Florida’s Fisher Island Dethrones Atherton, Calif. After Nearly Decade-Long Domination
In 2025, Florida’s rise was the standout story as Miami Beach’s Fisher Island claimed the nation’s top spot. However, California maintained broad dominance through Newport Beach and Los Angeles, while the Bay Area contracted. At the same time, the Northeast recorded its weakest showing in a decade and New England’s interior hierarchy reordered. Overall, hotspots of expensive real estate were present in 15 states.
New York Metro Foreclosure Report: Q1 2025 Marks Slowest Quarter in 5 Years for Metro While Manhattan Activity Reaches 8-Year High
Manhattan hits 8-year high, but metro foreclosures drop fueled by the slowdowns of its most active markets: Queens, Suffolk, Nassau & Brooklyn.
Top 100 Most Expensive U.S. Zip Codes 2024: Nearly 70% of Luxury Markets Rebound in 2024
Reversing last year’s depreciating trends, nearly 7 in 10 of the most exclusive zips logged price increases in 2024.
Looking for the Lowest Home Prices in the NY Metro? Here’s Where to Find Them, Starting at $143/Sq. Ft.
See the 13 communities within half an hour of NYC where homes sell for less than the metro median and where you can find the largest homes for the pest prices.
Buying NYC Then & Now: Tracking Out-of-State & Local Buyers in 2024 vs. 2014
Increasingly over the past 10 years, out-of-state buyers are investing in NYC real estate, as are residents from counties surrounding NYC.
NYC Flood Zones: As Flooding Events Become More Frequent, How Are They Affecting Home Prices & Sales?
Since 2012, buyer interest has cooled somewhat in NYC’s flood zones, with medians here rising only 33% compared to 53% in low-risk zones.
Top 100 Most Expensive U.S. Zip Codes: 2022 Shatters Last Year’s Records with 14 Zip Codes Surpassing $4 Million Median
As Atherton closes in on $8M median, 13 more zips post medians over $4M. In fact, only a fifth of the top priciest zips post medians under $2M.
Life by the Ocean Without Breaking the Bank: The 25 Most Affordable Beach Towns for Homebuyers
Find a home by the beach below $100/sq. ft in 5 Southern towns or buy in Humboldt Co. for California houses & in New Jersey for NYC commutes.
Most Expensive U.S. Zip Codes in 2021: 10 Areas Surpass $4 Million Median Sale Price
Overwhelming majority of 100 most expensive U.S. zip codes surge in pricing, with 10 at $4M+ and an additional 20 going climbing over $3M.
Most Expensive U.S. Zip Codes in 2020: Medians on the Rise in Country’s 100 Priciest Zips
Atherton remains priciest zip code at $7 million, followed by Sagaponack, Malibu & Beverly Hills, as California again dominates top 100 ranking.
Long Island Residential Sale Price Evolution 2014-2018: Orient Doubles Up in Just 5 Years, Fishers Island Median Halved
Key Takeaways: A quarter of Nassau and Suffolk county communities saw prices appreciate 20% or more. Sagaponack remains the most expensive Long Island community at $5.1 million Orient doubled its median, while Fishers Island saw its median halved. Sales activity dynamics were significantly different in markets with medians above $1M million. After analyzing the home…
Top Most Expensive U.S. Zip Codes in 2018
Editor’s Note: PropertyShark is saddened by the loss of life and property caused by the California wildfires. The article below is simply a presentation of hard data and in no way attempts to ignore the devastation that these areas are experiencing. Key takeaways: Atherton’s 94027 remains the #1 most expensive zip code thanks to a…
Top 10 Home Sales in The Hamptons in 2017
Note:Â On January 8th, 2018, the article was updated to include three more home sales recorded in 2017. As a result, the top 10 was modified to reflect the updated ranking. In 2017, the largest luxury home sale recorded in the Hamptons was nowhere near the record of $70,000,000 set in 2016 by the property at…
Find and Research Foreclosures in Long Island
For investors, brokers, and other real estate professionals looking to find and research distressed properties in Long Island, PropertyShark provides daily updated foreclosure listings in both Nassau and Suffolk, plus all the data you need to assess them. Here are just some of the reasons to choose PropertyShark as your provider of foreclosure listings: You…
Second-home market in the Hamptons – Infographic
It’s no surprise that 42% of all Hamptons vacation homes are owned by New Yorkers, and more precisely, 35% are owned by Manhattan residents.
Two of the Biggest Nassau County Foreclosures Present no Interest to Investors
The former Freeport Marina in Nassau County, now a condominium complex, which was scheduled for a foreclosure auction on October 11th, ended up as an REO. The property located on 531 Ray Street, Freeport had a lien amount of $8,630,554. According to this 2008 article, the 1.39-acre property was previously a marina called the Baldwin…
Old Westbury, Kings Point Nassau County’s Most Expensive Zip Codes
11568 (Old Westbury), 11024 (Kings Point) and 11765 (Mill Neck) were the three most expensive zip codes in Nassau County in the first half of 2011
Nassau County’s Most Expensive Foreclosure – A Historic 18th-Century Manor
109 Post Road, a historic manor in Old Westbury built in 1776, has been scheduled for auction on October 11th, having a lien amount of $2,225,611.
Temporary freeze bring foreclosures to pre-crisis levels in Long Island and the Hamptons
The temporary foreclosure freeze had a massive effect on the number of properties scheduled for auction in the last month of 2010, and its effects will extend into 2011 as well. It has artificially brought down the number of scheduled auctions to pre-crisis levels. Only 78 properties were scheduled for auction in December 2010 in…
Centre Island Home Closing at $8.2 Million, the Most Expensive in Nassau County
A 8,760 square foot single-family home in Centre Island sold for $8,235,000, according to our records, to become the most expensive home sold so far this year in Nassau County, NY. The property was built in 2006, and the owner, Stephen Gatfield, CEO of Loewe Worldwide, put it on the market just two years later,…
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