A 1999 house on a private lot in Williamsville sold for $1,125,000, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Buffalo, New York metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026.
The week’s five highest-priced reported sales combined for $4.75 million and span Williamsville, Amherst, Clarence Center, East Amherst and Lancaster.
The houses behind them were built in 1973, 1999, 2005, 2007 and 2013, and in-ground pools come with the Clarence Center, East Amherst and Lancaster properties. Karen Baker Levin of Howard Hanna Wny Inc. held the listing on two of them.
No. 1 — $1,125,000 · 84 Beresford Ct, Williamsville, New York
A four-bedroom house on a private lot at 84 Beresford Ct in Williamsville sold for $1,125,000 on August 11, 2026, the highest reported home sale price in the Buffalo metro area that week. Built in 1999, the residence carries four full and two half bathrooms across a reported 3,874 square feet.
A two-story foyer opens onto a den with built-ins, a living room, a dining room and a sunroom with a fireplace. The kitchen is scaled for entertaining and finished with granite, and the family room carries high ceilings, two-story windows and a fireplace of its own.
Mechanical updates run through the house: two central air conditioning units installed in 2024, two updated high-efficiency furnaces, a whole-house water softener, a backup generator, an alarm system, wired speakers, central vacuum and an in-ground sprinkler system. The private back yard holds a fire pit area and a hot tub, served by a new water heater, and the property sits minutes from village shopping, dining and parks. It previously changed hands for $685,000 in 2014.
Stephanie A Grillo and Michele Lynch of Hunt Real Estate ERA were the listing agents. The transaction ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Top 5 reported home sales for the Buffalo, New York metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026, and it went under contract 4 days after the current listing date before closing at its full asking price. Karen Baker Levin of Howard Hanna Wny Inc. represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $980,000 · 47 Lockhart Cir, Amherst, New York
The metro’s second-highest reported price of the week went to Amherst, where a 2005 house at 47 Lockhart Cir changed hands for $980,000 in a closing dated August 10, 2026. It stands at the end of a cul-de-sac on a professionally landscaped, park-like lot, with four bedrooms and a reported 3,609 square feet.
A two-story foyer opens the first floor, which holds a den, a formal dining room and a kitchen with abundant cabinetry, built-ins and a sun-filled eating area. A gas fireplace anchors the family room, and the lower level is fitted out with a bar, a play area and a bathroom. The primary suite upstairs has a fireplace of its own, a walk-in closet and a full bathroom. A private patio opens off the back, part of outdoor work done in 2021; the roof dates to 2022 and two furnaces and two air conditioning units to 2024. The property previously changed hands for $580,000 in 2015.
Karen Baker Levin of Howard Hanna Wny Inc. was the listing agent. The sale went under contract 2 days after the current listing date and closed $30,100 above its final asking price of $949,900, and Levin has appeared in an earlier RealtyWire Top 5 roundup for this metro. Laura J Nightingale of MJ Peterson Real Estate Inc. represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $961,000 · 8630 Northfield Rd, Clarence Center, New York
8630 Northfield Rd sits on 1.33 acres in Clarence Center, within the Clarence School District, and closed August 11, 2026 at $961,000. The 2013 house holds five bedrooms across a reported 3,217 square feet.
The open first floor centers on a kitchen built around a 10-foot quartzite island with stainless steel appliances, and white oak and black walnut hardwood runs through the house alongside tile. A 16-foot atrium-style sliding glass door lights the dining area, and the living room carries built-in bookcases, a gas fireplace with a tile surround and shiplap accents. A flex room and an office sit on the main level under 9-foot ceilings, with smart lighting and a Nest thermostat. The primary suite upstairs has a walk-in closet and a bathroom with Carrara marble double vanity countertops, a soaking tub and an oversized shower.
Outdoors, a 20-by-40-foot in-ground pool with a sun shelf and a custom spillover spa is paired with a 450-square-foot pool house holding a refrigerator, a changing room and a covered dining area. A stamped concrete patio carries a built-in gas fire pit and seating within landscaped grounds, minutes from Transit Road.
Enas L Latif of Hunt Real Estate ERA was the listing agent. The transaction ranked No. 3 in RealtyWire’s weekly Buffalo, New York metro area Top 5, went under contract 7 days after the current listing date and closed $61,010 above its final asking price of $899,990. Camille A Colvin of Hunt Real Estate ERA represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $850,000 · 46 Ascot Cir, East Amherst, New York
In East Amherst, a 1973 house at 46 Ascot Cir sold for $850,000 on August 13, 2026. It occupies a cul-de-sac lot in the Williamsville school district and holds four bedrooms across a reported 3,090 square feet.
A grand entranceway opens onto a private den, formal living and dining rooms, and a kitchen with custom cabinetry, granite counters and a breakfast bar. A fireplace anchors the family room. Upstairs, the owner’s suite has a walk-in closet and a new spa-like bathroom, and the lower level is partially built out.
The back yard is arranged for entertaining, with gardens, an in-ground pool about five years old, a pool house with a half bathroom, a covered patio with heaters, an outdoor kitchen and a two-sided fireplace. The furnace, air conditioning and tankless water heater are a little over two years old, and the siding, windows, generator and garage door have all been replaced. The property previously changed hands for $240,000 in 2004.
Karen Baker Levin of Howard Hanna Wny Inc. was the listing agent. Levin held the listing side on two of this week’s five highest-priced reported sales in the metro; this one went under contract 3 days after the current listing date and closed $14,500 above its final asking price of $835,500. Bethany Botzenhart of Howard Hanna Wny Inc. represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $835,000 · 27 Chicory Ln, Lancaster, New York
The ranking finishes in Lancaster, where 27 Chicory Ln backs onto a private pond and a protected nature preserve. The 2007 house recorded an August 11, 2026 closing at $835,000 and holds four bedrooms across a reported 2,800 square feet.
A renovation rebuilt the kitchen around custom KraftMaid cabinetry, Monogram appliances, granite surfaces, a 12-foot gathering island with an integrated breakfast table and a coffee bar. According to the listing, new hickory hardwood flooring and smart lighting run throughout, and the house holds two custom home offices with built-in cabinetry and hidden outlets. The basement was built out for entertaining, with a full-service bar, a fitness area and a home theater wired with Klipsch THX architectural speakers and a Denon receiver and amplifier.
Outdoors, an in-ground pool has a new heater, a salt chlorination system and new filtration equipment, and a hot tub looks out over the pond and the preserve. The property previously changed hands for $540,000 in 2020.
Vanessa Marino of Keller Williams Realty Wny was the listing agent. The sale ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Top 5 reported home sales for the Buffalo, New York metro area for the week ending August 16, 2026, went under contract 9 days after the current listing date and closed $85,100 above its final asking price of $749,900. Dawn V Nowak of Keller Williams Realty Wny represented the buyer.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 16, 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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