Douglas Elliman published the market report we prepared on the Hamptons sales market for 2Q 2013.

This is part of an evolving market report series I’ve been writing for Douglas Elliman since 1994.

Key Points

– Highest number of second quarter sales since 2006.
– Listing inventory continued to fall.
– Second highest median sales price in 5 years.
– Sales above $5M slipped, but overall gain in sales above $1M expanded.
– Despite jump in sales, would likely have been more without 2012 year end “fiscal cliff” rush.

Here’s an excerpt from the 2Q 2013 report:

…Like the prior quarter, there were fewer highend
transactions, fallout from the year-end rush
to close before the expiration of the “fiscal cliff”
deadline for tax planning purposes. Although the
number of sales at or above $5M fell by 13.2%
to 33, the number of sales over $1M actually
expanded by 4% to 44.7% over the same
period reflecting a more active “trade-up” or
upper middle market than last year. As a result
of this skew, the overall average sales price fell
by 1.6% to $1,696,879, yet the median sales
price increased 8.2% to $920,000, the second
highest median sales price in 5 years, second
only to $937,500 reached in the second quarter
two years ago…

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