Harry Connick’s Oyster Pond Home For Sale

CHATHAM – The waterfront vacation home of musician and actor Harry Connick Jr. and former model Jill Goodacre is on the market for $12.5 million.

The five-bedroom, 5,308-square-foot Colonial, built in 1963, sits on a 1.3-acre lot overlooking Oyster Pond. The property includes a private pier, dock and boathouse. Town assessing records value the property at $5,970,200. Connick bought the property in 2006 for $5.3 million.

According to reports published in the Wall Street Journal and elsewhere, the couple and their three daughters spent summers at the house (Connick previously owned a home in North Chatham), as well as other times of the year. They did extensive renovations on the property, including a new kitchen and family room.

According to the realtor’s description of the home, “The interiors artfully balance old-world craftsmanship and modern luxury with exquisite attention to detail throughout. At the heart of the home, a gourmet kitchen caters to indoor and outdoor living with French doors that open to a waterside terrace and swimming pool. The well-appointed primary suite is accessed via a private staircase, complete with a walk-in closet, study, and en suite bathroom.” A winding driveway leads to the home and its park-like setting, complete with a swimming pool, the description reads.

The property is listed by Berkshire Hathaway Robert Paul Properties.

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Real Estate Sales Down, Prices Holding Steady

Property sales are down across the board so far this year, but prices appear to be holding steady, despite some significant fluctuations.

The number of homes on the market and pending sales are up over last year, according to the Cape and Islands Association of Realtors.

“Sellers are listing houses at a pace we have not seen in the last few years,” association CEO Ryan Castle said in a statement. “The market could continue to use more homes to help ease affordability pressures.

Cape-wide, the median sale price of a single-family home in April was $809,250, a 6 percent increase over a year ago.

Median home prices in Chatham, Harwich, Orleans and Brewster outdistanced the countywide price, but the figures show how much a few high price sales impact the numbers. All figures are for single-family homes.

In April in Chatham, 12 home sales closed with a median price of $1,582,500, two fewer sales than April 2023 and a 22 percent decline in median price from a year ago. Year to date, the median sale price in Chatham was $1.4 million, which was 42 percent higher than the median price a year ago. The 27 sales this year is 30 percent fewer than the same time last year.

In Harwich, the median sale price in April was $1.1 million, a 13 percent decrease over last April. There were 15 single-family home sales, one fewer than last year. Year to date, Harwich’s median sale price for single-family homes is $782,500, a 5 percent increase over last year at this time. There have been 4 percent fewer sales this year compared to the same time last year.

Orleans saw seven closed sales in April, the same number as last April, but the median price was 57 percent higher at $1,225,000 compared to $778,000 last year. There have been 4 percent fewer sales in Orleans this year over last year at this time, with the median price 34 percent lower at $800,000 compared to $1,222,500 last year.

There were five closed sales in Brewster in April compared to 12 last year, a 58 percent drop. The median price was up 2.4 percent at $885,000 compared to $864,000 last April. Year to date, Brewster sales are down 19 percent from 31 to 25, and the median sale price is down 5.5 percent at $700,000 compared to $741,000 last year.