Long Island
Mastic or Shirley? What 7 closed sales show
These are not market averages. They are the 7 homes John Tiburzi actually closed in Mastic and Shirley, two towns about 3.2 miles apart that buyers regularly weigh against each other. A market median you can read anywhere. What one agent saw across the houses they sold in both is only here.
| Across John’s closings | Mastic | Shirley |
|---|---|---|
| Sales closed | 3 | 4 |
| Middle closing price | $450,000 | $389,000 |
| Middle days on market | 20 | 22 |
| Middle size, square feet | not recorded | 1,004 |
| Middle year built | 1974 | 1959 |
| Closed against asking | 106.9% | 101.2% |
3 sales in Mastic (2023 to 2024) and 4 in Shirley (2021 to 2023). A middle figure drawn from this few sales describes these houses, not the towns.
What actually differed
The houses John closed in Mastic ran about $61,000 higher than the ones in Shirley, $450,000 against $389,000 at the middle of each set.
The Mastic houses were newer by about 15 years at the middle, 1974 against 1959.
A middle price says as much about which houses came up for sale as about the town. The Mastic and Shirley pages carry the individual sales, which is the more useful thing to read if you are weighing a specific street.
Questions people ask
- Which is more expensive, Mastic or Shirley?
- Across the sales John closed in each, the middle price in Mastic was $450,000 against $389,000 in Shirley. That is 7 sales, not a market survey, and house size differs between the two.
- Which sells faster?
- Mastic, at a median of 20 days on market against 22. Speed depends on how a house is priced more than on which town it is in.
- How many homes has John Tiburzi sold in these two towns?
- 3 in Mastic and 4 in Shirley. Each one is on this site with its address, price and closing date.