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By Judi Desiderio , Monday, April 25, 2011

In today’s modern world of lightening speed results; worldwide internet; portholes of information; mobile applications; search engines and so on – there is one single real estate resource which is irreplaceable, invaluable and, guess what? ...

Nationwide, Existing Homes Sales Rise!

By Judi Desiderio , Thursday, April 21, 2011

According to the March 2011 report issued by the National Association of Realtors (NAR), existing home sales rose 3.7% to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 5.1M in March from the 4.92M in February. These sales consist of closed transactions ...

More Good News…

By Judi Desiderio , Thursday, April 14, 2011

The Long Island Real Estate market is firmly grounded. Foreclosure activity for the 1st Quarter 2011 fell 28% – foreclosure activity includes all homes which go into the foreclosure process, receive auction notice or are repossessed. Addit...

North Fork Table Opens: The Lunch Truck

By Judi Desiderio , Sunday, March 27, 2011

The North Fork Table is a venerable institution we all got to cherish: In just a few years Mike and Mary Mraz, Claudia Fleming, and Gerry Hayden incorporated the best of North Fork (Sea) food, produce and wine into the place I cannot picture th...

RealtyTrac Misses the Mark

By Judi Desiderio , Thursday, March 24, 2011

RealtyTrac continues to miss the mark on Long Island Foreclosure numbers. The Lis Pendens filings have been dropping during the past several months, but a recent Newsday article quoted RealtyTrac’s February 2011 numbers as showing a 23% ju...

4th Quarter Foreclosure Closings Fall by 72%

By Judi Desiderio , Saturday, February 12, 2011

The 2010 full year sales numbers show a dramatic decrease in Foreclosure Closings in the 4th Quarter of 2010. Foreclosure Closings represent those properties that have been lost by the homeowner after going through the complete foreclosure c...

Median Home Sale Prices Nationwide Improve!

By Judi Desiderio , Friday, February 11, 2011

National Association of Realtors, (NAR), based in Chicago, reported yesterday…what we in the business have been feeling since December…The housing market is improving! Nationwide, median home sale prices rose 0.2%. In the New York area me...

Busiest December and January in years…

By Judi Desiderio , Tuesday, February 01, 2011

All 8 Town & Country Offices are pleased to report the busiest December and January in many years! In December, new business was up a whopping 240% more in Town & Country offices from the prior year. From cottages to castles, activity in eac...

Exciting new developments at Town and Country Real Estate

By Judi Desiderio , Sunday, January 23, 2011

These are exciting times for Town and Country Real Estate: Theresa Eurell opened our new Montauk office, Janet Hummel doubled our office in Bridgehampton (at a convenient and easy parking Main Street location) and Patrick Galway just opened ...

Existing-Home Sales Jump in December

By Judi Desiderio , Friday, January 21, 2011

The National Association of Realtors released their December report on the sale of previously owned homes. The December report showed a 12% increase from November. This month over month improvement has marked a slow, yes steady, recovery of ...

Home Sales on the Rise While Prices Stabilize

By Judi Desiderio , Thursday, December 23, 2010

The National Association of Realtors (NAR) released its November report on existing-home sales. The number of completed transactions on single-family residence, townhomes, condos and co-ops rose 5.6% to a seasonally adjusted 4.68 million in Nov...

Relight the Lighthouse

By Judi Desiderio , Wednesday, December 22, 2010

The Cedar Island Lighthouse was built in 1839, and was used as the home port to 29 whaling ships and 20 fishing and transportation ships. In 1934 the lighthouse was decommissioned and privately owned by numerous people until the late 1960's...

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