Joy Behar has finally found a buyer for her Hamptons estate, though the sale came in at roughly half of the ambitious price she first put on the property.
Behar, best known as the longest-running co-host on The View, purchased the four-bedroom Sag Harbor home in 2016 for $4.75 million.
The 83-year-old television veteran first listed the historic Hamptons property in November 2024, entering the market with a steep asking price of $10.95 million.
After months on the market, Behar closed the sale on August 28 for $5.65 million — about $5.3 million below her original ask, according to Realtor.
Built in 1903, the 4,500-square-foot residence includes four and a half bathrooms and has been updated with modern comforts, including a separate guest cottage.
‘This house is over 100 years old — I’m almost as old as this house!’ she joked in 2021 to Hedges. ‘But it’s a beautiful house, it has bones, and it has history.’
The Daily Mail has contacted a representative for Behar for comment.
Joy Behar has finally succeeded in selling her Hamptons mansion for about half of her original asking price
Behar bought the four-bedroom Sag Harbor spread in 2016 for $4.75 million
The 83-year-old TV personality began attempting to offload the house in November 2024, setting a formidable price of $10.95 million
Constructed and decorated to radiate an air of classic Northeastern elegance, the property now also boasts a heated swimming pool.
The home’s walls are lined with plenty of windows enabling natural light to stream into the building, which is nestled in a summer playground for the New York elite.
Behar’s own love affair with the Hamptons dates back to her college days in the 1960s, when she and her sorority sisters rented a vacation home there one summer.
‘I love the Hamptons,’ she raved. ‘There is no better place. To me, it resembles Provence more than any other place I’ve been, and I like it more than Provence.’
When the time came for her to snaffle up her own bit of Hamptons real estate, she had been starring on The View for the better part of two decades.
However, the manor she hoped for was not the one she eventually bought, but an adjacent house that she discovered was out of her price range.
‘I was looking at the one next door, a brand-new big house, that was too much money. I asked the broker: “Can you find out if he wants to sell this house?” The owner said: “Only at top dollar and as is.” I took it,’ she confessed.
Behar, who married her second husband Steve Janowitz in 2011 after a 29-year romance, began her bid to sell the house eight years after making the purchase.
On August 28 she finally succeeded in closing a deal with a buyer who paid $5.65 million, which is $5.3 million less than what she first requested, via Realtor
With 4,500 square feet of living space and 4.5 bathrooms, the estate was constructed in 1903 and now features such amenities as a guest cottage
‘This house is over 100 years old — I’m almost as old as this house!’ she joked in 2021 to Hedges: ‘But it’s a beautiful house, it has bones, and it has history’
Constructed and decorated to radiate an air of classic Northeastern elegance, the property now also boasts a heated swimming pool
The walls are lined with plenty of windows enabling natural light to stream into the building, which is nestled in a summer playground for the New York elite
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‘I love the Hamptons,’ Behar raved, adding: ‘There is no better place,’ and noting: ‘To me, it resembles Provence more than any other place I’ve been, and I like it more than Provence’
When the time came for her to snaffle up her own bit of Hamptons real estate, she had been starring on The View for the better part of two decades
However the manor she hoped for was not the one she eventually bought (pictured), but an adjacent house that she discovered was out of her price range
I asked the broker: “Can you find out if he wants to sell this house?” The owner said: “Only at top dollar and as is,”‘ she confessed: ‘I took it’
Behar, who married her second husband Steve Janowitz in 2011 after a 29-year romance, began her bid to sell the house eight years after making the purchase
Her listing agents Ed Gaetjens and John Wines have now admitted that the initial $10.95 million asking price had been too high
They gradually whittled the price down until by December 2025 they had arrived at $5.95 million – but three months later, they went back up to $6.995 million
‘We had started much higher, at an aspirational price, then came down to a realistic number,’ Wines explained of the $6.995 million decision
Her listing agents Ed Gaetjens and John Wines have now admitted that the initial $10.95 million asking price had been too high.
They gradually whittled the price down until by December 2025 they had arrived at $5.95 million – but three months later, they went back up to $6.995 million.
‘We had started much higher, at an aspirational price, then came down to a realistic number,’ Wines explained of the $6.995 million decision.
Wines and Gaetjens explained that the $1 million price hike was partly motivated by the $11.25 million sale of a nearby home – albeit one that had been updated with more extensive renovations than those Behar had undertaken on her house.
‘The comp next door, that house went for a lot of money, a lot more than any of us thought it would go for,’ Gaetjens revealed.
‘We told Joy that, we’re not just taking [her listing] to take it again; we want to think outside the box on this. We just need to be a little more proactive, a little more visual, a little more telling about how things could be.’
Their tactic was to ensure that the stage was set for the new owners to begin a modernizing remodel without Behar actually having to revamp the house herself.
Wines and Gaetjens devised plans with the help of architects, obtained the planning permissions that would be needed and determined the price tags for the renovations.
Their tactic was to ensure that the stage was set for the new owners to begin a modernizing remodel without Behar actually having to revamp the house herself
Wines’ contention was that ‘if we were to move forward and actually do the renovations, the price wouldn’t be $6.99 million, it would be $12 million’
‘A lot of people don’t have vision, they don’t see what the house could be. What we’re trying to do is make it more palatable. We’re all but doing [the renovation] for them is really what it comes down to,’ said Wines.
‘At $6.99 million, it’s still a steal because there’s so much room in there. We have a legitimate comp next door that allows us to say: “Here’s what a turnkey house is worth.” We know that this house will give a buyer great equity, we’re just trying to find the easiest path for someone to accomplish that.’
He added, however, that in the event that ‘there isn’t a buyer at this price, I think we will probably find an avenue to have it renovated and sell it at the higher price.’
Wines’ contention was that ‘if we were to move forward and actually do the renovations, the price wouldn’t be $6.99 million, it would be $12 million.’