Wall Street bonus bonanza fuels Hamptons spending spree — sending East End home prices soaring 33%

Wall Street’s bonus bonanza has been powering record sales in the Hamptons, with the median home price in the tiny enclave surging 33.6% last year, realtors told The Post.

As financiers’ year-end payouts were forecast by the state comptroller’s office to hit record highs of over $60 billion, fat cats have been splashing out on oceanfront estates and weekend retreats.

“Record compensation/profits on Wall Street for the past two years are the main driver out east. The Hamptons is joined at the hip with Wall Street,” Jonathan Miller, CEO of Miller Samuel, a real estate consultancy, told The Post.

Financiers make up over 50% of buyers in the Hamptons and helped push total sales volume in 2025 to a staggering $6.2 billion — a 25.6% jump from 2024, according to Judy Desiderio, a managing partner with William Raveis.

“Whenever bonuses are booming, they really take the jitney out east and invest in East End dirt,” she said.

In the fourth quarter of last year, the average sale price reached nearly $3.5 million, according to a report by appraiser Miller Samuel for Douglas Elliman.