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May and June transfers total five in Stanford

May and June transfers total five in Stanford

Located directly across from the site of the former Roseland Ranch, 311 Hunns Lake Road is a turn key three-bedroom renovated ranch with a separate studio apartment on 15 acres which sold for $820,000 on June 6, 2025.

Photo by Christine Bates

STANFORD — In May and June in the Town of Stanford there were five transfers over the two months during the busiest period of the year. The median price for the last 12 months ending in June rose to $600,000. Meanwhile the median price is $661,000 in neighboring Washington, including the village of Millbrook, during the same time.

There were 20 homes listed for sale in early August with seven over $1 million and only five below the median price point of $600,000.

1355 Bulls Head Road -— 5 bedroom/3 bath ranch on 3.71 acres sold for $522,000 to Dale E. Blue.

2163 Bulls Head Road — 3 bedroom/2 bath ranch on 8.7 acres sold for $530,000 to Margaret Lynch.

140 Hunns Lake Road — 3 bedroom/1.5 bath home built in 1870 on 1.83 acres sold for $205,000 to Mill Lane Partners LLC.

311 Hunns Lake Road — 3 bedroom/2.5 bath raised ranch with apartment on two parcels with 15 acres sold for $820,000 to Raquel Rubio Higueras.

5976 Roue 82 — 4 bedroom/2.5 bath 4,289 square foot home on 41.7 acres sold by Jesse and Gail Bontecou for $1.3 million to Frederic Pafford Delmhorst.

*Town of Stanford property transfers from May and June are sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Office monthly reports. Details on property from Dutchess Parcel Access. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Advisor with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.

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