The Hamptons Market Reports for 4Q18

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The last quarter results from the four big agencies that report are all in, and the broad results are as follows. Each report tends to focus on slightly different parts of the market, so results tend to be different from one another. Douglas Elliman As with 3Q18, prices are up but properties are just sitting…
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Get Everything You Want–in Westhampton Beach

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The days are gone, we think, of people sniggering that west of the canal is “not really” the Hamptons. The advantages are so manifest–ridiculously shorter commute from Manhattan, lower prices, just as good amenities–that it’s no surprise that prices are inching up there, while being stagnant or dropping east of the canal. For an example,…
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The Bioscleave House Is Now at a 40% Discount

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This inventive, experimental house was built in 2008 and cost more than $2 million to build. The Bioscleave House–known as the Lifespan Extending Villa–was designed by artist couple Madeline Gins and Arakawa to cheat death itself. (Note: the couple have since died.) They thought that continually stimulating the senses through architectural surprise would stimulate the immune…
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