North Ridge has quietly muscled its way to the top of Raleigh’s housing heap, now home to two of the city’s highest priced active listings: a Barcroft Place estate asking $9.5 million and a newly built North Ridge Drive mega-home listed at $8.5 million. Both properties sit on golf-course lots inside North Ridge Country Club and show how custom builders have dragged the very top of Raleigh’s market north, with a cluster of Parade of Homes scale projects and bespoke rebuilds putting North Ridge at the center of the city’s luxury chatter.
That shift was documented by Triangle Business Journal, which notes the neighborhood now claims Raleigh’s two priciest active listings and reports that interest in North Ridge “has surged in the last eight to 10 years.” Local brokers told the paper that high end buyers want lots that can handle full amenity programs, including pools, indoor courts and expansive outdoor living, without having to leave the city limits.
Top listings are in North Ridge
Listings on Redfin show 1208 Barcroft Place priced at $9.5 million and 7005 N Ridge Drive at $8.5 million, which puts both properties at the top of Raleigh’s active price sheet. Realtor.com’s detailed listing for 7005 North Ridge Drive describes an 11,913-square-foot presale plan with nine bathrooms and direct golf-course frontage, with listing materials playing up turnkey luxury alongside room for buyer customization during presale.
Builders, amenities and the Parade of Homes boost…