What the data says about Sint Maarten
Not opinions — arithmetic. Each of these came out of the registers and the listings themselves, and each links to the page it was computed from so you can check it. 2 of them today.
Geography
Where is the biggest price gap in Sint Maarten?
The median home in Simpson Bay Beach asks $2,100,000; in Cupecoy it asks $1,600,000. Same island, 1.3× the price.
What would make this wrong: It compares what is on the market, not like for like. An area of large houses will always beat an area of flats, whatever the land underneath is worth.
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This week
What has moved in Sint Maarten this week?
16 listings appeared, 0 had their price cut and 0 went up. We read every agent's site overnight, so this is the week as it happened.
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The island most like this one
On asking price and market size, Cascais is Sint Maarten's closest match anywhere on this site — a median of €2,200,000 (£1,884,691) against $1,929,900 (£1,413,225), across 379 listings against 16. Put them side by side
What the same money buys elsewhere
The median Sint Maarten asking price, converted, against other islands' medians.
| Island | Their median | What Sint Maarten money buys |
|---|---|---|
| Seychelles | SR 780,000 | 35.2 homes at their median |
| Dominica | EC$204,598 | 25.5 homes at their median |
| Samoa | WS$250,000 | 20.7 homes at their median |
| Belize | BZ$235,000 | 16.4 homes at their median |
Converted at the previous day's reference rates. It compares medians, not like-for-like houses — an island of flats will always look cheap against an island of villas.