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Spring season brings higher real estate activity in Washington amid several sales

Spring season brings higher real estate activity in Washington amid several sales

The house at 56 Horseshoe Road with 3 bedrooms and 2.5 baths, which sold for $442,000 in March, was one of the less expensive properties sold in Washington.

Photo by Christine Bates

MILLBROOK — March winds and April showers encouraged real estate activity in the Town of Washington and Village of Millbrook with eight sales closed ranging from $3,600,000 on 2 Bontecou Road to four sales below $442,000.

As the spring selling season begins there is abundant inventory of both rental properties and single-family homes for sale. The Hitchcock Estate, at $65 million, is still waiting for a buyer. Four other estates are on the market for over $5 million, eleven homes are listed above a million dollars, with nine under a million.

2 Bontecou Road — 6 bedroom/5 bath/3 half bath estate on 28.7 acres sold for $3.6 million on Feb. 25.

1215 Shunpike — 4 bedroom/ 4 bath home on 30.64 acres sold for $1,235,000 on Feb. 25.

128 Bangall Road — 4 bedroom/2.5 bath home sold for $894,000 on April 30.

56 Horseshoe Road — 3 bedroom/2.5 bath home sold for $442,000 on March 28.

35 Shunpike — 4 bedroom/2 bath duplex sold for $415,000 on April 18.

29 Elm Drive — 2 bedroom/1 bath home in the Village of Millbrook sold for $400,000 on Feb. 25.

568 Oak Summit Road — 3 bedroom/2.5 bath house sold for $394,000 on April 3.

507 Halls Corner Road — 6.25 acres of land sold for $80,000 on March 20.

*Town of Washington closed real estate sales beginning Jan. 1 and ending April 30 includes all sales not previously reported as transferred in January and February and sales sourced from One Key MLS and Realtor.com ending on April 30, 2025. Information on active listings taken from One Key MLS. Private transfers are not included from March 1 to April 30. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Advisor with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.

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