From October through December of 2017, there were 10 homes sold, with a median sale price of $677,000 - a 40.7% increase over the $481,000 median sale price for the same period of the previous year. There were eight homes sold in Ocean Beach in the fourth quarter of 2016.
The following table compares Ocean Beach to other Suffolk County cities with similar median sales prices in the fourth quarter of 2017:
| City | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Home Sales | Oct. - Dec. 2016 Home Sales | % change (Total Home Sales) | Oct. - Dec. 2017 Median Sales Price | Oct. - Dec. 2016 Median Sales Price | % change (Median Sales Price) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head of the Harbor | 5 | 2 | 150% | $775,000 | $1,150,000 | -32.6% |
| Shinnecock Hills | 18 | 6 | 200% | $762,500 | $737,500 | 3.4% |
| Remsenburg-Speonk | 7 | 8 | -12.5% | $760,000 | $1,077,500 | -29.5% |
| Fire Island | 19 | 7 | 171.4% | $725,000 | $690,000 | 5.1% |
| Greenport West | 11 | 11 | 0% | $720,000 | $349,000 | 106.3% |
| Ocean Beach | 10 | 8 | 25% | $677,000 | $481,000 | 40.7% |
| Springs | 55 | 35 | 57.1% | $670,000 | $714,000 | -6.2% |
| Huntington | 48 | 55 | -12.7% | $670,000 | $508,012 | 31.9% |
| Nissequogue | 3 | 9 | -66.7% | $670,000 | $600,000 | 11.7% |
| Dix Hills | 99 | 81 | 22.2% | $645,000 | $650,000 | -0.8% |
| East Quogue | 26 | 21 | 23.8% | $632,500 | $535,000 | 18.2% |
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