A five-bedroom house on 6.34 acres of park-like grounds in Clifton Park sold for $1.10 million, the highest-priced home sale publicly reported in the Albany, New York metro area for the week ending August 9, 2026. The five leading closings reported across the metro that week combined for $4.60 million in Albany-area real estate.
The sales were recorded in Clifton Park, East Greenbush, Saratoga Springs, Ballston Spa and Delmar, and build years across the group run from 1988 to a 2026 completion in The Meadows at Eastpointe. Each of the five closed at or above its final asking price, and each went under contract within 30 days of its current listing date.
No. 1 — $1,100,000 · 766 Waite Road, Clifton Park, New York
A 6.34-acre property produced the week’s highest reported sale in the metro. The five-bedroom house at 766 Waite Road, roughly 10 minutes from the center of Clifton Park, closed on August 3, 2026 for $1,100,000. Built in 1988 and updated since, it carries four bathrooms and a reported 3,176 square feet.
A custom chef’s kitchen is built around a large island, with stainless steel appliances and custom cabinetry, and gas fireplaces sit in both the formal living room and the dining room. Hardwood floors run through the house, including every upstairs bedroom. A first-floor bedroom opens to its own deck, laundry sits on the main level, and the primary suite adds deck sliders, a walk-in closet and an ensuite bath. The finished basement holds a further bedroom, a full bath and a recreation room.
Outdoors, a heated in-ground saltwater pool anchors a paver patio, with a fully equipped outdoor kitchen and a pergola alongside and a pond on the grounds. Two new outbuildings provide storage and hobby room, and the house carries a newer roof, an updated septic system and a basement system. The property previously changed hands for $740,000 in 2022.
Karen Totino of Monticello was the listing agent. Stephanie Donato of Coldwell Banker Prime Properties represented the buyer. The house went under contract 21 days after the current listing date and closed $5,000 above its final asking price of $1,095,000, and the $1,100,000 transaction ranked No. 1 in RealtyWire’s Albany Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 2 — $925,000 · 12 Thoroughbred Drive, East Greenbush, New York
A contemporary house at the end of a cul-de-sac in East Greenbush took the No. 2 position. Set on a private 1.65-acre lot surrounded by trees, 12 Thoroughbred Drive traded for $925,000, and the transaction closed August 4, 2026. Completed in 2010, the five-bedroom home carries four bathrooms and a reported 3,017 square feet.
A large great room on the main level looks over the backyard through tall windows, above refinished cherry hardwood floors. The kitchen is fitted with double ovens and custom granite countertops, and the primary bedroom sits on the first floor. Upstairs are three more bedrooms and a full bath.
The lower level runs to a bedroom, a family room, a game room with a kitchenette, an office and a bonus room suited to a gym or playroom, and it walks out to a stone patio with a built-in pergola. A small pond with a waterfall sits on the grounds. The property previously changed hands for $81,000 in 2009, before the current residence was completed in 2010.
Ryan J Bakerian of Heartland Home Properties, LLC was the listing agent. Alvis Milligan of Vera Cohen Realty, LLC represented the buyer. The house went under contract 8 days after the current listing date and closed at its full asking price, a $925,000 result that ranked No. 2 in RealtyWire’s Albany Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week.
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No. 3 — $861,010 · 15 Brookhaven Court, Saratoga Springs, New York
New construction accounted for the metro’s No. 3 reported sale. The house at 15 Brookhaven Court, in The Meadows at Eastpointe in Saratoga Springs, was completed in 2026 and sold for $861,010 in a closing dated August 7, 2026. It has four bedrooms, three bathrooms and a reported 2,442 square feet.
The house went under contract 7 days after the current listing date, and the sale closed $122,010 above its final asking price of $739,000.
Kerry Loiselle of Sterling Real Estate Group was the listing agent. Loiselle represented both sides of the transaction, acting for the buyer as well as the seller. The $861,010 result ranked No. 3 in RealtyWire’s Albany Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 4 — $860,000 · 9 Benedict Court, Ballston Spa, New York
A reported 3,261 square feet fills a 2005 house at 9 Benedict Court in Ballston Spa, which closed on August 4, 2026 for $860,000. The five-bedroom property sits on a cul-de-sac lot of about three-quarters of an acre and carries three bathrooms.
Vaulted ceilings rise over the open main floor, which flows into a kitchen with a walk-in pantry and a breakfast nook. The first-floor primary suite has oversized windows, a recently remodeled bath and a walk-in closet, and the laundry area adds storage, a full-sized sink and an attached mudroom. Upstairs, a loft sits alongside four bedrooms and a full bath, while the basement adds gathering room and a Bilco door to the yard.
The fully fenced backyard carries a heated in-ground pool behind its own separate pool fence, along with a hot tub. The property previously changed hands for $397,500 in 2014.
Meghan O’Connor of KW Platform was the listing agent. Emily Peltier of Howard Hanna Capital Inc represented the buyer. The property went under contract 9 days after the current listing date and closed $71,000 above its final asking price of $789,000, placing O’Connor at the listing side of the metro’s No. 4 reported sale for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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No. 5 — $850,000 · 48 Egmont Court, Delmar, New York
Haswell Farms rounded out the metro’s list. A 2002 house at 48 Egmont Court in Delmar, bordered by homeowners association woods and tree-lined side boundaries, sold for $850,000 in a transaction recorded August 6, 2026. It has four bedrooms, four bathrooms and a reported 2,751 square feet.
Cathedral ceilings rise in the foyer and the great room, which sits on an open floor plan with a gas fireplace and new hardwood floors across the first level. The kitchen and great room have been renovated, laundry sits on the first floor, and the primary bedroom has an ensuite bath. A large finished basement adds optional-use rooms, and the two-car garage carries a new epoxy floor and a built-in workbench.
Outside, a heated in-ground saltwater pool with a new liner sits beside a paver patio, with privacy landscaping, a gas fire pit and a large shed on the grounds. Listing materials place the house in the Bethlehem school district, on a low-traffic cross street. The property previously changed hands for $390,000 in 2014.
Gary R Pollard and Judith Gabler of Gabler Realty, LLC were the listing agents. Jennifer C Bergeron of Four Seasons Sothebys International Realty represented the buyer. The house went under contract one day after the current listing date and closed $75,100 above its final asking price of $774,900, and the $850,000 sale ranked No. 5 in RealtyWire’s Albany Metro Area Top 5 home sales for the week ending August 9, 2026.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, August 9, 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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