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Birmingham, Alabama Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Pine Harbor Lake House Sells for $1.65 Million

A lakefront house in Pell City's Pine Harbor community sold for $1.65 million, the highest-priced home sale reported in the Birmingham, Alabama metro area for the week ending September 6, 2026.

Birmingham, Alabama Metro Area Top 5 Home Sales: Pine Harbor Lake House Sells for $1.65 Million

The 2016-built house at 220 Viewpoint Circle went under contract 9 days after the current listing date, and its level, landscaped lot runs down to a private boathouse at the water’s edge.

The week’s five highest-priced reported sales in the Birmingham metro area combined for $7.30 million and span Pine Harbor, Cherokee Bend, Greystone and Bluff Park. Janice Folmar of ARC Realty 280 represented the listing side of two of this week’s five highest-priced reported sales, both of them in Greystone.

No. 1 — $1,650,000 · 220 Viewpoint Cir, Pell City, Alabama

Top home sale No. 1 in the Birmingham, Alabama metro area β€” 220 Viewpoint Cir, Pell City, Alabama, week ending September 6, 2026

At 220 Viewpoint Circle in Pine Harbor, a lakeside community in Pell City, a three-bedroom house built in 2016 brought $1,650,000 β€” $155,000 above its final asking price of $1,495,000. The sale closed August 31, and the property, with a reported 5,132 square feet, previously changed hands for $1,200,000 in 2021.

The main level holds the primary suite, with two guest suites upstairs, each with a private bath, plus a den with a kitchenette. Open living, dining and sitting areas share high ceilings with exposed beams and a floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, and the kitchen carries an oversized island and a butler’s pantry, backed by a laundry room with a sink and a second refrigerator. Outside, a wraparound covered patio with remote-controlled roll-up screens and a second fireplace looks out on the lake.

The $1,650,000 closing put Nicole Anderson of Lake Homes Realty of West Alabama at the listing side of the highest-priced reported transaction in RealtyWire’s Birmingham Metro Area Top 5 for the week.

Nicole Anderson of Lake Homes Realty of West Alabama was the listing agent. Julie Luker of Keller Williams Pell City represented the buyer.

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No. 2 — $1,501,150 · 4400 Fredericksburg Dr, Birmingham, Alabama

Top home sale No. 2 in the Birmingham, Alabama metro area β€” 4400 Fredericksburg Dr, Birmingham, Alabama, week ending September 6, 2026

In Cherokee Bend, a four-bedroom house from 1970 at 4400 Fredericksburg Drive closed September 2 for $1,501,150 β€” $106,150 above its final asking price of $1,395,000 β€” after going under contract 7 days after the current listing date.

The house sits on a corner lot of nearly half an acre with private landscaping and a reported 4,494 square feet. Hardwood floors run from the living room into the formal dining room, and wood beams carry from the open kitchen, with its large island, into the great room, where a brick grill and pizza oven, a wet bar and double doors connect the indoor and outdoor entertaining areas. A window-lined den adds a second fireplace, built-ins and its own wet bar, and the main level holds two primary suites β€” one with a sitting area, soaking tub, dual vanities and a large walk-in closet β€” along with two more bedrooms. An office and a large bonus room occupy the upstairs, and a stone patio, fire pit and grill area sit out back.

The closing marks Jane Huston Crommelin’s second appearance in a RealtyWire Top 5 roundup for the Birmingham metro.

Jane Huston Crommelin of Ray & Poynor Properties was the listing agent. Jacob Dorsett of RealtySouth-MB-Cahaba Rd represented the buyer.

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No. 3 — $1,450,000 · 408 McCormack Way, Birmingham, Alabama

Top home sale No. 3 in the Birmingham, Alabama metro area β€” 408 McCormack Way, Birmingham, Alabama, week ending September 6, 2026

A six-bedroom custom house at 408 McCormack Way in the gated Greystone community sold for $1,450,000, closing September 1 after going under contract 18 days after the current listing date. Built in 2002 with a reported 7,114 square feet, the property previously changed hands for $975,000 in 2005.

A two-story foyer opens to a mahogany-paneled study, a formal living room with a fireplace, a great room with a stone fireplace and a keeping room with a fireplace of its own. The kitchen carries stone detail, a gas cooktop and new appliances, and the main-level primary suite pairs its own fireplace and trey ceiling with a morning cafe and two large closets. A sunroom off the kitchen leads to a covered porch overlooking the private pool, hot tub and professionally landscaped yard. Four bedrooms, three full baths, a flex space and a second laundry room fill the upstairs, while the lower level holds a paneled second den, a second kitchen, a wine cellar and a three-car garage with a car lift, all on a cul-de-sac street.

Janice Folmar of Arc Realty 280 was the listing agent.

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No. 4 — $1,350,000 · 617 Sanders Rd, Birmingham, Alabama

Top home sale No. 4 in the Birmingham, Alabama metro area β€” 617 Sanders Rd, Birmingham, Alabama, week ending September 6, 2026

In Bluff Park, a 1986 house on four acres at 617 Sanders Road sold for $1,350,000, closing September 3, and ranked No. 4 in RealtyWire’s Birmingham Metro Area Top 5 for the week.

The six-bedroom residence carries a reported 7,048 square feet, with high ceilings, a dedicated study, a dining room, a sitting room and two bonus rooms. The kitchen is built around a large island and a walk-in pantry, and a screened porch and an open deck overlook the grounds. The property also includes a roughly 3,000-square-foot brick warehouse.

Harold Collins of eXp Realty, LLC Central was the listing agent.

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No. 5 — $1,349,000 · 300 Woodward Ct, Birmingham, Alabama

Top home sale No. 5 in the Birmingham, Alabama metro area β€” 300 Woodward Ct, Birmingham, Alabama, week ending September 6, 2026

On the No. 6 hole of the Legacy golf course in Greystone, a five-bedroom house at 300 Woodward Court sold for $1,349,000, closing September 4 at its full asking price after going under contract 19 days after the current listing date. Built in 2007 with a reported 5,423 square feet, the property previously changed hands for $1,199,000 in 2023.

Castle-gate doors and a limestone archway mark the entry, which opens to a large dining room and a two-story great room with a fireplace. The kitchen was remodeled with custom nine-foot quartz countertops in 2026 and new appliances in 2024, and the breakfast room looks out on the golf course. The main-level primary suite includes an office alcove and an oversized bath with diamond-shaped windows, and a second bedroom with a full bath sits on the main level as well. A daylight basement adds an in-law suite, a rec room with a fireplace, a gym and a second dining area opening to a lower patio, and a covered deck overlooks the professionally landscaped, fenced yard. A Generac generator was added in 2024.

The sale gave Janice Folmar of ARC Realty 280 her second listing among this week’s five highest-priced reported sales in the metro.

Janice Folmar of Arc Realty 280 was the listing agent. Melvin Upchurch of List Birmingham represented the buyer.

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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, September 6, 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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