A 2023 house on Riviera Drive in Tampa sold for $4.9 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Tampa, Florida metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The five leading closings recorded across the metro that week combined for $18.59 million in Tampa-area real estate.
The week’s transactions were recorded in Tampa and St. Petersburg, and the named communities behind them include Venetian Isles, West Hyde Park and the Bayshore Ysabella condominium on Bayshore Boulevard. Build years reach from a 1925 Hyde Park residence to a tower apartment dated to this year, and water runs through much of the list, from open-bay frontage in St. Petersburg to a gated Tampa enclave with water on two sides.
No. 1 — $4,900,000 · 567 Riviera Drive, Tampa, Florida
A 2023 house at 567 Riviera Drive in Tampa took the top position on this week’s list, closing on August 5, 2026 for $4,900,000. The transaction record lists four bedrooms, five bathrooms and a reported 5,356 square feet.
Detailed listing remarks matching the completed house were not available at publication, so this entry is reported from the transaction record alone. The address previously changed hands for $875,000 in 2020, before the current residence was completed in 2023.
Brooke Brate of Smith & Associates Real Estate was the listing agent. Kathryn Crowe of Smith & Associates Real Estate represented the buyer. The $4,900,000 closing put Brate at the listing side of the highest-priced home sale RealtyWire reported anywhere in the Tampa metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026, and Smith & Associates Real Estate held the listing side of two of this week’s five ranked sales.
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No. 2 — $3,820,000 · 2279 Mermaid Point NE, Saint Petersburg, Florida
An open-water lot at the end of a cul-de-sac on Mermaid Point took the No. 2 position. The custom house at 2279 Mermaid Point NE, in the Venetian Isles community of St. Petersburg, closed August 5, 2026 for $3,820,000 with four bedrooms, five bathrooms and a reported 4,814 square feet.
Listing materials identify Tom Pici & Son as the builder of the 2005 residence, which is constructed of block and steel with impact-rated windows and doors and sits elevated above the base flood elevation. Brazilian hardwood double doors open to a foyer with a floor-to-ceiling indoor waterfall, and 12-foot ceilings carry through a main level turned toward Tampa Bay, Weedon Island Preserve and the downtown Tampa skyline.
The kitchen pairs custom cabinetry by Michael Bright with a Wolf gas range, Sub-Zero refrigeration and a Madagascar granite island, and the adjoining family room has a wood-burning fireplace. The primary suite overlooks the bay with its own fireplace and a spa-style bath, and the house adds a screening room seating eight and three further en-suite bedrooms. Outside, 107 feet of deep sailboat water front a dock with two boat lifts, and a two-tier deck steps down to a saltwater pool and spa with swim jets, a sun shelf and an outdoor kitchen. The property previously changed hands for $725,000 in 2002, before the current residence was completed in 2005.
Justin Smith of Smith & Associates Real Estate was the listing agent. Smith represented both sides of the transaction, acting for the buyer as well as the seller. The $3,820,000 closing placed him at the listing side of RealtyWire’s No. 2 reported home sale in the Tampa metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026, and the only one on this week’s list recorded in St. Petersburg.
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No. 3 — $3,372,000 · 4028 Rocky Shores Drive, Tampa, Florida
A gated waterfront enclave supplied the No. 3 sale. The 2020 house at 4028 Rocky Shores Drive in Tampa changed hands for $3,372,000 on August 4, 2026, and it holds five bedrooms, six bathrooms and a reported 4,808 square feet on more than half an acre.
Water wraps two sides of the parcel, and the east-west orientation turns the rear grounds toward evening light over the water. Wood flooring and designer tile run through the interior, where the five bedrooms include two primary suites, and the plan adds two dens, a bonus room and a 500-bottle wine cellar. An extended lanai carries the entertaining space outdoors to a heated pool and spa, a covered patio with an awning, landscape lighting, a fire pit, a combined pickleball and basketball court and an extended dock. The enclave sits minutes from Berkeley Preparatory School and close to Tampa International Airport, and the property previously changed hands for $2,500,000 in 2021.
Barbara Robinson of Dalton Wade Inc was the listing agent. Edward Dimotta PA of Lpt Realty, LLC represented the buyer. Robinson’s listing ranked No. 3 among the five highest-priced home sales RealtyWire reported in the Tampa metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 4 — $3,300,000 · 3015 S Ysabella Avenue #2104, Tampa, Florida
New construction on Bayshore Boulevard accounts for the No. 4 sale: Residence 2104 at The Ritz-Carlton Residences, Tampa, addressed 3015 S Ysabella Avenue, which closed August 6, 2026 for $3,300,000. The record dates the residence to 2026, and the tower was nearing completion when the sale went through.
The southeast corner residence takes in a reported 3,370 square feet with four bedrooms and a den with full bath access, and its balconies face east over Hillsborough Bay and downtown Tampa. Ten-foot ceilings and floor-to-ceiling windows run through the apartment, a private elevator opens into a personal entry foyer, and the kitchen is fitted with Sub-Zero and Wolf appliances, marble countertops and custom Italian cabinetry by ItalKraft. The tower’s architecture is by Arquitectonica, with amenity interiors by Meyer Davis Studio and landscaping by Enzo Enea.
Toni Everett of The Toni Everett Company was the listing agent. James Patterson of Smith & Associates Real Estate represented the buyer. Everett’s listing took the No. 4 position in RealtyWire’s Top 5 home sales for the Tampa metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026, the highest-ranked new-construction residence on the list.
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No. 5 — $3,200,000 · 817 S Willow Avenue, Tampa, Florida
The list finishes in Hyde Park, where a 1925 residence at 817 S Willow Avenue closed on August 7, 2026 for $3,200,000. The house carries four bedrooms, four bathrooms and a reported 4,488 square feet on an oversized lot two blocks from both Hyde Park Village and Bayshore Boulevard.
A front porch and a porte-cochere mark the street elevation, and the interior keeps its original hardwood floors, extensive millwork, tall ceilings and a light-filled sunroom alongside formal and informal living and dining rooms. The current owners carried out a renovation that reworked the second floor: the primary suite was redesigned with a spa-inspired bath and an adjoining flex space, the laundry was moved upstairs, and the original upstairs bathroom was rebuilt as two full baths. Other work included hurricane straps, smart shades, a new HVAC system and new perimeter fencing, while earlier owners reinforced the home’s piers and support columns.
The private backyard is anchored by a heated saltwater pool and spa modernized with wireless automation, variable-speed equipment and color-changing lighting, set among mature landscaping, with a two-car garage reached through the porte-cochere. The property previously changed hands for $2,500,000 in 2024.
Rock Scaglione and Jennifer Rutemiller of Keller Williams South Tampa were the listing agents. Hilary Bell of Palermo Real Estate Prof. Inc. represented the buyer. The listing went under contract 4 days after the current listing date and closed at its full asking price, and the sale ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Top 5 home sales for the Tampa metro area 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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