Washington median home sale price hits record high

Washington median home sale price hits record high

Set well back from the road and surrounded by trees the 3,896 square foot home at 78 Nine Partners Lane is located in the Village of Millbrook and sold for $1.7 million.

Photo by Christine Bates

MILLBROOK — The median price of a single-family residence in the Town of Washington hit an all-time high of $895,000 in January on a 12 month rolling average, up from $712,000 in December after the sale of several million dollar homes during the month. The Town of Washington began the year with eight property transfers including two parcels of land recorded plus one home in the Village of Millbrook. Five of the eight transfers were $1 million or more.

On Feb. 21 there were 26 homes listed for sale with 14 of them over a million dollars and nine under $500,000. Rental inventory has many options at all price levels with six one bedroom units available for $2,000 and under and four single family residences listed from $3,000 to $5,000.

78 Nine Partners Lane — 5 bedroom/3.5 bath home on 6.81 acres sold for $1.7 million.

3531 Route 82 — 4 bedroom/3.5 bath homes on 5.85 acres sold for $1,125,000.

9 County House Road — 3 bedroom/2 bath home on .21 acres sold for $340,000.

258 Woodstock Road — 4 bedroom/3 bath home on 17.72 acres sold for $1,115,000.

829 Tower Hill Road — 5 bedroom/6.5 bath home on 30 acres sold for $1,195,000.

7 North Shanks Road — 4 bedroom/3 bath home on 11.76 acres sold for $727,500.

15 Maple Hill Drive — rural vacant land in eight parcels sold for $1 million.

Killearn Road (#508109) — 13.58 acre lot sold for $320,000.

*Median residential prices are taken from OneKey MLS and reflect closed residential transactions which may not yet have been recorded as a transfer in Dutchess County monthly transfer results. The median calculation does not include homes sold privately or those listed on other MLS sites, nor land or commercial sales. Town of Washington real estate transfers recorded between Jan. 1, 2025, and Jan. 31, 2025, sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Tax Service Agency. Information on active listings taken from First Key MLS which may understate available properties. 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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