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Taste North Fork 2014

By AgentImage , Tuesday, May 13, 2014
If you are thinking about Real Estate on the North Fork: a great way to meet your neighbors: TASTE NORTH FORK 2014 – let's start the season off right – Meet the Farmers, wine-makers, innkeepers, and chefs who make the North Fork tick! Th...

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The Most Expensive Home Sale In America Occurred Just Last Week In Our Beautiful Hamlet Of East Hampton, Taking The Crown From Last Month’s Sale In Greenwich Connecticut Of Copper Beech Farm At $120 Million.

By Judi Desiderio , Monday, May 12, 2014
Famed investor Barry Rosenstein purchased 60 Further Lane plus two adjacent properties for $147 million. This 18 acre estate was owned by Chris Browne, Managing Director of Tweedy Browne, who died December 2009 at age 62. Upon his death Chris w...

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Orient – Step Back in Time

By Judi Desiderio , Tuesday, May 06, 2014
Orient, the eastern most tip of Long Island’s North Fork, captures the essence of old world charm. Surrounded by water on three sides this unique hamlet beckons an era of yesteryear in juxtaposition to the modern day. Complete with a charming...

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Megna Glass Moves from Sag Harbor to East Hampton

By Judi Desiderio , Tuesday, April 29, 2014
Artists Martin and Mariann Megna began Megna Glass in Sag Harbor in 1999. The couple started designing custom homemade glass cabinets and doorknobs. Over the years they have expanded their designs to crafting cabinet fixtures, light fixtures, c...

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Town & Country is a Supporter of LIBFRE

By Judi Desiderio , Wednesday, April 23, 2014
Town and Country Real Estate is a proud supporter of LIBFRE (Long Island Business for Responsible Energy). At this time, LIBFRE’s mission is to stop PSEG and its endeavor to change the character of the hamlet of East Hampton. Their immediate...

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USS New York

By Judi Desiderio , Tuesday, April 22, 2014
It was built with 24 tons of scrap steel from the World Trade Center. It is the fifth in a new class of warship – designed for missions that include special operations against terrorists. It will carry a crew of 360 sailors and 700 comba...

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Lori Feilen Joins Town & Country Real Estate

By AgentImage , Thursday, April 17, 2014
A longtime top sales associate with Corcoran's Southold office, Lori Feilen has joined Town & Country’s Southold office. The consummate professional, Lori has over 25 years of real estate expertise and is one of the best resources when it com...

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T&C Hamptons 1st Quarter 2014 Home Sales Report

By Judi Desiderio , Wednesday, April 16, 2014
TOWN & COUNTRY’S 1st Quarter 2014 Home Sales Report proves, indisputably, that the Hamptons Real Estate market is enjoying a new wave. The Big Kahuna is Southampton Village where the Total Home Sales Volume exploded nearly 1000%!!! That’...

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T&C North Fork 1st Quarter 2014 Home Sales Report

By Judi Desiderio , Tuesday, April 15, 2014
TOWN & COUNTRY’S 1st Quarter 2014 North Fork Home Sales Report provides the statistical evidence needed to demonstrate true strength in the North Fork Real estate market. Orient (which includes East Marion and Greenport) is the shining bea...

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Modern VS Contemporary

By Judi Desiderio , Friday, April 11, 2014
Do you know the difference? There’s a significant shift in buyer interest, to modern homes today. Many buyers are being so specific to add “Not contemporary I want, MODERN – ultra modern” So, here at Town & Country we canvased our se...

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Jeremiah Halsey Jr. House

By Town & Country Real Estate , Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Goings-on in local real estate took a personal turn for me a few months ago when a property which had been in my husband, Rick Hirt’s, family for hundreds of years, until the early 1960s, went on the market. Ideally located in Bridgehampton ...

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Top 10 Most Expensive Homes Sold in 2013

By Judi Desiderio , Thursday, March 06, 2014
Press Release: February 18, 2014 Town & Country’s Annual Top 10 Most Expensive Sales of 2013 is actually Top 12 since 2 price points ($25M and $24M) posted 2 sales each. Number 1 leads off, as anyone could have guessed, with Steve Cohen’...

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