A 10-acre equestrian property in the Olivenhain area of Encinitas sold for $10.23 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the San Diego, California metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The five leading closings reported across the metro that week combined for $39.13 million in San Diego-area real estate.
The week’s sales span Encinitas, Coronado Village and Rancho Santa Fe, with Encinitas and Rancho Santa Fe each appearing twice on the list. All five houses were built between 2005 and 2011, and they range from a working horse ranch seven miles from the coast to an oceanfront residence on Neptune Avenue and two gated estates inside the Covenant of Rancho Santa Fe.
No. 1 — $10,230,000 · 3113 Camino Del Rancho, Encinitas, California
The metro’s highest reported sale of the week was an equestrian property at 3113 Camino Del Rancho in the Olivenhain area of Encinitas, which closed on August 4, 2026 for $10,230,000. The 2007 main residence holds five bedrooms and six bathrooms across a reported 5,589 square feet, and the parcel runs to 10 usable acres about seven miles from the coast.
The main house was built in a lodge-inspired style, with exposed wood beams, stone-lined walls, hand-carved Torrey Pine interior doors and several interior courtyards. A guest home and separate caretaker’s quarters stand on the grounds, and the pastures and a show barn are visible from the main residence.
The ranch is set up for as many as 20 horses, with three irrigated pastures under new shelters, a rebuilt main barn carrying new interior walls, feeders, mats and a wash area, a new gable breezeway pole barn, a large riding arena with a viewing platform, fenced paddocks, a Eurociser and storage buildings for equipment, hay and feed. Work completed over the previous year and a half added a grove of more than 25 fruit trees, solar-lit pathways, fresh landscaping and several irrigation and plumbing systems. The property also holds a gym with a golf simulator and a well with a filtration system, and it has direct access to miles of local walking and riding trails. It previously changed hands for $9,090,000 in 2023.
Sarah Slaughter and Michelle Williams of Compass were the listing agents. Caren Kelley of Compass represented the buyer. The $10,230,000 closing put Slaughter and Williams at the listing side of RealtyWire’s highest-priced reported home sale in the San Diego metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 2 — $7,900,000 · 120 Carob Way, Coronado, California
120 Carob Way, on a street in Coronado’s Country Club Estates around the corner from the beach, took the No. 2 position at $7,900,000 in a transaction recorded August 5, 2026. The Spanish-inspired coastal house dates to 2009 and carries six bedrooms, five full baths and two half baths across a reported 4,420 square feet in Coronado Village.
Hand-forged ironwork, imported woods, natural stone finishes and custom cabinetry run through the interior, and the entry opens on soaring ceilings. A chef’s kitchen anchored by a large center island flows into the great room and dining areas, and pocketing glass doors open the main floor to a backyard with a saltwater pool, a waterfall spa and an outdoor grilling area. One of the six bedrooms is a guest suite with its own entrance, set apart from the main rooms.
Upstairs, the primary retreat adds a fireplace, a sitting area, triple walk-in closets and a spa-inspired bath, and a rooftop terrace with its own fireplace takes in panoramic sunset, ocean and downtown San Diego skyline views. The property previously changed hands for $7,350,000 in 2022.
Scott W Aurich and Tyler Mathews of Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty were the listing agents. Scott W Aurich of Pacific Sotheby’s International Realty represented the buyer. The $7,900,000 sale ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s San Diego Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 3 — $7,700,000 · 518 Neptune Ave, Encinitas, California
An oceanfront house at 518 Neptune Ave in Encinitas changed hands for $7,700,000, the third-highest reported sale of the week; the transaction was recorded August 7, 2026. The residence holds four bedrooms and five bathrooms across a reported 3,745 square feet on the Encinitas bluff.
Every bedroom is en suite, an elevator reaches all floors, and the house includes a three-car garage. Accoya wood trim is among the materials used in its construction. A 60-by-40-foot oceanfront terrace runs along the bluff side, and the site carries both a lower seawall and an upper bluff retention system. Set back from the street, a private front lanai has a covered seating area and a fireplace. Beacons, Stone Steps and Moonlight Beach are minutes away, as are the shops, restaurants and cafes of downtown Encinitas.
Dane Soderberg of Compass was the listing agent. Marti J Gellens-Stubbs of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices California Properties represented the buyer. The listing went under contract 2 days after the current listing date, and the $7,700,000 result ranked No. 3 in RealtyWire’s San Diego Metro Area Top 5 for the week ending August 9, 2026. Compass held the listing side on both the No. 1 and No. 3 transactions.
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No. 4 — $6,700,000 · 6871 Las Colinas, Rancho Santa Fe, California
A gated estate spanning 2.5 landscaped acres inside the Covenant of Rancho Santa Fe sold for $6,700,000 to take the No. 4 position, with the sale recorded August 5, 2026. Built in 2011 at 6871 Las Colinas, the house carries five bedrooms and seven bathrooms across a reported 5,335 square feet and sits within the Roger Rowe School District.
European architecture meets a relaxed Santa Barbara style in a home designed primarily as a single-level residence, with the main rooms and four en suite bedrooms on the first floor. The primary suite adds a marble fireplace, a custom walk-in closet and direct access to a mirrored yoga studio and gym, while an upstairs en suite bedroom serves as an office with custom built-ins and panoramic views. The kitchen carries Taj Mahal quartzite countertops and Wolf, BlueStar, Sub-Zero and Miele appliances, and pocket doors from the great room disappear into the walls to open onto a covered loggia with a fireplace and an outdoor kitchen.
A 40-foot infinity-edge pool anchors grounds laid out by landscape designer Theresa Clark, which capture southwestern views and include a herb garden of ten raised planters with irrigation and drainage, enclosed by mature hedging and a wrought iron gate. Inside are a temperature-controlled wine cellar with capacity for more than 700 bottles, a steam shower in the primary bath and a gym with beverage refrigeration, and the finishes include Venetian plaster walls, Jerusalem stone in the entry, French pavers in the kitchen, pegged walnut flooring and Albertini tilt-and-turn windows. A 14.25-kilowatt SunPower solar system and EV charging serve the property, which previously changed hands for $5,985,000 in 2023.
Paul Ragnvaldsson of Coldwell Banker Realty was the listing agent. Sarah Slaughter of Compass represented the buyer. The listing went under contract 10 days after the current listing date, and the $6,700,000 closing ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s San Diego Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 5 — $6,595,000 · 15739 El Camino Real, Rancho Santa Fe, California
The list closes on the west side of the Covenant, where a Santa Barbara and Spanish Mediterranean estate at 15739 El Camino Real in Rancho Santa Fe closed on August 6, 2026 for $6,595,000. The custom-built 2006 residence holds five bedrooms and six bathrooms across a reported 5,750 square feet on approximately 2.67 acres, tucked behind mature landscaping.
Walls of glass and expansive patios connect the main rooms to the outdoors, and handcrafted finishes and architectural detail run through the house; listing materials put the custom stonework across the estate at more than $500,000. Gardens surround a pool, a spa and an outdoor cabana, and the grounds also hold a one-bedroom guest house. An oversize three-car garage of more than 1,000 square feet, an owned solar energy system, whole-home water filtration and a temperature-controlled wine cellar round out the property, which stands minutes from Rancho Santa Fe Village, golf courses, area schools and the coast.
Jason Barry and Ryan McGovern of Barry Estates were the listing agents. Kendra Gibilisco of Barry Estates represented the buyer. The listing went under contract 10 days after the current listing date and closed at its full asking price, giving Barry and McGovern the No. 5 transaction in RealtyWire’s San Diego Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026. The estate previously changed hands for $2,450,000 in 2000, before the current residence was completed in 2006.
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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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