Waterfront homes for sale in Hampton

The homes below are every listing currently for sale whose description shows frontage on tidal water: a river, creek, bay, canal, marsh or navigable channel. Homes on ponds and lakes are left out, and so are homes that only have a water view. The list updates daily.

Hampton's waterfront

Hampton counts 124 miles of navigable waterfront and has five distinct kinds of residential water. The Back River and its creeks wrap the north side of the city around Fox Hill, Grandview and Harris Creek. Homes on the east side face the open Chesapeake Bay at Grandview and Buckroe, or sit behind it on the Salt Ponds and Long Creek. Downtown, the Hampton River and Sunset Creek have dredged federal channels. Langley Air Force Base sits between the Back River's two upper branches, where general depths run about 2 to 5 feet.

For depths, permits and flood rules on each of these, see the Back River and Hampton waterfront guide.

What was on the market in November 2026

The list held about 50 homes at a median asking price near $430,000. About a third were condominiums or townhomes. The neighborhoods with the most listings were the Salt Ponds, Grandview, Cantamar, Tidemill Farms and Pooles Grant, and about 30 listings mentioned a private dock, boat lift, bulkhead or deep-water access.

What to check on any waterfront listing

• Depth at mean low water at the pier, not the depth of the nearest channel.
• The FEMA flood zone and an elevation certificate. Insurance cost follows the zone and the elevation, not the view.
• Shoreline condition and the Chesapeake Bay buffer. Bulkheads age, and the 100-foot Bay Act buffer limits what can be built near the water.
• Who issues permits. Piers, bulkheads and living shorelines go through the local wetlands board and the state and federal agencies.