Yesterday afternoon, Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty closed what is now the highest residential sale ever recorded in Northern Arizona (including Sedona and Flagstaff). The sale closed for $4.5 million. Check it out: 51 Moonlight Drive, Sedona.

Agent Ed Pennington, who was the top producing agent in all of Sedona for 2013, represented both the buyer and seller in this transaction. “In this particular transaction, this is without a doubt the happiest buyer and seller combination, I’ve ever represented,” says Pennington.  “I was representing the seller and then it struck me that I had a client in Tucson who this home might be a good fit for.   Within an hour of looking at the home, we had a signed contract.”