These are the highest-priced home sales reported in the Syracuse, New York metro area for the week ending October 4, 2026. Together the five sales came to $4.128 million. All five are single-family homes in Onondaga County, and agents at Howard Hanna Real Estate listed four of them.
No. 1 — $1,060,000 · 26 E Elizabeth St, Skaneateles, New York
The week’s top sale was a home in the village of Skaneateles that was built in 1890 and has since been rebuilt from the foundation up. It sold for $1,060,000. The two-story home has four bedrooms, two full baths and a half bath, and 2,400 square feet on a pie-shaped lot of 0.28 acres.
The home has a front porch made for sitting. Inside, white oak floors run through the living and dining areas of an open plan, and large windows bring in daylight. The kitchen has CraftMaid cabinets, quartz counters and a big center island with extra storage and seats. A laundry and pantry area sits just off the kitchen. The entry from the heated garage is set up as a mudroom, with shiplap walls, a built-in bench and a half bath.
Upstairs, the primary suite has a walk-in closet fitted with custom shelving, and its bath has a double vanity, a walk-in shower enclosed in glass and a separate water closet. The other three bedrooms have hardwood floors and custom closets. Floors are heated throughout the home. The garage leads directly to the backyard, which has a bluestone patio and is fully fenced.
Sunshine Sara Equinozzi of Howard Hanna Real Estate was the listing agent, and Kelli Ide of Michael DeRosa Exchange represented the buyer.
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No. 2 — $998,000 · 6687 Beach Rd, Syracuse, New York
A tree-lined driveway ends at this contemporary home on 26.78 secluded, wooded acres, the most land of any of the five sales. Built in 2009, it is also the newest home in the group and the largest, with 4,655 square feet. It sold for $998,000, its full asking price. The property last sold for $185,000 in 2008, before the current home was built.
The home has floor-to-ceiling windows. In the living room, a wood-burning fireplace is faced in riverbed granite, one of two fireplaces in the home. The kitchen has cupboards of Wenge hardwood, Corian counters and a large center island, plus a walk-in pantry behind a pocket door, and the dining area looks out to the back deck and the pool. Radiant heat warms the floors on every level, garage and basement included.
Three of the four bedrooms are on the main level, among them the primary suite, which has a jetted tub, double sinks, a walk-in shower, a large walk-in closet and its own door out to the back deck. The home has four bathrooms, two full and two half. The second level is one big flexible room for family, games or movies, with a kitchenette, a half bath, a home theater and two decks, one of them with a hot tub. Above it, on the third level, is an observatory for watching the night sky. A full basement offers storage below.
Outside, AZEK decking leads down to a patio around a heated inground pool that measures 20 by 30 feet, and there are vegetable gardens and landscaped beds. The land also has a greenhouse, a pavilion and barn, a single garage and a 20-by-40-foot garage with oversized bays. Garage space totals six cars.
Kathleen N. Cole of Howard Hanna Real Estate and David Ezzo of Howard Hanna Real Estate were the listing agents, and Lynn L Lenkiewicz of Coldwell Banker Prime Prop,Inc represented the buyer.
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No. 3 — $720,000 · 5002 Saddlebrook Dr, Fayetteville, New York
On a cul-de-sac in Fayetteville, a custom contemporary built by Bill Kelly in 1984 sold for $720,000. Mature trees surround its 1.34 acres, and the home’s clean lines are dressed in cedar with stone accents.
A new slate walkway brings visitors to a covered front entry and a foyer with a curved staircase. The living room rises to a vaulted ceiling and has a wall of windows, and the dining room overlooks it from behind a half wall. In the kitchen there are double ovens, an induction cooktop, a center island with a breakfast bar and a pantry. The eating area has its own vaulted ceiling and built-in cabinets, with a slider out to the deck. The adjoining family room is built around a stone fireplace that reaches the ceiling, with skylights overhead and a large bay window.
With five bedrooms, it has the most of the five homes. Four are upstairs, including a primary suite with a walk-in closet, a dressing area and its own bath. The walk-out lower level adds about 804 square feet for recreation or exercise, with a bar area, the fifth bedroom and a full bath. In all, the home has 3,476 square feet and four bathrooms. Out back, a large deck looks over a level yard lined with trees, and a screened porch adds room for warmer months. A whole-house generator rounds out the home.
R. Matthew Ragan J.D. LL.M. of Howard Hanna Real Estate was the listing agent, and Patrick Anson of Hunt Real Estate ERA represented the buyer.
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No. 4 — $680,000 · 6941 State Route 31, Cicero, New York
The kitchen is the room to see in this 2004 colonial in the Cicero Center Two neighborhood of Cicero. Remodeled from top to bottom, it has a 10.5-foot quartz island, custom cabinets, a Fisher & Paykel induction range and a built-in Thermador refrigerator and dishwasher, with windows looking out over the backyard. Around the corner are a butler’s pantry, a first-floor laundry room and a bar with a beverage cooler.
French doors open to the backyard, where a new heated saltwater pool is set into the ground and surrounded by extensive hardscaping. Back inside, wide-plank white oak floors cover most of the first floor, which also has a formal dining room and a step-down family room with a fireplace. The three bedrooms are upstairs, and a finished basement adds space for recreation. The home has 2,353 square feet and three bathrooms on 2.31 wooded acres, with a heated three-car garage. The property last sold for $491,500 in 2024.
The home went under contract 19 days after it was listed and sold for $680,000, above its asking price of $674,900. Kristi Croniser of Hunt Real Estate ERA was the listing agent, and Meghan Dabulewicz of Hunt Real Estate ERA represented the buyer.
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No. 5 — $670,000 · 4373 Chilmark St, Marcellus, New York
In the Phyl Jack Acres neighborhood of Marcellus, a 2004 colonial on a double lot went under contract four days after it was listed and sold for $670,000, above its asking price of $649,900. The lot measures 1.48 acres and is on a golf course.
Much of the appeal is outdoors. There are lush gardens and professionally designed hardscaping, and a private, fenced backyard with a heated in-ground pool, a pool house, a koi pond with a waterfall and a pergola hung with wisteria. Inside, the home has three bedrooms, including a primary suite, along with a first-floor office and a large bonus room above the garage that could serve as a guest room or playroom. The finished lower level has a custom bar and a recreation area with space for a gym or movie nights. The home has 3,430 square feet and three bathrooms.
Janine Lundrigan of Howard Hanna Real Estate was the listing agent. Kristi Croniser of Hunt Real Estate ERA represented the buyer, and Croniser was also the listing agent of the No. 4 sale, giving the agent a part in two of the week’s Top 5.
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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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