The Hampton Index, Thanksgiving 2018

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Number of English Puritans who set sail from Lynn, Massachusetts in 1640 to land at Conscience Point, Southampton: 80 Asking price for half-acre home near Conscience Point today: $800,000 Median asking price for a house in Lynn, Massachusetts, today: $344,000   Price paid to Shinnecocks for “eight miles square” of Southampton, 1641: 16 “coates” and…
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Exquisite Modern in Southampton Village

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This really is a showplace. What we love about it is that it is very modern, making use of walls of glass and modern materials such as poured concrete floors, but the colors and textures (white fabric, weathered wood, metal and glass) make the interiors look extremely beachy. The wood has a driftwood feeling, white…
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Here’s the Five Priciest Closings Since Labor Day

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Let’s see how the numbers are stacking up this autumn. These are the highest closings recorded since Labor Day by Zillow. $16.4 million 289 Parsonage Lane, Sagaponack Original asking price: $21.9 million Time on the market: 1.5 years Size: 11,665 sq ft / 2.0 acres $12 million 134 Narrow Lane E, Sagaponack Original asking price: $12.5…
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Another Property Joins the Half-Off Club

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This is now the third property we’ve written about recently that’s approaching half off the original asking price. Originally listed at $8.99 million, it’s now asking $4.9 million. This is really a very nice house and garden: nothing to complain about here at all. Yet no one has purchased it over the years it’s been…
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