Montauk

The architect of the largest Ponzi scheme in history died at the the Federal Medical Center in Butner, N.C., a world away from his formal luxurious abodes, which included an oceanfront home in Montauk that happens to be on the market once again. 

Jeremy Morton, who is also behind Morty’s Oyster Stand on Napeague, and Provisions Natural Foods Market & Cafe in Water Mill, has purchased Ruschmeyer’s in Montauk.

Julianne Moore and her director husband, Bart Freundlich, have finally sold her cottage on Fort Pond in Montauk for $2.85 million, six years after first listing it for $3.5 million.

The iconic Martell’s at Montauk and Montauk Fuels, a traditional-style gas station with a three-bedroom, one-bathroom apartment, are listed for $5.475 million.

The two-story home is close to the Southampton Village’s shops and restaurants, and offers plenty of space with six bedrooms, plus a carriage house with an apartment above it.

The modern house offers unobstructed, 180-degree ocean views from practically all rooms thanks to floor-to-ceiling windows. The rooftop deck with a fire pit provides another 1,745-square-foot of space to stare out at the ocean views. 

In some price points and locations, new listings are making contract movement possible. In others, it either bolsters the fact that overpricing is prevalent or demonstrates that demand is lessening from where it was in fall of 2020.

A not-to-be-missed open house this week: 14 Maple Street in Montauk, which may have you feeling more like you’re in Malibu than in Montauk (freezing temperatures aside of course).

A project to safeguard the historic Montauk Point Lighthouse and its surrounding property from shoreline erosion could begin as early as this spring.

New to the market, a four-estate property off Bull Path in East Hampton is among those with an open house this weekend.