At a time when broader home price growth has moderated in several regions, January’s most expensive publicly marketed residential transactions show that multimillion-dollar properties continue to close at significant price levels.
Data released by Homes.com, a brand of CoStar Group, details the top closed home sales across major US metropolitan markets at the start of 2026. The figures reflect publicly marketed transactions captured through multiple listing service (MLS) data.
Top 17 most expensive publicly marketed home sales in January 2026
Ranked by highest closed sale price:
- Miami, Florida – $33 million
- New York, New York – $29.5m
- Los Angeles, California – $23.5m
- San Diego, California – $22.3m
- Las Vegas, Nevada – $21m
- Seattle, Washington – $17.4m
- Phoenix, Arizona – $16.5m
- Boston, Massachusetts – $14.5m
- Denver, Colorado – $8.3m
- San Francisco, California – $8.1m
- Charlotte, North Carolina – $7.7m
- Tampa, Florida – $6.5m
- Nashville, Tennessee – $6m
- Washington, D.C. – $6m
- Atlanta, Georgia – $5.4m
- Chicago, Illinois – $5.1m
- Cleveland, Ohio – $3.5m
Miami recorded the highest publicly marketed sale in January, followed by New York City and Los Angeles. Several other coastal and Sun Belt markets also posted transactions exceeding $5m.
Houston’s luxury activity: List prices between $5.2m and $13m
Houston recorded notable high-end activity in January, with its five most expensive sales by list price ranging from $5.2m to $13m.
However, as Texas is a nondisclosure state, final sale prices are not publicly reported. As a result, only original list prices were available for analysis.
What the rankings represent — and their limits
The analysis reflects MLS data found on Homes.com and includes only publicly marketed transactions. It does not capture private or off-market deals, which are common in the uppermost tier of the market.
Even within those parameters, January’s data indicates continued demand for properties priced above $1m at the start of 2026.
Homes.com is described as the fastest-growing residential real estate marketplace and the second-largest portal in the United States. The platform is part of CoStar Group, a global provider of commercial real estate information, analytics, online marketplaces, and 3D digital twin technology.
The Homes.com Network reached 115 million average monthly unique visitors in the third quarter ending September 30, 2025, while CoStar Group’s websites collectively attracted more than 143 million average monthly unique visitors during the same period.
