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Beat Inflation

Real Estate has, historically, been one of the best hedges against inflation. East End properties have proven to be excellent, stable, long-term investments. My stockbrokers, financial advisors, and accountants convinced me to “diversify�...

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Let’s Talk Interest Rates

When I began my real estate career interest rates were nearly 18%. Yep, 18%. We mastered negotiating owner financing terms. As rates ‘normalized’, the consensus was ‘as long as they remain under 10%, we’re good!’ Maybe that’s...

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Top 10 Most Expensive Home Sales – Hamptons 2022

2022 Top 10 Most Expensive Hampton Home Sales certainly ranks up there -- at first glance. To that end, the top spot doesn’t compare to 2021, when 90 Jule Pond in the Ford Estate (Fordune) in Watermill sold for $105,000,000 and the next tw...

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Hamptons Year End 2022 Home Sales Report

2022 was like a “Year of March” - it came in like a lion and went out like a lamb. All 12 markets monitored by Town & Country Real Estate fell, and most fell pretty hard on the Number of Home Sales. All 12 markets monitored by T&C als...

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Ring Out The Old!

2022 was quite a ride for East End Real Estate Markets. In fact, the past 2+ years felt like a poorly engineered roller coaster. The Real Estate Report dated 12/30/22 reported 29 sales for the last week of the year, of which 6 were vacant lot...

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Contrarians At The Gate

Success in real estate investing and developing has many nuances to it. The first, and said to be the only rule of real estate has always been ‘Location, Location, Location’. In the case of the East End, we are fortunate to have ...

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7 Lari Lane : Classic Character with Rare Convenience

7 Lari Lane In the heart of Shelter Island, you will find a hidden jewel. This carefully curated property overlooking Coecles Harbor offers everything you could want in an island home - at-hand boating leisure, a view from nearly every room, a...

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The Deal Behind The Deal: A North Fork 1031 Exchange

The Deal Behind the Deal: 1031 Exchange Edition We will be walking through the logistics and steps that take place when embarking on a complex 1031 Exchange. We've asked our own agents at Town & Country about how they themselves completed ...

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North Fork 3Q Market Report

The 3rd Quarter of 2020 North Fork Home Sales experienced a tremendous increase in activity — much of which continues through today. Looking at All North Fork Markets Combined, and the strong 3rd Quarter Home Sales report activity is confir...

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Hamptons 3Q 2020 Market Report

The Summer of 2020 will go down in the Hamptons Real Estate Books! Looking at All Hamptons Markets Combined delineates the power of the market with the Total Home Sales Volume doubled to $971.5M from $481M and a 52% jump in the Number of Home...

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