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USS New York

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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T&C Hamptons 1st Quarter 2014 Home Sales Report

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

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

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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Top 10 Most Expensive Homes Sold in 2013

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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Town and Country’s 4th Quarter Home Sales Report

Press Release: January 17. 2014 Town & Country’s 4th Quarter Home Sales Report demonstrates a solidly recovered market. Eight of the twelve individual markets monitored by Town & Country reported increase in the Number of Home Sales, one r...

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East Hampton vs Pseg

Today there was a Town Hall meeting, which most people were unaware of, regarding the new obnoxious utility poles being erected by PSEG. The public was not invited to speak.. in fact the public wasn’t invited period! Those of us who went, ...

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It’s Time To Go Shopping W CPF Money!

Peconic bay community preservation fund revenues from the five east end towns that collect cpf 2% tax on real estate sales rose to its overall second highest level since it’s inception 15 years ago. This tax is customarily paid by the buyer...

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National And Hamptons Home Sales Reports

National and regional home sales reports are all in and it’s unanimous, 2013 was the best year for home sales since 2005. This statement was made by t&c, regarding the Hamptons, North Fork & Shelter Island back in December. The well respect...

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Strong Home Sales Report

The newly released Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller 20-city Home Price Index Report indicated a 13.6% year over year gain—the fastest since February 2006. Keep in mind the Case-Shiller index covers approximately half the US homes and is no...

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Returning to its roots

A Cultural Exchange

Southampton is bringing back a relevant piece of Long Island history. The town has decided to purchase the Neptune Beach Club and turn back the hands of time to create a museum which will honor African-American Coast Guardsman who were station...

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