Washington’s median home price reaches $700,000

Washington’s median home price reaches $700,000

Built in 1999 and updated in 2017 59 Bangall Road is a 5,086 square foot house with panoramic views which sold for $1.9 million on July 30.

Photo by Christine Bates

MILLBROOK — Transfers of real estate recorded in July and August in the Town of Washington continued a pace with the median price of a single-family home rising to $700,000 at the end of August 2025, up from $492,500 last year.

At the end of September there were 24 single family homes listed for sale in the Village of Millbrook including the most expensive 45 Hitchcock Lane for $65 million and the least expensive at $629,000.

August Transfers

16 Shunpike — 3 bedroom/3 bath home on 6.9 acres sold to Stephen White for $745,000.

515-521 Woodstock Road — Single family home on 5.35 acres sold to Oliver Brown for $450,000.

3925 Route 82 — 5 bedroom/5.5 bath home built in 1850 on 13.49 acres sold to Butterfly Hill LLC for $1,817,500.

59 Bangall Road — 4 bedroom/3 bath/2 half bath on 6.18 acres sold to Michael Thompson Millbrook LLC for $1.9 million.

Hammond Hill Road (#595902) — 14.71 acres rural vacant land sold to Anthony Galente for $157,500.

July Transfers

620 Route 343 — 3 bedroom/2 bath home on .94 acres sold to Donald E Brandes for $700,000.

471 Butts Hollow Road — 1 bedroom/1 bath 1,259 square foot ranch sold to Fallerhof LLC for $537,500.

667 Shunpike — 4 bedroom/2 bath home on 9.3 acres sold to Porterfield, Hathaway Lynch Trustee for $1.9 million.

*Town of Washington recorded real estate transfers from July 1 to Aug. 31 not previously reported sourced from Dutchess County Real Property Office monthly reports. Details on each property from Dutchess Parcel Access. Market data from One Key MLS and Infosparks Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Advisor with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.

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