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The Media Just Doesn’t Get It!

By Judi Desiderio , Monday, January 16, 2012

If I read one more article on how the housing market remains stalled, I think I'll scream! I won't name names–but a major daily publication out of NYC, ran a story on how buyers were holding back because they think prices MAY come down A BIT ...

Winterfest starting February 11th – Jazz on the Vine

By Judi Desiderio ,

It is not just the windmills that are creating energy on the North Fork this winter – the beautiful winter weather has continued the hustle and bustle we normally see in Fall with its Harvest festivals. Not just most Realtors ™ are expe...

Mortgage Rates Drop Again!

By Judi Desiderio , Sunday, January 15, 2012

Freddie Mac said yesterday that the average fixed mortgage rates have dropped to a record 3.89%. So why isn't every Mortgage Broker and bank inundated with applicants? Simply put….after lending money to anyone with a pulse, they now went t...

It takes (more than) a community to buy a theater…

By Joan Bischoff van Heemskerck , Friday, January 13, 2012

Roughly $150K to go – according to the sign on the North Fork CommunityTheater – before the Mattituck based Theater can close on its contract to purchase the Theater from the Mattituck Presbyterian Church before the end of 2012! The...

Ships Hole Farm

By Judi Desiderio , Sunday, January 08, 2012

In Smithtown there is a 23 acre historic farm that dates back to the 1800's…The Ships Hole Farm. The Peconic Land Trust has orchestrated a collaboration between the current owners, the Nicodemus family, a government grant of $400,000 and priv...

Condos Coming To Sag Harbor

By Town & Country Real Estate , Friday, January 06, 2012

The long awaited condos are finally coming to Sag Harbor. The Bulova Watch factory which closed in the 1980’s has finally been taken off the Department of Environmental Conservations list of toxic Superfund sites. The building has been decont...

Happy New Year – In Real Estate on the North Fork

By Joan Bischoff van Heemskerck , Tuesday, January 03, 2012

The big question is – what will 2012 bring in business – besides the health and peace we all hope for – especially in the Real Estate Market? Is an investment in Real Estate a good one right now on the North Fork? In this blog I will t...

Wake Up And Smell The Coffee!

By Judi Desiderio , Wednesday, December 28, 2011

In reviewing our Town and Country Monthly Reports in preparation for the year's end, it became instantly apparent that this November & December are the busiest we have seen here on the East End in many years! All 8 T&C offices showed a spike i...

Santa Party In Southampton!

By Nancy McGann , Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Santa arrived on Friday evening, Dec. 9th at the Southampton Office of Town and Country Real Estate. Agent's children and grandchildren were wide eyed when Santa walked through the door. There were homemade cookies and candy and goodies for the...

Big Pru Sells To Canadian Firm

By Judi Desiderio ,

On December 6th, Brookfield Residential Property spends $110 Million on Prudential Financial Inc.'s real estate broker services. Brookfield Asset Management division said that the acquisition positions Brookfield as the world's second biggest ...

Long Island’s Foreclosure Rate Down Significantly!

By Judi Desiderio ,

AS THE HOUSING RECOVERY ACROSS LONG ISLAND TAKES A STRONG HOLD November's numbers confirm such. In Nassau county there were 257 foreclosure related filings – down 12.6% from October and down 3.4% from the prior year same month. In Suffolk the...

County Has Taken Title to Riverhead’s 300-acre North Fork Preserve

By Judi Desiderio , Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy announced last week that the county has taken title to Riverhead's 300-acre North Fork Preserve, which it purchased for $17.8 million. "This is a crown jewel in the county holdings," Levy said in a brief c...

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