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Pine Plains homes selling for 50% more than last year

Pine Plains homes selling for 50% more than last year

The 1910 home on 67 acres at 129-133 Mount Ross Road was purchased by 1113 Taconic LLC, the Durst Organization, in 2010 for $915,000 and sold in August for $520,000.

Photo by Christine Bates

PINE PLAINS — Pine Plains’s five real estate transfers recorded in August ranged broadly from homes on small lots to two parcels of 67+ acres selling for very different prices, including a property that the Durst Organization bought in 2010 for $915,000 according to Dutchess Parcel Access.

The 12-month trailing median price of a single-family home sold in August remained the same as July at $555,000 — 55.5% more than in August of 2024.

Inventory is limited with only 15 houses for sale in mid-September, again across a broad range with four under $500,000 and five over a million with a median listing price of $575,000. There are eight parcels of land for sale totaling 2,300 acres of land selling for an average of $17,740 an acre.

6 Carla Terrace — 3 bedroom/1.5 acres ranch on .45 acres sold to Lawrence Bracone for $285,000.

2067 Route 83 — 3 bedroom/2 bath house built in 1910 sold to Erika Murdoch for $665,000.

129-133 Mount Ross Road — 6 bedroom/4 bath home built in 1880 with 67.08 acres sold to Raquel Ayala for $520,000.

259-263 Hicks Hill Road — mobile home on 1 acre sold to William S Strang for $65,000.

53 Brooks Road — multiple residences on 67.7 acres sold to Kenneth Williams for $2,525,000.

*Town of Pine Plains property transfers in August are sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Office monthly reports. Details on each property from Dutchess Parcel Access. Market data from One Key MLS and 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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