The five highest-priced home sales reported in Reading & Berks County, Pennsylvania for the week ending November 1, 2026 added up to $3.501 million. Birdsboro accounted for two of them, including the top sale, and the others were in Reading, Alburtis and Mertztown.
The homes were built between 1998 and 2020, and four of the five have four bedrooms. Four are two-story homes, and the fifth is a one-story home.
No. 1 — $850,000 · 57 Livingstone Dr, Birdsboro, Pennsylvania
The week’s top sale was a home built in 2020 in Robeson Township, within the Twin Valley School District, and it sold for $850,000. It is the newest of the five, and it also has the largest lot, at 4.33 acres, and the most living space, at 5,929 square feet.
Inside, the living room centers on a stone gas fireplace with a mantel made from a barn beam 118 years old. The kitchen has upgraded stainless steel appliances and a walk-in pantry. The second floor has four bedrooms, a laundry room and a loft with views, and the primary suite has a large walk-in closet and a tiled walk-in shower. The home has four bathrooms, two full and two half. Downstairs, the finished lower level adds a recreation area, built-in storage and a half bath behind a barn door, and the pool table and workout equipment were included in the sale.
Outdoors there is a private, landscaped in-ground saltwater pool and a large deck with built-in lighting and an attached fire pit. The oversized two-car garage has upgraded doors and a Jeep lift, and plantation-style shutters dress the front of the home.
The home went under contract five days after it was listed and sold for $50,100 above its $799,900 asking price. Susan McFadden of Keller Williams Platinum Realty – Wyomissing was the listing agent, and Austin Cerankowski of BHHS Homesale Realty- Reading Berks represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $730,000 · 128 Great Bend Way, Reading, Pennsylvania
Greth custom built this Colonial in Wheatfield Run in 2007, on a private lot of 1.75 acres in Reading. It sold for $730,000. The property last sold for $440,688 in 2007, the year the home was built.
Vaulted ceilings rise over the front foyer and continue into the family room, which adjoins the kitchen. The kitchen has an island, under-cabinet lighting and a breakfast nook, and there is a formal dining room as well as a gas fireplace. Oak hardwood floors, crown molding and recessed lighting on dimmers run through the main rooms. The home has four bedrooms and four bathrooms, two full and two half, and the primary suite includes a walk-in closet, a jetted tub and a separate walk-in shower.
Of the home’s 4,320 square feet, 1,340 are in the finished lower level, which was finished only after three full coats of waterproofing sealant had been applied. A larger-than-standard two-car garage faces the side.
The home went under contract 26 days after it was listed. Kim Marks and Ralph W. Marks, both of Coldwell Banker Realty, were the listing agents, and Kelly Spayd of Keller Williams Platinum Realty – Wyomissing represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $695,000 · 1108 S Barbara Dr, Alburtis, Pennsylvania
Set on 3.75 sloping acres in Alburtis, outside any subdivision and with panoramic views of hills and valley, this Dutch Colonial sold for $695,000. Built in 1998, it is the oldest of the five homes.
A bespoke staircase rises from the main foyer. The kitchen pairs raised-panel cabinetry with Vermont soapstone countertops and a deep farmhouse sink, and its large center island is topped with bird’s-eye maple. Solid pine floors and Rumford fireplaces give the formal living and dining areas their character. Upstairs, the primary bedroom has its own fireplace, a sitting area and a large walk-in closet. The home has three bedrooms, three bathrooms, two full and one half, and 2,972 square feet, along with a game room, a home office, a wet bar, radiant heated floors and a partially finished walk-out basement.
Much of the property’s appeal is outside. A detached carriage-style garage, covered in climbing ivy, has a brick and siding exterior, a cedar shake roof, a cupola and carriage doors; inside it is finished with recessed lighting and has an indoor and outdoor dog kennel run. The English-style gardens include an outdoor brick fireplace and brick courtyards, and a small shed there has a fish-scale shingle roof.
The property last sold for $53,000 in 1996, before the current house was built.
The home went under contract nine days after it was listed. Rebecca L. Francis and Jonny Hrab Jr, both of BHHS Fox & Roach Center Valley, were the listing agents, and Brad L. Kleckner of Weichert Realtors – Allentown represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $626,000 · 120 Cider Mill Rd, Mertztown, Pennsylvania
The stone ranch on Cider Mill Road in Mertztown went under contract two days after it was listed, faster than any other home in this group, and sold for $626,000. Built in 2010 on 2.04 flat acres on a cul-de-sac, it is the only one-story home of the five, and it is convenient to Routes 100 and 222 and to Bear Creek Mountain Resort.
The main level has an open plan, with hardwood floors through the living room, dining area and kitchen. The kitchen has a center island and stainless steel appliances, and a slider in the dining area opens to a Trex deck. A family room off the living room connects to the oversized attached two-car garage. The primary suite has its own door to the deck, a walk-in closet and a bathroom with a whirlpool tub and a separate shower, while two more bedrooms and a second full bathroom sit on the opposite side of the home.
The finished walk-out lower level is laid out to work as an in-law suite, with a family and recreation room, a kitchenette with a wet sink, the fourth bedroom and a full bathroom with an oversized tiled shower. In all, the home has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and 3,358 square feet. The property last sold for $272,000 in 2010.
The home sold for $46,100 above its $579,900 asking price. Frank J. Mastroianni and Rob Sandoval, both of Real of Pennsylvania, were the listing agents.
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No. 5 — $600,000 · 480 Pathfinder Dr, Birdsboro, Pennsylvania
A brick and vinyl Traditional in Pathfinder Woods in Birdsboro, built in 2001, sold for $600,000. It sits on a wooded lot of 1.26 acres on a cul-de-sac in Exeter Township, with a fenced backyard and a three-car side-entry garage, the most garage space among the five.
The main level includes a professional office suite with sound-buffering walls, a private office, a waiting room, a half bath and its own exterior entrance. Elsewhere on that floor, a two-story foyer opens to formal living and dining rooms with hardwood floors and nine-foot ceilings. The family room has a marble gas fireplace and a door to the patio, and the eat-in kitchen has Corian countertops, a five-burner gas stove and a walk-in pantry, with a butler’s pantry as well. A surround-sound system runs through the main level and into the primary suite.
The primary suite, on the second floor, has a private sitting room, a walk-in closet and its own bathroom, and three more bedrooms share a hall bathroom. The walk-out basement adds a recreation room, a kitchen area, a half bath and a bonus room. The home has 5,346 square feet and five bathrooms, two full and three half, the most of the five. The property last sold for $261,500 in 2001.
The home went under contract 29 days after it was listed. Mary Brickner of RE/MAX Of Reading was the listing agent, and Jeffrey Hogue of Keller Williams Realty Group represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, November 1, 2026. The report may exclude private, off-market, delayed or nondisclosed transactions. Prices, property details and professional representation are reported as available at publication and may be updated following confirmation from transaction participants.
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