported sale of the week, a 1984 house at 39664 Seaside Ave N in the Bethany Village community of Bethany Beach. It changed hands for $3,900,000 in a closing recorded August 4, 2026, and carries a reported 4,000 square feet, six bedrooms and five bathrooms.
The property sits in a private, lifeguarded North Bethany community a short walk from the shoreline. An elevator reaches the top floor, where a great room with soaring ceilings connects the kitchen, dining area and sitting area and opens to a screened porch and a sun deck with a view toward the ocean. The kitchen has white cabinetry, granite countertops, stainless steel appliances and a butler’s pantry, and that level also holds an office and a flex room that could serve as a sixth bedroom. The lower level holds the primary suite plus four more bedrooms and three additional full baths, and the ground level adds conditioned storage and covered parking. It sits on a large parcel and conveyed furnished.
Leslie Kopp and Christi Arndt of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. were the listing agents. Leslie Kopp of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. represented the buyer. The $3,900,000 closing put Kopp and Arndt at the listing side of RealtyWire’s highest-priced reported home sale in the Salisbury metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 2 — $2,950,000 · 21 Cedar Rd, Rehoboth Beach, Delaware
The North Shores community in Rehoboth Beach produced the week’s No. 2 closing, a 2004 house at 21 Cedar Rd that sold for $2,950,000 on August 3, 2026.
North Shores residents have a private beach, a pool, a marina, tennis courts and around-the-clock security, and Gordon’s Pond and downtown Rehoboth Beach are close by. The house carries five bedrooms and a reported 2,923 square feet, and it was furnished and updated between 2022 and 2024. It holds two primary suites, one on the first level and a larger one upstairs with a private sitting room, a custom walk-in closet and a bath with a jetted soaking tub and a tiled walk-in shower. The open-concept plan takes in a family room with a gas fireplace framed by a stone surround, a kitchen with a large breakfast bar, and access to an oversized sun deck and a screened porch. Mature trees surround the lot, which has a fully fenced rear yard.
Shaun Tull of Jack Lingo – Rehoboth was the listing agent. Shelby Smith of Long & Foster Real Estate, Inc. represented the buyer. The $2,950,000 result ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Salisbury Metro Area Top 5 for the week, with Tull on the listing side.
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No. 3 — $2,864,458 · 9601 Ocean View Ln, Ocean City, Maryland
Southern exposure across the Ocean City inlet toward Assateague Island National Park frames the week’s No. 3 sale, a 2012 custom waterfront residence at 9601 Ocean View Ln in the Seapointe community of Ocean City. It changed hands for $2,864,458 in a closing recorded August 3, 2026.
The house carries a reported 7,350 square feet, six bedrooms, six full baths and two half baths, and it conveyed completely furnished. A curved staircase anchors the interior, which carries European cabinetry and expansive Pella windows and doors, while radiant floor heating and geothermal systems handle year-round comfort. The layout runs to spacious gathering areas, private bedroom suites, three separate laundry areas and dedicated captain’s quarters. For boaters, two 24-foot-wide deep-water slips give the property immediate access to the harbor and the open ocean.
David Dypsky of Newport Bay Realty was the listing agent. The $2,864,458 closing placed Dypsky’s listing at No. 3 in RealtyWire’s Salisbury Metro Area Top 5 for the week.
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No. 4 — $2,399,999 · 13014 Riggin Ridge Rd, Ocean City, Maryland
A rooftop retreat known as the Pilot House crowns the week’s No. 4 sale, a 2006 waterfront house at 13014 Riggin Ridge Rd in Ocean City. It sold for $2,399,999 on August 3, 2026.
Reached by elevator and then a spiral staircase, the Pilot House opens onto a rooftop balcony and patio with 360-degree views across the Ocean City skyline, the Atlantic Ocean and Assateague Island. The house holds four bedrooms, four bathrooms and a reported 4,112 square feet. Its entire third floor is given over to the primary retreat, which has a fireplace, a custom walk-in closet with a dressing area, a bath with a soaking tub and an oversized shower, and a private deck. On the second floor, two bedrooms share a Jack-and-Jill bath and a third works as a junior primary suite; the first floor holds a great room with a fireplace and a two-car garage. Wes Novelli designed the outdoor rooms, which include a full outdoor kitchen and a firepit. A private dock takes a boat lift and multiple jet skis, and the property previously changed hands for $1,400,000 in 2021.
Terry Riley and Chris Jett of RE/MAX Advantage Realty were the listing agents. Chris Warren of Bluewater Realty Group represented the buyer. The listing went under contract 11 days after the current listing date, and the $2,399,999 closing ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Salisbury Metro Area Top 5 for the week.
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No. 5 — $2,005,000 · 2 48th St Unit 706, Ocean City, Maryland
A reported 2,218 square feet in a direct-oceanfront corner residence closed out the week’s list at 2 48th St Unit 706 in Ocean City. The 2008 condominium in the Gateway Grand changed hands for $2,005,000 in a transaction recorded August 6, 2026.
Unit 706 holds four bedrooms and three bathrooms on a mid-floor corner with southern end-unit exposure, and its windows and sliding doors take in ocean, bay, skyline and Assateague Island views. A wraparound oceanfront balcony runs along the residence, with a second private balcony off the primary suite. It was offered designer furnished after use as a second home. The Gateway Grand carries close to 200 residences and gives owners indoor and outdoor heated pools, a fitness center, an owner’s lounge and gated parking. A deeded storage locker and three parking passes convey with the unit, which previously changed hands for $1,250,000 in 2010.
Grant Fritschle of Keller Williams Realty Delmarva was the listing agent. The residence went under contract 2 days after the current listing date and closed $5,000 above its final asking price of $2,000,000, and the $2,005,000 result gave Fritschle the No. 5 position in RealtyWire’s Salisbury Metro Area Top 5 for the week.
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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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