These Were The Top 10 Luxury Sales in Houston in 2025

UPDATED 1/7/26 12:30pm

It may be one of the country’s most sprawling metros, but Houston has a surprisingly narrow luxury market for single-family homes.

Nine of the 10 most expensive homes sold in Harris County this year are strung along the Buffalo Bayou, and five of these are within one square mile of each other in the River Oaks neighborhood. Contrast Travis County, home to the denser, more constricted city of Austin, where the top 10 deals fan out westward from downtown as far as Bee Cave and Horseshoe Bend, which are up to 20 miles away.

Dallas-Fort Worth rivals Space City in geographic grouping — none of the top 10 homes sold this year in the Metroplex is more than a mile and a half from the Dallas North Tollway — but Houston may be home to the clubbiest luxury resi market.

In Houston, the buyers and sellers of the top 10 deals shared 10 agents over just five brokerages. Austin and Dallas were far more diverse, with 18 different agents apiece represented in the top 10 deals for each city.

The home that topped the list reflects a trend that became more pronounced in Houston this year: As the wobbliness of the resi market finally infected the luxury set, some pockets were immune, including historic homes. The most expensive home sold in Houston in 2025 was built in 1938 by legendary Houston architect John Staub. Of the top ten, three were built in the last two years.

Here are the top 10 residential sales of the year in Harris County, based on TRD Data and Redfin. Since Texas is a non-disclosure state, the final sales prices aren’t public; the list is sorted by last listing price.

2110 River Oaks Boulevard, Houston | $19 million

This gated estate, which is one of the 31 River Oaks homes Staub designed between 1924 and 1958, sold in the hot season when it was asking $18.9 million, about $2,000 per square foot. The 9,400-square-foot main house, remodeled in 2000, shares 1.6 acres with a guest apartment and an entertainment pavilion built in 2012. The estate of Larry Brookshire, former owner of Fisk Electric, sold the property to philanthropists Martha Long and Sean Wade. Compass Real Estate agent Laura Sweeney represented the buyer and seller.

2307 River Oaks Boulevard, Houston | $16 million

Down the street is the silver medal sale, another River Oaks historic mansion. Steel industry mogul Daniel Benditz sold the 11,200-square-foot home built in 1952 to a trust in November. The six-bedroom, 10-bathroom home was last listed for $16 million, or about $1,400 per square foot. Compass’ Sweeney and Dee Dee Guggenheim Howes represented the parties in the transaction.

3996 Inverness Drive, Houston | $14 million

Inverness Drive fielded two of the year’s top sales in May, and Nan & Co founder Nancy Almodovar represented both listings. The first was a Tudoresque mansion at 3996 Inverness, which was listed for just under $14 million, or about $843 per square foot, when it sold. The six-bedroom, nine-bathroom home built in 2011 is the largest on the list, with more than 16,600 square feet. The property had previously been listed for $17.9 million in 2024.

1 Longfellow Lane, Houston | $10.6 million

An outlier among the top 10 homes, the five-bedroom, five-bathroom, 9,800-square-foot property at 1 Longfellow Lane is the only one south of I-69. The sellers, Kenneth and Cara Moczulski, were recognized by Preservation Houston in 2021 for restoring the home built in 1926, designed by Rice University architect and professor William Ward Watkin. Rancher and political donor Ashley Watt bought the property. The Moczulskis originally listed the home at $11.8 million in April 2023. Martha Turner Sotheby’s International Realty agent Victoria Minton had the listing, and Louise Carter represented the buyer.

11264 Memorial Drive, Houston | $10 million

This Piney Point spec mansion was built in 2024 by the seller, an entity managed by Ghandi Saad. Guggenheim Howes and fellow Compass agent Nasseim Saad shared the listing, and Guggenheim Howes also represented the buyers, Dani Bidros and Shaghayegh Nikkhah. The six-bedroom, nine-bathroom home sold on June 30 when it was listed for $10 million, which comes out to about $815 per square foot for the 12,200-square-foot property.

813 W Friar Tuck Lane, Houston | $10 million

Local custom builder Rob Ryan completed this home — that required the teardown of a home built in 1950 — in July and sold it to Robert Micah McDonald in September, according to public records. The 9,000-square-foot home is on a 1.7-acre lot on Friar Tuck Lane, a Memorial neighborhood street which frequently appears in coverage of Houston’s most expensive homes. The asking price amounts to about $1,100 per square foot. Sweeney represented both the buyer and the seller.

11321 Green Vale Drive, Houston | $9.8 million

Another spec mansion, the five-bedroom, six-bathroom home at 11321 Green Vale Drive was built by Thompson Custom Homes in 2024 and sold to Wilber and Judy Baker in February. At the time of the sale, the home was listed for $9.8 million, or about $900 per square foot for the 10,799-square-foot home.

4004 Inverness Drive, Houston | $8.85 million

Houston architect Charles Tapley designed the 1974 home at 4004 Inverness Drive, down the street from the third-most expensive home on the list. Jacquelyn Fisher, owner of Houston-based moving company 3 Men Movers, sold the property to Jentry Kelley and Kenneth Shawn Lynch in May. At the time of the sale, the seller asked $1,180 per square foot.

19 West Lane, Houston | $8.5 million

On a 0.9-acre lot, this five-bedroom, seven-bathroom, 10,800-square-foot home, built in 2000, was listed at $8.5 million when it sold, or about $785 per square foot. Yun Bo Li sold the property to Thomas and Barbara Skeuse in March, according to public records. Compass agent Mike Mahlstedt had the listing.

302 Timberwilde Lane, Houston | $8.25 million

The mid-century home at 302 Timberwilde Lane may just survive after being purchased by Kelly Barnhart, a local restaurateur with a background in art history. The house built in 1956 was marketed as a teardown opportunity, with William Wheless of Wheless Realty calling the 2.73-acre property “one of the last remaining building sites” on Timberwilde, a street whose other properties include the home at 412 Timberwilde, listed for $12.25 million, and the Lodge at Hunters Creek, a palatial estate asking $60 million. The house at 302 Timberwilde has six bedrooms, seven bathrooms and 7,400 square feet, making the asking price about $1,100 per square foot. Not bad for a teardown.

This story was updated to reflect that Louise Carter was the buyer’s agent for the sale of 1 Longfellow Lane.