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September transfers in Stanford fall below $1 million mark

September transfers in Stanford fall below $1 million mark

The home at 45 Hunns Lake Road is a renovated Second Empire style home on .66 acres with a distinctive mansard roof which sold for $600,000.

Christine Bates

STANFORD — There may be 21 single family homes on the market as of Nov. 8 in Stanford with 8 of them over a million dollars but all six of September real estate transfers were recorded under $1 million. September’s median 12-month value was $540,000, just under the all-time high in August of $640,000. The historic results show that Stanford median home sales between 2013 and 2020 stayed between $300,000 to $400,000 and then zoomed up in 2021 to $400,000 to $500,000 and in the past year seem to have settled over $500,000.

287 Hunns Lake Road — 3 bedroom/1.5 bath house on 2.97 acres was sold for $350,000 .

30 Tick Tock Way — 3 bedroom/2 bath ranch on 2.5 acres sold for $400,000.

6056 Route 82 — 4 bedroom/1.5 bath house built in 1860 on .79 acres sold for $415,000.

5808 Route 82 — 3 bedroom/3 bath home assessed at $813,000 was purchased in a bank foreclosure for $530,000.

45 Hunns Lake Road — 3 bedroom/1bath house on.66 acres sold for $600,000.

207-209 Creamery Road — 6 bedroom/4 bath two family home on 15.74 acres sold for $999,999.

* Town of Stanford real estate sales recorded between September 1, 2024, and

September 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 details 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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