Salisbury median property price reaches new high

This newly built home on Hammertown Road sold for $3.3 million on 6.23 acres. This 5,000+ square foot luxury home has big sky western views.

Christine Bates

Salisbury median property price reaches new high

SALISBURY — With strong January sales, 12-month median single family residential prices reached an all-time high of $945,000 in Salisbury. Three of the four home sales were for over a million dollars while a modest cottage sold for $560,000. Two parcels of land were sold including five acres of lake front property for over two million dollars. These results suggest continued demand in Salisbury at high price levels.

In early February there were 19 homes available for sale with 12 of them over a million dollars. The rental market includes only three unfurnished homes with 11 furnished academic, winter and summer homes available.

Transactions

Taconic Road — 3.79 acre vacant lot 21 sold by Sydney L. Paine to Rita H. Welch for $380,000.

185 Sharon Road — 5.17 lake front acres sold by Quale Properties LLC to Quentin Van Doosselaere for $2.26 million.

1 Elman Drive — 1 bedroom/1 bath cottage on 15.62 acres sold by Claudia Greenberg to David Mabbott and Susie Reiss for $560,000.

88 Hammertown Road — 4 bedroom/4.5 bath house on 6.28 acres sold by McBride Builders LLC to Alan Marash and Judi Glaser Marash trustees of Judi Glaser Marash Revocable Trust and Alan Marash Revocable Trust for $3.3 million.

39 Brinton Hill Road — 3 bedroom/3.5 bath home on 17.9 acres sold by Andrew J. Kelly and Stephen C. Reingold to David and Stacey Lightfoot for $1,395,000.

*Town of Salisbury real estate transfers recorded as sold between Jan. 1 and Jan. 31, 2025, provided by the Salisbury Town Clerk. Transfers without consideration are not included. Current market data courtesy of Smart MLS and InfoSparks. Compiled by Christine Bates, Real Estate Salesperson with William Pitt Sotheby’s International Realty, Licensed in Connecticut and New York.

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