Southampton Real Estate

Southampton

The Original Hamptons Address

$2M to $100M+
Price Range: 11968
Zip Code: Established, elegant, and quietly expansive. The Hamptons at its most classic.
Character

I. Overview

Southampton is the East End’s broadest luxury market, spanning a real village downtown, the estate scale of Meadow Lane and Gin Lane, and inland neighborhoods where a pool, light, and privacy can matter more than a famous street name.

Cooper’s Beach is a landmark, but the market’s depth comes from the number of distinct ways to live here: from a walkable historic house to a bayfront compound with room for generations.

Southampton combines the grandeur of the Hamptons’ oldest village with exceptional oceanfront, bayfront, and estate properties. From Meadow Lane and Gin Lane to the village’s historic streets, buyers find a rare balance of private acreage, walkable amenities, and direct access to some of the South Fork’s most beautiful beaches.

II. A closer read

How Southampton is moving

Recent Southampton sales make the segmentation visible. 346 Meadow Lane sold for $28M on January 13, 2026, 109 Duck Pond Lane for $20M on January 16, and 344 Great Plains Road for $11.75M two days earlier; 16 Kings Lane, a smaller inland sale, closed at $1.5375M on January 12. The range is not noise; it reflects frontage, village proximity, acreage, and the difference between South of the Highway and North of the Highway micro-markets.

Buyer lens

For a buyer, Southampton offers the most room to calibrate: beach access and legacy prestige at one end, village convenience and value discipline at the other. A precise brief can uncover more than a broad ‘Southampton’ search.

Seller lens

For a seller, the address should be framed by its strongest local comparison set. Meadow Lane, the village estate section, and inland Southampton each speak to a different buyer and deserve different evidence.

III. What makes Southampton special

01
Meadow Lane estate corridor with ocean and bay frontage
02
Historic village center with restaurants, galleries, and boutiques
03
Ocean beaches including Cooper’s Beach
04
Waterfront homes along Shinnecock Bay and the Atlantic shore
05
Convenient access to Manhattan and the full East End

Beaches

Cooper’s Beach
Flying Point Beach
Cryder Beach
Little Plains Beach

IV. Oceanfront, 2021 to 2026

Southampton on the ocean

Southampton recorded 15 oceanfront sales from January 2021 to early October 2026, at a median of $33.75M.

Oceanfront sales: 15
Median price: $33.75M
Range: $16.4M to $112.5M
Notable sale: 700 Meadow Lane, $112.5M (2023)

Read Hamptons Oceanfront, 2021 to 2026

V. Recent comparable sales

The local evidence

Recorded sales, compiled by Barry McGovern.

$20,000,000

Jan 2026

109 Duck Pond Lane

South of the Highway

8 BD · 8 BA · 8,700 SF · 2 AC

$4,500,000

Jan 2026

5 White Oak Lane

North of the Highway

7 BD · 5.5 BA · 4,929 SF · 0.98 AC

$11,750,000

Jan 2026

344 GREAT PLAINS RD

South of the Highway

5 BD · 6.5 BA · 5,000 SF · 1.9 AC

$28,000,000

Jan 2026

346 Meadow Lane

Oceanfront

7 BD · 8 BA · 5,926 SF · 2.3 AC

VI. Available in Southampton

For sale

1880 Meadow Lane

$28,000,000

3.4 AC

For sale

113 Sebonac Road

$3,895,000

5 BD · 4,085 SF · 0.76 AC

Listings courtesy of Hedgerow Exclusive Properties.

VII. Research on Southampton

All market research

VIII. Valuation

What's my home worth?

A confidential valuation for your Southampton property, based on recent sales, active competition and the private market. No obligation.

Research

The monthly East End brief

A short note each month on luxury real estate from Southampton to Montauk. Closings, inventory, and the villages that are moving.

IX. Private inquiries

Buying or selling in Southampton?

Confidential guidance on Southampton and the wider East End, including on-market and off-market opportunities, from an oceanfront and waterfront specialist at Hedgerow Exclusive Properties.

Barry replies personally, usually within a few hours.

Inquire about Southampton

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Barry McGovern is a Licensed Real Estate Salesperson with Hedgerow Exclusive Properties, a boutique ultra-luxury Hamptons brokerage that has facilitated over $2 billion in transactions since 2020. Dublin-born and a Sag Harbor local since 2013, Barry focuses on oceanfront, waterfront, estate-section, and private-market opportunities from Southampton to Montauk, and has been involved with the firm's landmark and record-breaking work. About Barry