An Ocean City beachfront home entered the market at $16.5 million, asking buyers to push the city’s single-family sale record higher by $4.1 million.
The sellers bet on bold when they listed 339 E. Atlantic Boulevard on Sept. 30. Its ask stands 33.1% above the $12.4 million record set by 80 Bay Road on July 1.
It also exceeds Seven Mile Island’s highest closing of 2026 by nearly $1.2 million. Stone Harbor’s 339 104th Street sold Sept. 10 for $15.301 million.
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Built in 2023 by Buck Custom Homes and designed by Halliday Architects, the Gardens beachfront home offers five bedrooms, a pool, an elevator and direct beach access.
Listing agent Brian Logue of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Fox & Roach described it as “truly special,” pointing to those amenities and the scarcity of comparable beachfront parcels in that section of Ocean City.
The offering joins another ambitious beachfront proposition: Stone Harbor’s 2 111th Street entered the fall market at $19 million.
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Both sellers seek prices above established closing benchmarks.
At $16.5 million, the Ocean City offering asks a buyer to move the city’s ceiling by roughly one-third.
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