These are the highest-priced home sales reported in the Scranton-Wilkes-Barre area for the week ending October 4, 2026, and together the five came to $3.55 million.
Four of the sales were in Lackawanna County, spread across Gouldsboro, Moscow, Elmhurst Township and Thornhurst, and the fifth was in Mountain Top, in Luzerne County. The group takes in country properties on several acres, a remodeled split-level with a pool and a waterfront home in a small private community.
No. 1 — $850,000 · 31 Holly Ln, Gouldsboro, Pennsylvania
The top sale of the week was a ranch-style home at 31 Holly Lane in the Pine Grove Acres neighborhood of Gouldsboro, which sold for $850,000. Built in 2012 on 2.60 acres at a cul-de-sac location, it is a one-story home of 7,621 square feet with six bedrooms and five bathrooms, three full and two half. A circular driveway leads to a stone and vinyl-sided exterior and a heated attached garage, and the home is in the North Pocono School District.
Inside, coffered ceilings and a stone fireplace set the tone of the main living space, where a pair of French doors opens to a four-season room. The kitchen has cherry cabinets, granite counters and a large walk-in pantry, with a dining area beside it. The primary suite includes a jetted tub and a large walk-in closet. Geothermal heating serves the home.
Below, a full finished basement was built out almost as a second residence for guests or extended family, with its own family room, bar and dining room, a second kitchen and a generous amount of storage. Outdoors, a Pennsylvania bluestone patio of about 4,500 square feet includes an outdoor kitchen with granite counters and a gas grill, along with a hot tub and a fire pit, and a waterfall runs on the private, cleared lot.
Janine Marie Senofonte of Revolve Real Estate was the listing agent for the week’s highest-priced sale.
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No. 2 — $805,000 · 100 Highland Rd, Moscow, Pennsylvania
At 100 Highland Road in the Summit Woods neighborhood of Moscow, a traditional-style home built in 2023 sold for $805,000. The property last sold for $33,000 in 2020, before the current home was built. The two-story home has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and 3,650 square feet on a wooded corner lot of 3.75 acres, finished outside in stone and vinyl siding.
A covered front porch leads to an entrance foyer and an open floor plan. The great room rises two stories to high ceilings and has a stone fireplace fueled by propane. There is an eat-in kitchen with custom cabinets, quartz counters and an island, a large formal dining room and a home office, and a mudroom with built-in bench seating sits just off the side entrance. One bedroom is on the main floor. Upstairs, the primary suite has a walk-in closet, a tiled bath and its own sitting area, and the upper floor also has three more bedrooms and a laundry area.
The basement walks out to the yard and has 9-foot ceilings and plumbing roughed in for a bathroom, and the home has a backup propane generator. A rear deck looks out over the landscaped yard.
Noah A Doncses of Cobblestone Real Estate LLC was the listing agent, and Timothy Bethel of NASSER REAL ESTATE, INC. represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $650,000 · 649 Gardner Rd, Elmhurst Township, Pennsylvania
A split-level home at 649 Gardner Road in Elmhurst Township sold for $650,000. Built in 1978 and since remodeled throughout, it has five bedrooms, three bathrooms and 3,358 square feet over three levels on 0.95 of an acre. The listing says large neighboring parcels on two sides are not expected to be developed, and the home is in the North Pocono School District.
The stone and stucco exterior opens to a foyer with high ceilings and large-format tile. On one level, a bright living area opens to the kitchen, which has a breakfast bar, and a bedroom sits off to one side. A second living room has a stone wood-burning fireplace and its own way into the kitchen, and it leads out to the covered rear patio and the pool. The primary suite, on the upper level, has a private bath and a balcony, and two more bedrooms and a full bath share that floor. The finished lower level adds a family room, a laundry with a sink and a fifth bedroom with a walk-in closet, with direct access to the patio and backyard.
Outside, a fenced in-ground pool shares the level, wooded yard with a basketball court and a fire pit. The garage is now used as a workout room, and a carport covers parking.
Heather L Meagher of RE/MAX Best was the listing agent, and Pat Rogan of The Hub Real Estate Group Scranton represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $643,500 · 94 Aleksander Blvd, Mountain Top, Pennsylvania
The home at 94 Aleksander Boulevard in Mountain Top, the only sale on the list in Luzerne County, went under contract three days after it was listed and sold for $643,500, above its asking price of $639,900. The property last sold for $450,850 in 2022. The listing agent for this sale could not be verified.
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No. 5 — $599,900 · 71 Ursus Dr, Thornhurst, Pennsylvania
Lake and mountain views come with the home at 71 Ursus Drive in Thornhurst, a waterfront property of 1.20 wooded acres in a private community of 19 homes. Residents share access to the lake and may hunt on the community’s 600 acres, and the property also has direct access to State Game Lands.
The home dates to 1912 and was extensively renovated in 2012, a project that took in the plumbing, wiring, heating and a fully remodeled kitchen. Its interior has wood-paneled walls and vaulted ceilings with exposed beams, and large windows look out toward the lake. A stone fireplace anchors the great room. The two-story home has four bedrooms, two bathrooms, one full and one half, and 2,102 square feet, with a formal dining room, a family room on the main level, a mudroom and hardwood floors. A covered porch, a deck, a fire pit and a barn round out the grounds.
The home went under contract 27 days after it was listed and sold for $599,900, its full asking price. Nick Smith and Elizabeth A. Meilinger, both of Coldwell Banker Hearthside, were the listing agents.
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RealtyWire selected these transactions from publicly reported residential sales identified for the calendar week ending Sunday, October 4, 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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