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Washington median home prices down 6.7% at year’s end

Washington median home prices down 6.7% at year’s end

Closing at $410,000, 174 Horseshoe Lane was one of three houses whose transfer was recorded in December for under $500,000 in the Town of Washington.

Photo by Christine Bates

MILLBROOK — The Town of Washington’s median price for a single-family home fell 6.7% in 2025, dropping to $664,435 by the end of December, down from $712,000 a year earlier.

Sales activity, however, increased over the year, with 44 single-family homes sold in 2025, compared with 29 in 2024.

All three home sales recorded in December 2025 closed below $500,000. Unlike November, none of the transfers occurred within the Village of Millbrook.

Inventory at the high end remains tight: 18 homes were on the market at the end of January, all priced above $850,000, with 12 listed at more than $1 million.

Transfers

174 Horseshoe Road — 3 bedroom/2 bath raised ranch built in 1970 sold to Mosharraf Niaz for $400,000.

3889 Route 82 — 3 bedroom/2 bath brick ranch on 1 acre sold to Edison Xavier P. Illescas for $415,000.

11 Sutton Road — 3 bedroom/2 bath home on 1.55 acres sold to Ivaylo V. Ninov Trustee for $147,563.

Bangall Road — 6.18 acres of land adjacent to 59 Bangall Road sold to Aaron McPeck for $350,000.

North Tower Hill Road — 7.75 acres of land sold to Stay Maison LLC for $288,000.

* Town of Washington recorded real estate transfers. Current listings from One Key MLS. Market information from InfoSparks. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Advisor with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.

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