The Tea Lane Advantage
Founded in 1967 with deep roots in the community, Tea Lane Associates operates two Martha's Vineyard real estate offices. Our locations in Chilmark and West Tisbury are staffed by thirteen brokers and agents who maintain the highest standards of professional practice while still preserving the casual atmosphere of the Vineyard. We provide exceptional service, an uncompromised commitment to our clients’ need for privacy, and honest counsel based on our extensive knowledge and expertise in the Martha's Vineyard real estate market.
We value enduring relationships. From the first time you enter Tea Lane’s doors, you will be welcomed into the rich fabric of friends, family and community that we have cultivated in the 55+ years we have been in business on the island.
Tea Lane 2024 Year-End Sales Highlights
Tea Lane Associates sold property in all six towns in 2024 and represented the buyer and/or seller in the three highest sales in Chilmark including the highest transaction up-island in 2024.
Tea Lane sold three of the five residential sales in Aquinnah, and five of the top ten sales in West Tisbury including the two highest sales.
Tea Lane Associates advised the Sellers in the highest priced vacant land transaction on the island in 2024.
Tea Lane Associates sales included five of the top 20 brokered sales island-wide in 2024.
Tea Lane Associates’ sales represented 46% of Chilmark dollar volume, 41% of Aquinnah dollar volume, 39% of all up-island dollar volume, and 12% of dollar volume island-wide.
Tea Lane Associates represented buyers and sellers at all price points. We worked with buyers who have been coming to the Vineyard for their lifetime and buyers who discovered the island more recently, with buyers who were upgrading on the island, buyers who were downsizing and with buyers who were expanding their holdings on the island. We helped families purchase their year-round homes, and buyers who were setting up for retirement. We worked with sellers (individuals, groups of familymmembers, trustees, business partners) to list and sell a wide range of properties from vacant land, to new construction, to beloved generational family homes. All are an important part of what we do and we were honored to be part of a new chapter in our clients’ lives.
In 2024, Tea Lane Associates affiliated with Forbes Global Properties, a brokerage owned and Invitation- only international marketing network. As an independent agency with almost 60 years of experience and deep roots in the Martha’s Vineyard community, Tea Lane Associates enhanced its local roots with global reach for our clients. Tea Lane exclusively represents Martha’s Vineyard in the Forbes network of print, digital, and social media channels, engaging an audience of more than 140 million. Forbes Global Properties connects buyers and sellers of luxury properties worldwide and is the exclusive real estate partner of Forbes, one of the world’s most trusted media brands.
Tea Lane Associates 5-Year Sales Highlights (2018-2022)
Tea Lane Associates sold:
- 11 of the top 13 residential properties in West Tisbury
- 40% of the 25 highest priced brokered sales in Chilmark (10 of top 25)
- The 3 highest priced properties in Aquinnah* (and 11 of the top 20)
Tea Lane Associates sold in all six towns:
- Aquinnah - 22 sales (from $370,000 to $5,800,000)
- Chilmark - 75 sales (from $290,000 to $11,083,500)
- West Tisbury - 62 sales (from $490,000 to $14,000,000)
- Edgartown - 20 sales (from $496,000 to $12,900,000)
- Tisbury (Vineyard Haven) - 31 sales (from $695,000 to $3,900,000)
- Oak Bluffs - 13 sales (from $390,000 to $3,100,000)
Tea Lane Associates has deep roots in the up-island market. Tea Lane sales represented 33% of the total up-island sales dollar volume from 2018-2022* including 45% of the 20 highest prices sales up-island (9 of top 20, and 23 of top 50).
Breaking it down by town, Tea Lane sales represented 42% of Aquinnah’s dollar volume*, 33% of Chilmark’s dollar volume and 30% of West Tisbury’s dollar volume over the five-year period.
Of Tea Lane Associates’ 226 sales during this timeframe, 50% were within the price range $1-3mm and another 21% were sales over $3mm.
* The 2020 and 2021 direct sales of Red Gate Farm in Aquinnah to MV Land Bank and Sheriff’s Meadow for $27mm and $10mm are not included in these calculations.
Tea Lane Associates General Highlights
Tea Lane Associates sells property in all six island towns. Past sales range from $14,450,000 for an estate in Edgartown (2015) to an exquisite custom home with pool on the Squibnocket Farm peninsula in Chilmark for $11,083,500 (2019) to a $1,775,000 commercial property in West Tisbury (2019) to a residential building parcel in Aquinnah for $370,000 (2020).
Tea Lane Associates has a long history as a leader in waterfront and high-end sales across the island. Some of our past sales include the record-setting, two highest-priced brokered properties in Aquinnah at $6,500,000 (2015) and $5,800,000 (2020), an Historic Edgartown Harbor property at $12,900,000 (2020), the sixth highest sale ever in Vineyard Haven at $8,875,000 (2005), the fourth highest brokered home sale ever in Chilmark at $14,000,000 (2008), a spectacular contemporary home on West Tisbury’s north shore for $9,000,000 (2021), and an expansive waterfront property on West Tisbury's south shore for $14,000,000 (2022).
Tea Lane Associates represents buyers and sellers at all price points. We work with buyers purchasing their year-round family home, with buyers purchasing their retirement home and with buyers purchasing their perfect vacation retreat. We work with sellers to list and sell a wide range of properties. All are an important part of what we do and we are honored to be a part of a new chapter in our clients’ lives.
Community Highlights
Tea Lane Associates represented the seller in the sale of the Little Field Preserve in West Tisbury to the Land Bank for continual agricultural use and vista preservation (2010).
Tea Lane Associates represented the seller in the sale of land to the town of West Tisbury for community preservation/open land use. This land is currently being used by the Field Gallery and Sculpture Garden in the center of West Tisbury village (2011).
Tea Lane Associates represented the seller in the sale of Thimble Farm in Vineyard Haven to Island Grown Initiative, a community nonprofit which delivers food and agricultural education to both children and adults and works to increase the supply and demand of locally grown food (2012).
Tea Lane Associates represented a client in the creative sale of private property to the Land Bank. This property will link Land Bank property to private association conservation land in Oak Bluffs (2019).
Tea Lane Associates represented the buyer and seller in a portion of the sale of Stillpoint Meadows in West Tisbury to the Land Bank. This sale was significant in the preservation of waterfront land on Crocker Pond and Priester's Pond, as well as providing miles of pristine walking trails (2022).