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Thank You Tim Bishop!

By Judi Desiderio , Friday, May 20, 2011

Thanks to Rep. Tim Bishop (D-Southampton) Montauk Inlet will be dredged in the fall and $1.15M in federal funds shall be contributed to the costs. As we all know fishing is THE industry in Montauk. The channel, which is supposed to be 12? de...

Lis Pendens Filings Fall by 48%

By Judi Desiderio , Monday, May 16, 2011

New Lis Pendens filings dropped to lowest point in almost 5 years. There were 1,937 new Lis Pendens filings in the First Quarter of 2011. This number represents the lowest quarterly count since the second quarter of 2006, and a 48% drop f...

Visit Montauk for the Second Annual Montauk Music Festival

By Judi Desiderio , Saturday, April 30, 2011

The Second Annual Montauk Music Festival will take place May 12th through 15th. The festival showcases over 75 Bands who will play over 100 shows at 25 different restaurants and venues throughout Montauk. Free open air concerts will also be hel...

Forbes Names Greenport as One of America’s Prettiest Towns

By Judi Desiderio , Friday, April 29, 2011

A year or so ago I blogged about Greenport – and the wonderful things happening there – and I am now in great company: John Giuffo of Forbes magazine selected Greenport as one of America’s prettiest towns in his “small world big mouth�...

Your Most Valuable Real Estate Asset

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...

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