These were Charlotte’s priciest home sales of the year

Not a month went by without a home sale exceeding $3 million in Mecklenburg County this year.

The most-expensive home sale reported so far this year was a home that fronts Lake Norman, in the 17800 block of Largo Place, which sold for $7.67 million on Dec. 5, the Charlotte Business Journal reported. It was the most-expensive MLS-listed home ever sold in Charlotte. An Eastover mansion that was not listed sold for $9.2 million in 2021, the outlet said.

A home in Cornelius, about 20 miles north of Charlotte, sold for $3.78 million in September, and homes in Cornelius and Charlotte’s Eastover neighborhood sold for $4.5 million in February.

Otherwise, the priciest homes exceeded $5 million for 10 months of the year.

Here are the most-expensive homes sold in Mecklenburg County, by month, in 2023, as compiled by the American Business Journals, via Canopy Realtor Association.

November
$7.6 million
7300 block of Baltusrol Lane

An LLC tied to Sonic Automotive CEO David Smith purchased this mansion on the Quail Hollow golf course for about $661 per square foot from former U.S. Rep. Robert Pittenger. It spans 11,500 square feet and has five bedrooms, six bathrooms and three half-baths. Built in 2009, it sits on a 1-acre lot. 

Linwood Bolles and Valérie Dulude of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty represented the buyer and seller.

October
$6.75 million
17200 block of Connor Quay Court

This 12,000-square-foot home on Lake Norman was featured in the 2006 spoof Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and it was purchased by a retired NASCAR driver, the outlet reported.

Kevin Harvick and his wife, DeLana, purchased the home for under $563 per square foot, and about 32 percent less than the original asking price of $9.9 million.

September
$3.78 million
18200 block of Capstan Greens Road

This 5,000-square-foot home in Charlotte’s Myers Park neighborhood sold for about $756 per square foot. The home was built in 1928 and sits on a half-acre lot. The identities of the buyer and seller weren’t reported.

August
$7.1 million
18400 block of Barnhardt Road

This home set a record for the most-expensive home sold in Davidson, about 20 miles north of Charlotte on Lake Norman. The price works out to almost $930 per square foot. The home was built in 2020, spans 7,600 square feet and sits on 15 acres. The buyer and seller weren’t identified.

July
$6.8 million
Bethelwood Lane in Cornelius

This home on Lake Norman sold for over $1,176 per square foot. Ben Bowen of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty had the listing, and he said it was the most expensive price per square foot for a house on Lake Norman. The buyer and seller weren’t identified.

June
$5.25 million
500 block of Brackenbury Lane

This was one of two homes in Mecklenburg County that sold for over $5 million in June, the outlet reported. The 7,500-square-foot home in Highland Forest was built by Kingswood Custom Homes in 2019, and it sold for $700 per square foot.

Liza Caminiti with Ivester Jackson Distinctive Properties | Christie’s International Real Estate had the listing, the outlet said. The buyer and seller weren’t identified.

May
$5 Million
13700 block of Sage Thrasher Lane

This home on Lake Wylie, built in 2019, spans 9,300 square feet and sits on nearly 4 acres in the Sanctuary, which is in Charlotte’s Steele Creek area. It sold for a little over $537 per square foot. David Hoffman of David Hoffman Realty had the listing. The buyer and seller weren’t identified.

April
$7.5 million
3900 block of Beresford Road

This 10,000-square-foot home, in the Foxcroft neighborhood of Charlotte, sold in an off-market transaction for almost $736 per square foot. It was built in 2013 after the lot sold for $945,000, the outlet said. The buyer and seller weren’t identified.

March
$5.5 million
400 block of Eastover Road

This home, built in 1957, is in Charlotte’s coveted Eastover neighborhood. The 7,000-square-foot home sold for almost $784 per square foot. Jocelyn Rose of Corcoran HM Properties had the listing. The buyer and seller weren’t identified.

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February
$4.5 million
400 block of Eastover Road in Charlotte and 18600 block of Bluff Point Road in Cornelius

Two homes sold at this price point in February. The Eastover home spans 5,400 square feet and sold for almost $832 per square foot. Victoria Mitchener of Dickens Mitchener Real Estate had that listing.

The Cornelius home, which sits on Lake Norman, spans a little over 5,500 square feet and sold for $813 per square foot. Steven W. Mosher of Re/Max Metro Realty had the listing. 

The buyers and sellers weren’t identified.

January
$5.85 million
3700 block of Pelham Lane

This home in Charlotte’s Foxcroft neighborhood spans nearly 7,800 square feet and sold for a little over $753 per square foot. It was built in 2022 by Chiott Custom Homes and sits on nearly an acre. The buyer and seller weren’t identified.

—Rachel Stone