Pine Plains median home prices stay relatively steady at year's end

Pine Plains median home prices stay relatively steady at year's end

This 3 bedroom/2 bath renovated raised ranch at 7760 Main St. in Pine Plains sold for $590,000.

Photo by Christine Bates

PINE PLAINS — From August through November there were 14 sales in Pine Plains with only one on Lake Road selling for over a million dollars and two homes for over $500,000 — a midcentury modern in town closing for $590,000 and a historic house on 8.5 acres for $660,000.

Since September 2021 the median price for publicly listed properties in Pine Plains has hovered at around $350,000. Properties listed in mid-January include seven residences ranging in price from $150,000 to $8.95 million, six pieces of land and Harvest Homestead Farm on 343 acres with a fully functioning distillery formerly associated with 1930’s mobster Dutch Schultz.

November

23 Willow St. — 2 bedroom/2 bath house sold for $362,500.

50 Meusel Road — 3 bedroom/2.5 bath house sold for $339,200.

7760 Main St. — 3 bedroom /2 bath renovated raised ranch sold for $590,000.

2812 Church St. — a mobile home on .69 acres sold for $107,000.

North Main St. (#414425) — 2.7 acre residential lot sold for $80,000 in a private sale.

October

4-8 Stissing Mountain Lane — 3 bedroom/1 bath house on 1 acre sold for $475,000 in a private sale.

62 Britton St. — 3 bedroom/1 bath house sold for $235,000 in a private sale.

3 Carla Terrace — 3 bedroom/1 bath house sold for $345,000.

30 Myrtle Ave. — 3 bedroom/2 bath house sold for $202,000.

3831 Route 199 — uninhabitable 2 bedroom/1bath house sold for $50,000 in a private sale.

Bean River Road (3307440) — 2.87 acre lot sold for $112,000.

September

243 Lake Road — 4 bedroom/3.5 bath home on 1.38 acres sold for $1,525,000.

August

421 Carpenter Hill Road — 2 bedroom/2 bath house on 1.13 acres sold privately for $214,000.

3327 Route 199 — 4 bedroom/2 bath house built in 1787 on 8.51 acres sold for $660,000.

* Town of Pine Plains real estate sales recorded between August 1, 2024, and November 30, 2024, sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Tax Service Agency. Information on active listings taken from First Key MLS which may understate available properties. Parcel numbers refer to parcel designation by Dutchess County and may be accessed on Dutchess Parcel Access. Only transfers with consideration are included. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Advisor with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in CT and NY

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