Sag Harbor

“The land is so much more than its analysis,” John Steinbeck wrote in The Grapes of Wrath. One has to wonder how he would take pen to paper about the $17.9 million asking price on the Sag Harbor property he adored so much.

In a rare offering, three existing single and separate parcels on Little Peconic Bay in the Sag Harbor area are on the market for $10 million.

The Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist’s former house sits on a 1.8-acre peninsula overlooking Morris Cove and Upper Sag Harbor Cove just minutes from Sag Harbor Village.

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 compound offers breathtaking panoramic views over Upper Sag Harbor Cove that are the real showstopper here. Little legwork will need to be done to capitalize on those views with plans for additions already in place.

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 hard-to-come-by opportunity exists to create a waterfront compound with breathtaking sunsets across Little Peconic Bay in the Sag Harbor area, not to mention uninterrupted views across the bay to Robins Island, Southold and Shelter Island.

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

The 12,500-square-foot traditional house, known as “King of the Hill,” offers eight bedrooms, 10 full baths and three half baths.

Check out these open houses planned for the weekend