Stats Entertainment! Hamptons and North Fork Real Estate 2014 Newsmakers

Real estate on the East End is a many-splendored thing, with beachy sunsets, historic structures and modern architectural wonders galore. But many compare the ins and outs of real estate out here to a baseball game—you need a score card to keep track of all the players, the moves and the hits.

Or maybe East End real estate is more a numbers game. Do the numbers tell the story of the feats and defeats, the highs and lows and miracles? You be the judge. At right you’ll find a trove of East End real estate facts and figures that tell stories. And while sometimes it seems like statistics can be used to back up any story, these numbers all seem to say the same thing.  Everything is pointing up!

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19

Hamptons home sales that topped the $20 million mark in 2014

138%

Increase in that rarefied air over 2013

250%

Increase in Bridgehampton year over year

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$4,306,642,073 

Total Home Sales Volume in the Hamptons for 2014

22.45%

Increase over 2013

$975,741,467

Total Home Sales Volume in Bridgehampton last year, the largest of any Hamptons area

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2,163 

Number of 2014 Hamptons Home Sales, a 5% increase over 2013

27%

Increase year over year in number of home sales in Amagansett, the largest rise of any area in the Hamptons

$2 million

2014 Median Home Price

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$1,743,392 

Average sales price of a Hamptons home last year

$1,528,341

Average sales price of a Hamptons home in 2013

$1,315,732

Average sales price of a Hamptons home 10 years ago

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$59.47 million 

Total of Top 10 Most Expensive North Fork & Shelter Island 2014 Home Sales

7

Number of homes in the Top 10 located on Shelter Island

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Sources: Town & Country Real Estate, Douglas Elliman Real Estate, Miller Samuel Inc. Real Estate Appraisers