Steady real estate activity in Milan

This contemporary Greek Revival inspired home at 116 Battenfeld Road was built in 1950. It sold for $879,000 on April 11.

Photo by Christine Bates

Steady real estate activity in Milan

MILAN — Spring real estate sales in Milan with six closed sales in April and May were typical for the Milan market with less than 50 home sales a year.

Two sales of modest homes closed below $300,000, three between $500,000 and $900,000 and one contemporary house on Boice Road which has not yet been built for $2,395,000. The median price paid for a single-family home in Milan on a 12 month rolling average has remained above $600,000 since last summer.

Currently there are 12 homes listed on the MLS for sale with half below $1 million, and half above the million-dollar mark with three homes listed over $2 million.

97 North Road — 2 bedroom/2 bath home on 1.8 acres sold for $250,000 on April 1.

116 Battenfeld Road — 4 bedroom/3 bath home on 4.6 acres sold for $879,000 on April 11.

276 Rowe Road — 3 bedroom/2 bath/2half bath home on 9.5 acres sold for $895,000 on May 9.

621 Milan Hollow Road — 3 bedroom/1.5 bath home on 8.6 acres sold for $200,000.

1145 Willow Brook Road — 3 bedroom/2 bath home on 5.1 acres sold for $510,000 on May 22.

10-2 Boice Road — 4 bedroom/3 bath to be built home on 9 acres sold for $2,395,000 on May 29, 2025.

* Town of Milan sale information from One Key MLS is from April through May 30, 2025. Information on active listings is from One Key MLS on May 30, 2025. Non-MLS transfers recorded in March and April are not yet available from Dutchess County Office of Real Property. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Advisor with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.

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