The year in high-end home sales started off with a bang with a nearly $4 million deal in early January, and the dollar figures kept going up after that.
A mystery buyer from Roanoke was responsible for the year’s two priciest deals, selling a 10,000-square-foot house it had purchased last year while picking up a larger home nearby that set a new bar for residential real estate sales in the city.
Here are 2024’s top 10 sales, according to the Central Virginia Regional Multiple Listing Service and BizSense reports:
No. 10: 13285 Barkstone Court – $3.07 million
The 3-acre property is enclosed by a five-foot brick wall and features a circular walking path.
This 7,100-square-foot house in Goochland’s Rivergate community topped area sales in May, selling above its $2.45 million listing in March. SRMF daughter-and-mother team Kristin Beran Krupp and Sherry Beran represented seller Dave Beran, a former president and COO at tobacco giant Altria Group. Steele Group’s Carrie Robeson represented buyers Brandon and Hollis Daniels.
No. 9: 204 S. Mooreland Road – $3.5 million
The Mooreland Farms house includes a heated saltwater pool.
The priciest home sale in March turned heads for its per-square-foot sale price, which came close to the highest ever recorded in the area. The 5,700-square-foot house sold above its February list price in a deal that came out to $614 per square foot.
Steele Group’s Meg Grymes represented sellers John and Susan Steitz, and Cabell Childress with Long & Foster represented the mystery buyer, who purchased the house through an LLC. John Steitz is president and CEO of manufacturing firm Tredegar Corp.
No. 8: 4709 Pocahontas Ave. – $3.7 million
The Dutch colonial at 4709 Pocahontas Ave. was April’s second-priciest sale.
The 5,200-square-foot home in Westmoreland Place was the No. 2 sale in April, selling above its list price of $3.2 million in February. Steele Group’s Maria Brent listed the Dutch colonial for sellers Casey and Ashley Tischer. Casey is a co-founder of real estate investment firm Freehold Capital Management.
SRMF’s Katherine Hill represented buyers Jack and Katharine Hager. Jack is a son of the late John Hager, a former Virginia lieutenant governor and American Tobacco Co. executive.
No. 7: 213 Ampthill Road – $3.8 million
The colonial-style house at 213 Ampthill Road.
April’s No. 1 sale, the former residence of the late Brent and Lindsay Halsey, sold above its February listing at $3.59 million. The 7,600-square-foot house overlooking the river in Richmond’s Paxton neighborhood was listed by Steele Group’s Melanie Crittenden and Susan Jones. Buyers Charles and Martha Johnson were represented by SRMF’s Doug Dorsey.
No. 6: 13299 Beckford Lane – $3.9 million
The 11,400-square-foot house on a 6-acre lot in Rivergate was the top sale in January.
Totaling 11,400 square feet on 6 acres, the six-bedroom, seven-bathroom house in Rivergate sold below its original list price of $4.19 million. Long & Foster’s Pam Davis had the listing for the seller, an LLC tied to David McGeorge. McGeorge is the patriarch of the McGeorge family auto dealerships, which were sold in 2023.
Brian Walinski with Fathom Realty Richmond represented the buyers, Mario Baggio Carvalho and Renata Araujo Baggio Carvalho. Mario, who goes by Mario Baggio, is president and CEO of Alchemco, a local concrete waterproofing manufacturer.
No. 5: 4716 Charmian Road – $4.3 million
The house at 4716 Charmian Road sold at list price this month.
The 8,300-square-foot house in Westmoreland Place sold Dec. 18 at its list price of $4.3 million. Margaret Wade with Long & Foster had the listing, which hit the market in October. The sellers were Daniel and Kathryn LeBey, who had owned it since 2017.
A deed lists the buyer as a trustee for a trust that bears the home’s address as its name. Steele Group’s Anne Chewning represented the buyer.
No. 4: 29 Rio Vista Lane – $4.5 million
29 Rio Vista Lane sold in December at its $4.5 million list price.
Another Margaret Wade listing, the 5,900-square-foot house near the Country Club of Virginia sold Dec. 19, the day after the Long & Foster agent’s Charmian Road listing closed. The Rio Vista home likewise sold at its October list price and had been owned by Ronald and Linda Hochstein.
Whit Kern with Providence Hill Real Estate represented the mystery buyer, who purchased the 2.3-acre property with an LLC.
No. 3: 3831 River Road West – $4.9 million
The sprawling hunting preserve property surrounds a 4,800-square-foot house overlooking the James River valley.
The sprawling Orapax estate and preserve property in Goochland changed hands a year after it was put up for sale with a $7 million price tag. The 672-acre property a couple miles west of Courthouse Village was listed by Long & Foster’s Pam Diemer for the family of the late Andrew and Nancy Dykers, who established the preserve in the late 1980s.
The mystery buyer was represented by McLean Faulconer agent Philip Reed, who said the two partners behind the purchasing LLC plan to keep the property largely unchanged.
No. 2: 5105 Stratford Crescent – $7.5 million
The 10,000-square-foot house returned to the market less than a year after it last sold.
The 10,000-square-foot house in Richmond’s Hampton Gardens neighborhood sold in an all-cash purchase that was above the home’s July 31 list price of $6.75 million, and above its previous sale last fall at $6.25 million.
SRMF wife-and-husband team Holly and John Martin represented the seller LLC, while SRMF’s Mahood and Walker Fonville, also spouses, represented the buyer LLC tied to Karen and Scott Phillips. Scott Phillips is president of real estate firm Legacy Investment Holding Co.
No. 1: 5407 Cary Street Road – $9 million
The house at 5407 Cary Street Road was listed at $9.5 million.
The green-copper-roofed house set a high bar for area home sales in 2024, topping last year’s highest seller, the Sharp family estate. Totaling 12,500 square feet on a 2-acre lot, the seven-bedroom, 8½-bathroom house was built in 1916 and designed by noted Richmond architect Duncan Lee. It was renovated and expanded in 2016, with Mark Franko Custom Building completing the addition and upgrades that were designed by architecture firm 3North.
Steele Group’s Susie Benson handled the listing for sellers Drew and Julee Spitzer, while SRMF’s John Martin represented the buyer, an LLC based in Roanoke.
On the radar for 2025:
Keep an eye on 4803 Lockgreen Circle, which hit the market in November at $3.5 million. In western Henrico, 119 Countryside Lane hit the market in September at $3,1 million, while 8 Berkshire Drive was listed in November at $3.9 million.
Across the river in Chesterfield, 3937 Old Gun Road was listed in December at $3.2 million, while 10700 Darby Circle, a 50-year-old replica of a 1730s-era dwelling in Massachusetts, was taken off-market in late November after being listed in October at $1.8 million.
And downtown, the fate of the Ellen Glasgow House may finally become clear, as a sale of the 180-year-old property was pending in early December, nearly a year after it was most recently listed at $1.85 million. The price was reduced in June to $1.4 million. The 11,000-square-foot house originally was listed in 2020 for $3.5 million and returned to the market last year as a commercial listing.