Before most sales close, someone orders a violation search from the Town. We read every filing, tie it to the parcel, and send you your hamlet's list each week. That's about four months before the deed records.
Westhampton to Montauk · every filing since the 1990s
Each permit is matched to its tax parcel, then joined to assessed value, flood zone, distance to water, and the deed record. 98.6% of permits match a parcel.
We replayed six years of Southampton Town permits against the county deed record. Three kinds of filing ran far ahead of the market's base rate.
Parcels with a search sold within six months 55% of the time.
Finished spec houses sold within six months 30% of the time. 79% of sellers were builders' LLCs.
Of all arm's-length resales, 44% had a Town search on file in the six months before the deed.
Southampton Town outside the villages, 2019–2024. 292 search episodes, 223 new-house certificates, random-parcel control group. About 30% of searched properties never close, so the report says "likely under contract," never "sold."
Built for the agent who farms a few hundred doors and wants to knock on the right ones first.
New violation and certificate searches. Call the neighbors before the sign goes up.
New-house filings, certificates about to issue, and whole-house demolitions. Builders list fast.
Additions, renovations and pools, sorted by assessed value tier.
Filings against the 12-month average, median value, flood-zone share, south of the highway.
The backtest is the pitch. We'll add testimonials once we have brokers we can name. Until then we'd rather show you the math.
Pricing
A Hamptons listing side runs $50,000 to $150,000 in commission. Founding members keep their rate for as long as they subscribe.
Hamlet report
Or write to desk@theeastenddig.com with your hamlet.
Exclusive hamlet
One brokerage per hamlet, first come.
Southampton Town's public building-permit records, matched to the New York State assessment roll and parcel maps, FEMA flood zones and the Suffolk County deed index. All of it is public. We do the reading and the matching.
No. The report lists the property and the filing. Who you call and how is up to you.
Southampton Town outside the incorporated villages: Bridgehampton, Water Mill, Hampton Bays, North Sea, Shinnecock Hills, Tuckahoe, Noyac, Flanders, Riverside, East Quogue, Quiogue, Westhampton, Eastport and Remsenburg-Speonk. Village coverage is next.
An alert tells you a permit was filed. We tell you which filings have historically meant a sale, and how often. A violation search is a dull line in the Town record and the strongest early sale signal we found.
No. About 55% of searched parcels record a sale within six months. Some deals fall through and some searches are refinances. That's why the report says "likely under contract."