Sound Beach 11789

Suffolk County, NY · 3,286 properties · updated 7/5/2026

Should you buy here?buyer-timing lens

63affordability /100

Buyer leverage is seller slight; weigh payment burden and the 3-lens valuation before bidding.

Payment burden
22.5%
affordable
Days on market
21
daily
Price cuts
11.4%
of active
Valuation
-24.2%
vs assessor
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80
/100
strong
warming · seller slight · prices rising year-over-year.

Verdict grades housing conditions; buyer-timing, investor cash-flow, supply-tightness and county macro scores answer different questions — each in its own section.

Buyer / sellerbuyer-timing lens

56/ 100SellerBalancedBuyer
Balanced Market
DOM: 41d (falling) · Market Dynamics rolling median · hourly
Score Components
Payment Burden (25%)0
Valuation Gap (25%)100
Supply & Demand (20%)70
Buy vs Rent (15%)50
Cancellation Rate (10%)75
Days on Market (5%)40

Balanced market in 11789. List price is roughly fair — focus on condition and value. Payment burden: 22.6% of median income. Median days on market: 41. Renting is approximately 33% cheaper than buying (price-to-rent ratio: 16.0). Market appears 32% overpriced vs. assessed values.

Balanced market conditions. Prices roughly aligned with fundamentals — similar to stable periods in 2014-2015.
WARMINGSELLER SLIGHT

Market is warming with rising prices. Sellers hold a slight edge. Prices up 4.6% YoY.

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Median price
$522,955
▴ 4.6% YoY
Days on market
21
daily · zip_data
Median rent
$2,726
ZORI
Investor score
75/100
cash-flow lens
Active listings
18
90-day

Valuation3 lenses, different anchors

vs assessor
-24.2%
Market vs assessed value — a tax-roll lag, not a deal signal.
Avg assessor$396,226
county CAMA · properties_v
vs income
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vs county comps
+61.2%
County-wide market — the widest, slowest signal.
Suffolk+61.2%
Lotvox comps · mv_valuation_gap

Read together: Above county comps but sustainable on local incomes.
Pricing detail
Price / sqft
Price-to-income3.7×

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How 11789 ranks in NY
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Affordability, supply & momentum

57SUPPLY
Tight MarketSupply Tightness

Supply is below normal — sellers are favored but buyers still have options.

Months of Supply7.2 mo
Days on Market21d
Inv vs History-7.9%
Listing Density--
Market dynamics
Price cut %11.4%
Momentumwarming
LeverageSELLER SLIGHT
Months of supply7.2
Sales (90d)0
Investment analysis
Median rent$2,726
Price-to-rent16.0
Est. cap rate4.1%
Buy vs rentneutral

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Walk score
Transit score7
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Suffolk County contextmacro · jobs · debt · migration

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