Renovation comes into play in Millerton housing market

Renovation comes into play in Millerton housing market

Vacant for a decade, the distressed property at 12 State Line Road was sold for $265,000. Renovation has begun.

Photo by Christine Bates

MILLERTON — The four February transfers in the Town of North East show that improving and “flipping” properties continues to be profitable as buyers look for homes that need no renovation or contractors look for attractively priced properties to improve.

There are nine listings of land parcels ranging in price and size from $3.4 million for 258 acres to a one acre building lot for $49,000. Four single family homes are available from $352,000 to $1,665,000. Also listed are a mobile home and the Millerton Village Hall which reportedly has a buyer over the asking price of $249,777. No properties are publicly listed for sale in the Village of Millerton.

1420 Route 83 — 5 bedroom/2.5 bath home on .46 acres which sold in December 2023 for $186,000. After renovation another sale was recorded at $407,500 in February 2024 to Clare Cooper Hall.

391 McGhee Hill Road — 3 bedroom/1.5 bath home was sold in October 2023 for $350,000, renovated and sold again for $573,000 to Noah Matthew Goodman.

12 State Line Road — a distressed, vacant 3 bedroom/2 bath house on 3.81 acres was sold for $265,000 to Lala Enterprises LLC ready for renovation.

Sharon Road Parcel # 465647, #56635, #584635 — 17.26 acres of land on 3 parcels sold for $400,000 to Hayden K. Harman, Trustee.

*Town of North East real estate transfers as recorded between Feb. 1, 2025, and Feb. 28, 2025 are sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Tax Service Agency. Information on active listings taken from First Key MLS. 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 Connecticut and New York.

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