Amenia October median home prices stable

Amenia October median home prices stable

The most expensive home sale recorded in Amenia in October was 111 Yellow City Road which sold for $1,195,000 — with the exception of the Silo Ridge homes which are sold internally and not listed on multiple listing services.

Photo by Christine Bates

AMENIA — October was another busy month for sales in Amenia with nine transfers recorded, including two large transactions at Silo Ridge and the sale of the World Peace and Prayer Society.

Since summer, the price of Amenia single family homes has been rising, reaching $375,000 in September and October. At the beginning of December, 13 houses were on the market in Amenia, with three over $1 million and seven under $500,000.

Transfers

3465 Route 22 — 2 bedroom/2 bath ranch on .33 acres sold to Michelle Duonola for $256,000.

432 Old Route 22 — 2 bedroom/1.5 bath home sold to Northern Red Oak LLC for $270,000.

23 Depot Hill — 3 bedroom/1 bath home sold to Joshua Belmore for $88,552.

70 Power House Road — 2 bedroom/1 bath built in 1920 on one acre sold to Robert Hansen for $200,000.

154 Bog Hollow Road — 2 bedroom/2 bath home on 7.14 acres sold to Robert H. Whalen Jr. for $389,000.

111 Yellow City Road — 3 bedroom/2 bath home on 7.57 acres sold to Stephen Cheuk for $1,195,000.

4029 Club Meadow Drive, Silo Ridge Club — 5 bedroom/5 full/2 half bathroom with pool and an apartment built in 2023 on .47 acres sold for $9.3 million assessed at $6,764,916 to Silo Clays Inc.

4011 Club Meadow Drive, Silo Ridge Club — 6 bedroom/5 full/2 half bathroom house with apartment built in 2022 assessed at $7,837,300 sold to M. Nadar Ahari Trustee for $8.9 million.

26 Benton Road — 2 bathroom commercial building owned by World Peace and Prayer Society on 26.33 acres sold to Black Walnut Kiernall Farm LLC for $950,000.

*Town of Amenia property transfers in October are sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Office monthly reports. Details on all parcels from Dutchess Parcel Access. Only arm’s length transactions with compensation are included. Recorded transfers typically lag closed sales. Market data from Smart MLS Info Sparks does not include private transactions or Silo Ridge sales. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Advisor with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.

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