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Summer sales in Ancram run the gamut in price

Summer sales in Ancram run the gamut in price

This small Victorian house built in 1880 sold for $280,000 after initially listing at $379,000 in August 2024. The home sits on .7 acres in the center of the hamlet of Ancram across the street from the Union Cemetery.

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ANCRAM — There were five properties transferred from June through August in Ancram – typical activity in this sparsely populated town of only 1,400 residents.

The price of closed sales hovered around a median of $550,000 and listing prices of homes on the market show that Ancram remains an attractive second home market. At the beginning of September there were 16 single family homes listed for sale with none under $500,000 and seven over a million dollars.

84 Cottontail road — 2 bedroom/1 bath home on 6.46 acres built in 1958 sold by Christopher Hoilund to Andrew MacDonald and Katsuko Bowne for $302,500 recorded on June 24.

1086 County Route 3 — 3 bedroom/2.5 bath home built in 2012 on 27 acres sold by Joanna Bree to Barbera Brooks for $2,100,000 recorded on June 25.

111 Arcadia Drive — 3 bedroom/2.5 bathroom home in a HOA sold by Irene H. Lovitz to Alexander Sherwin and Lisa Davis for $560,000 recorded on July 14.

1283 County Route 7 — 3 bedroom/1.5 bathroom house on .7 acres sold by Michelle Podbielski to Esao Andrews for $280,000 on August 11.

Harry Wood Road — 105 acres of rural vacant land sold by Robert Natale to Bouba Kiki LLC for $924,500 on August 12.

*Town of Ancram real estate recorded as sold with consideration is derived from Columbia County public deed transfers with property details from Ancram property tax records. Active listings data reported from realtor.com, and Trulia.com. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Advisor with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.

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