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Stanford home prices remain at record highs in early new year

Stanford home prices remain at record highs in early new year

The home at 49 Ernest Road was one of only two single family homes sold for less than $300,000 in Stanford in the last year.

Photo by Christine Bates

STANFORD — The town’s median price for a single-family home remained at an all-time high at the end of January as the real estate market continues an upward march.

The 12-month trailing median price for a single-family home, excluding condos, in the Town of Stanford reached$662,500 for the period ending Jan. 31, 2026, the same as December.

The figure marks a 14% increase from the $581,000 median recorded for the 12 months ending Jan. 31, 2025, and 37% from $425,000 for the comparable period ending Jan. 31, 2024.

Unit sales of single-family homes in Stanford are highly variable on a 12-month rolling basis, perhaps due to limited inventory. A total of 30 single-family homes were sold in the 12 months ending Jan. 31, 2026, compared with 47 sales in the period ending Jan. 31, 2025, and 29 sales for the 12 months a year prior.

The busiest year in recent times was in 2020 at the height of COVID-19. For the 12 months ending January 2021, 80 single famile homes were sold.

Inventory of single family remains limited. As of mid-March, there were six single-family homes on the market and three multi-family buildings. Three were listed above $1 million with five residential properties including multi-family listed below the current $662,500 median price. Two parcels of land are listed on the MLS for $295,000 and $300,000.

January transfers

5654 Route 82 — 2 bedroom/2.5 bath home in Clinton Corners on 8.16 acres sold to Jonathan Blass for $675,000.

49 Ernest Road — 4 bedroom/2 bath house built in 1992 on 2.2 acres sold to Patrick Shanley for $250,000.

30 Meadowview Way — 19.01 acres with a view sold to Gary Herman for $350,000.

* Town of Stanford real estate transfers recorded between Jan. 1, 2026 and Jan. 31, 2026, provided by Dutchess County Office of Real Property. Transfers without consideration are not included. Current market listings from First Key MLS and market statistics from Infosparks. Note that recorded transfers frequently lag sales by a number of days and include properties sold privately. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Salesperson with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.

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