Deal Behind the Walls.

Deal is what happens when a shore town decides not to be a shore town. No public boardwalk, no commercial strip — just wide streets of Italianate and Mediterranean-Revival mansions on walled lots, a strong Syrian-Jewish and Italian-American community, and a municipal beach that requires a resident pass.

The median is structural: $2.5M+ for any home on a meaningful lot; $5M to $20M+ for the Ocean Avenue and Roseld Avenue oceanfront compounds. The year-round population is roughly 800, but summer swells it to thousands as multi-generational families open up beach houses that have been in the family since the 1960s.

Mirtha represents the international buyer who values privacy above all — typically someone arriving from Latin America, Israel, or Europe — and the multi-generational family looking for a walled compound that a second-generation buyer can inherit. Few towns in America transact this privately; bilingual representation and Christie's International network discretion matter here.