The five highest-priced home sales reported in Traverse City Area, Michigan for the week ending November 1, 2026 came to a combined $8.183 million. The sales were spread across four counties, and two of the homes are in Traverse City itself.
The group runs from a cottage built in 1927, the oldest of the five, to a home built in 2000, the newest. In two of the sales, the same agent was on both sides of the transaction.
No. 1 — $2,175,000 · 875 Lost Nations Trl, Traverse City, Michigan
The top sale of the week is a contemporary home on Old Mission Peninsula, set high on 1.64 wooded acres with its own frontage on West Bay. Built in 1997 and since renovated with an eye to its surroundings, the home sold for $2,175,000. The views run west across the bay toward Power Island, and downtown Traverse City is minutes away.
Inside, wide white oak planks cover the floors, and Sierra Pacific windows and doors open the rooms to the water. The living room has a gas fireplace. In the kitchen, a big island is topped with quartzite that falls in a waterfall edge to the floor, with an induction cooktop and a double convection oven nearby.
The home has two bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,309 square feet. The primary suite is on the main level, with a door straight out to a cedar deck and a bath with radiant floor heat, a soaking tub and a walk-in shower. The second bedroom, upstairs, has its own bath. Below, the walkout lower level has a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace and is partly unfinished. Down the slope, new composite stairs and a deck reach a sandy shoreline suited to swimming and boating.
Matthew Crane and Jonathan Crane of Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices – TC were the listing agents for the week’s highest-priced sale.
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No. 2 — $2,150,000 · 12305 3rd St, Kewadin, Michigan
On Torch Lake in Kewadin, a brick waterfront home in the Craftsman tradition sold for $2,150,000. A stone path leads to a custom front door set with stained glass in the manner of Frank Lloyd Wright, and the foyer opens to a living room with beamed ceilings, maple floors and a brick fireplace. Sliding doors there lead out to the deck, which has glass railing panels so nothing interrupts the view of the lake.
Built in 2000, the home has five bedrooms, four bathrooms and 3,901 square feet on a 0.28-acre lot. The kitchen has cherry cabinets, granite counters and professional stainless appliances, along with a large pantry fitted with built-ins. The primary suite catches the sunrise over the lake, and its bath has a jetted soaking tub, a separate shower and a walk-in closet. Two more bedrooms are upstairs, and the screened porch is a place to hear the waves on the shoreline.
The walkout lower level is where the home goes beyond the usual. It has a family room with a stone fireplace, a temperature-controlled wine cellar, a workshop and a Finnish sauna. There are also separate guest quarters with two bedrooms, a living room, a kitchenette and a bath. Outside, the grounds are professionally landscaped and irrigated, and a detached heated garage adds room for four cars to the attached two-car garage, for six spaces in all. Torch Lake is part of the Chain of Lakes, with miles of shoreline to explore.
Donald Fedrigon of REMAX Of Elk Rapids was the listing agent, and Drew Reynolds of Century 21 Northland-Elk Rapids represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $1,450,000 · 3512 Crystal Dr, Beulah, Michigan
The oldest home of the week is a 1927 cottage in Glen Eyrie on the north shore of Crystal Lake in Beulah. It sold for $1,450,000. The property has about 103 feet of frontage on the lake and a boathouse, and at 3.11 acres it is the largest lot in this Top 5. With 3,983 square feet, the cottage also has the most living area of the five.
Inside is the craftsmanship of another era: cedar walls, maple floors, original woodwork and a fieldstone fireplace. Big windows look out on the lake. Summer life moves outdoors to three screened porches and a dining area for the warm months, while the rear part of the cottage has been winterized for visits in fall and winter. According to the listing, the cottage was designed by an American designer and architect associated with Frank Lloyd Wright.
The record shows eight bedrooms and three bathrooms. Two of the bedrooms are nurseries, and the listing notes that not every bedroom is a conforming one.
Brooke Sowa of REO-TCBeulah-Frankfort- was the listing agent and also represented the buyer, so the same agent was on both sides of the sale.
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No. 4 — $1,333,000 · 11711 S West Bay Shore Dr, Traverse City, Michigan
In Greilickville, on the Leelanau County side of Traverse City, a one-story ranch on West Bay Shore Drive sold for $1,333,000. The 1960 home has 154 feet of private frontage on Grand Traverse Bay, where the sun comes up over the water, and it is minutes from Traverse City.
The home has three bedrooms, three bathrooms and 2,314 square feet on a 9,583-square-foot lot. Wood floors run through the living room and the bedrooms, and the living area centers on a gas fireplace, with large windows facing the bay. Outside the main level is a broad deck on the lake side. Downstairs, a finished walkout level adds room for guests, a home office or family time.
Joe Campo and Tim Schaub of Schaub Team Premier Realty were the listing agents, and Marissa Wege of Five Star Real Estate – Front St TC represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $1,075,000 · 4923 Lakeview Dr, Interlochen, Michigan
Green Lake, about 2,000 acres of quiet water near Interlochen, is the setting for the fifth sale. The home, in the Penn Lock Colony community, has level private frontage on the lake and sold for $1,075,000. Interlochen Arts Center is minutes away.
Built in 1979, the home has four bedrooms, two full baths and a half bath in 3,676 square feet on 0.39 acres. Oak floors and trim run through the rooms. A two-sided fireplace anchors the living room, where double French doors open to a deck that wraps around the home. There is a spacious dining room, and the kitchen has an island and a second cooktop. On the main level are a bedroom with its own bath, a powder room and a sun porch.
The primary bedroom is upstairs, with lake views, a gas fireplace and an office of its own. Two more bedrooms, a full bath and the laundry are on the same floor. Between the home and its insulated three-car garage, which has tall doors for boats and campers, are two heated bonus rooms.
Lexa Ferrill of REO-TCRandolph- was the listing agent and also represented the buyer, putting the same agent on both sides of the sale.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, November 1, 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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