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Santa Party In Southampton!

By AgentImage , 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...

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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 ...

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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...

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Town and Country Acquires Kathleen Beckmann Real Estate

By Judi Desiderio , Monday, December 12, 2011
Town and Country is pleased to announce the arrival of Kathleen Beckmann and her Associates & staff to our Montauk Office. Kathleen has done a superior job as an owner Broker and holds the respect & regard of her contemporaries. She has and ...

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Good Samaritan

By Town & Country Real Estate , Thursday, December 08, 2011
Town & Country Real Estate wants to say a big "Thank You" to John Hummel and his wonderful crew for donating their time to reshingle the hook mill in East Hampton. It's an iconic landmark structure in our village and we have sadly missed it not...

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Merry Christmas to East Hampton Village

By AgentImage , Wednesday, December 07, 2011
What a pleasant surprise to open up the East Hampton Press this morning to see that local builder, Hummel & Associates, are donating their time to finish up our famous land mark, Hook Mill. In these times of uncertainty and economic hardships i...

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Property Owners Adjacent To Little Fresh Pond Lake Oppose Camp

By AgentImage , Sunday, November 20, 2011
Many years ago there was a tennis camp on Majors Path, Southampton New York. The property was sold and according to Newsday, the lawsuits have begun. The neighbors are opposed to the camp for environmental reasons. The owner, Jay Jacobs, state ...

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Bridgehamptons’ Three Corner Renovation

By Judi Desiderio , Friday, November 18, 2011
It seems to be the three million dollar question in Bridgehampton….What is happening with the Bull’s Head Inn and its neighboring commercial corners. It looks to me to be the “Revival of the Historic Mansions”. I find this very exciti...

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Baldwin’s Generosity

By Judi Desiderio , Thursday, November 03, 2011
First and foremost, all of us at Town & Country Real Estate would like to say “Thank You” to Alec Baldwin for all he does for our community. Most recently, Alec has donated $250,000 to the East Hampton Library to help cover the $4 million c...

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US Home Prices & New Home Sales Both rise!

By Judi Desiderio , Thursday, October 27, 2011
WASHINGTON: The Standard & Poor's/Case-Shiller index showed home sale prices rose in August from July in 10 of the 20 cities tracked. This is an indication of stabilization in some of the hard hit portions of the country. July was the 5th strai...

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Bay Street Theatre

By Judi Desiderio , Monday, October 24, 2011
It appears that the Bay Street Theatre will be making a move after 20 years on The Wharf after the 2012 season. They are looking for a permanent space and hope to stay in Sag Harbor.

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