Affordable homes remain available in Amenia despite extreme stratification

This bungalow style home built in 1920 at 78 Old North Road sold for $320,000 with two bedrooms and 1.5 baths. Situated on .64 acres it has a generous front and back yard.

Photo by Christine Bates

Affordable homes remain available in Amenia despite extreme stratification

AMENIA — September was a busy month in Amenia with 11 recorded transfers of residential, commercial and land parcels. Seven of these sales were in the affordable range under $350,000 while the remaining four, two houses and two building lots at Silo Ridge, were over $2 million with nothing in between.

Looking at the two most expensive homes sold highlights the disparity in price which perplexes many buyers, sellers and real estate professionals. A stately home on Smithfield Road in the desirable Shekomeko area of Amenia on 28.7 acres sold for $3.675 million, almost half the price of a similarly sized home in Silo Ridge on Wood Duck Road on .74 acres which sold for $7 million. Both properties sold for over their assessed values — Smithfield for 55% more, and Wood Duck for 24% over assessed value.
In mid-October, 21 single family homes were listed for sale with 11 under $500,000 and the most expensive at $20 million, according to OneKey MLS.

34 Glen Ave. — mobile home on .43 acres old for $98,900.

5327 Route 44 — small commercial building on .04 acres sold for $150,000.

1 Prospect Ave. — 3 bedroom/1 bath single family home on .6 acres sold for $223,300.

38 Glen Ave. — 3 bedroom/ 1 bath home on 1 acre sold for $230,000.

78 Old North Road — 2 bedroom/1.5 bath home on .64 acres sold for $320,000.

23 Yellow City Road — 3 bedroom/2 bath raised ranch sold for $335,540, the median price in September of all properties transferred.

53 Perry’s Corner Road — 3 bedroom/1 bath home sold for $349,900.

Redtail Pass (*658785) — .73 acre building lot at Silo Ridge sold for $2.19 million.

Ridgeline Road (*733429) — 1.54 acre building lot at Silo Ridge sold for $2.8 million.

20-22 Smithfield Road — 5 bedroom/4.5 bath home on 28.7 acres sold for $3.675 million.

232 Wood Duck Road — 4 bedroom/5 full bath/ 2 half bath home at Silo Ridge on .74 acres sold for $7 million.

* Town of Amenia real estate sales recorded between September 1, 2024, and September 30, 2024 sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Tax Service Agency. Information on active listings taken from First Key MLS. Parcel numbers refer to parcel designation by Dutchess County and may be accessed on Dutchess Parcel Access. Only transfers with consideration are included. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Advisor with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in CT and NY.

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