Sprawling estates on the market in Westchester County are rarer than ever, leading to historically high prices.

Even city slickers can’t resist the autumn colors of widespread Westchester County, where ample acreage isn’t too much to ask. No wonder the inventory of prime estates is still at a pandemic-era nadir. “We’ve had low inventory really since the beginning of COVID,” says Westchester resident and broker David Turner of Compass. And where supply is down, prices must go up.

The median sale price for a home in Westchester County rose 11% year-over-year in July to $1.5 million, its highest watermark yet, according to the Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors. On the ultra-high end of the market, the pickings become even slimmer. “There just aren’t a huge amount of great properties to

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