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Today’s Wall Street Journal

Justin Lahart, writer for the WSJ wrote the article, ‘U.S. Consumer Rebound on More-Solid Foundations’. He outlines how the steadily improving housing market will keep the national economy from buckling. He discusses economic issues abro...

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Case-shiller July Report

There’s no disputing the current housing market trend. For the 6th straight month in a row single family home sale prices rose in July across the United States. All 20 metropolitan areas monitored by Case-Shiller, gained 0.4% on a seasonal...

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East Hampton Town Board Approves Land Purchases

The town board has approved, unanimously, the purchase of 3 properties. The first is a 5.9 acre waterfront lot at 41 Three Mile Harbor Road, owned by the Prand Corp. the parcel has 670’ of shoreline and has approximately 2 acres of low-lyi...

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Great Shows at Westhampton Beach Performing Arts

Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center is one of the hidden gems on the East End! Every time I go , I wonder why I don’t go more often. Last night, my husband and I went to see Joe Jackson perform.. what a treat! He played his music a...

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Home Values Continue to Rise

The Federal Reserve said Thursday, the value of Americans' real estate holdings jumped approximately $400 billion dollars to $19.1 trillion or 2.1%, in the second quarter to the highest level since the 4th quarter of 2008. This increase is a of...

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Us Home Sales

Nationwide, home sales rose in August, to their highest levels in over two years. The National Association of Realtors published a 7.8 % increase, to a seasonally adjusted rate of 4.82 million. This is the most monthly home sales since May o...

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National Home Sales Begin Their Ascent

National Association of Realtors (NAR) announced re-sales of single family homes, town houses, condos & co-ops grew 2.3% in July from June to a seasonally adjusted 4.47 million. Additionally, the year over year July sales jumped an impress...

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Two Great Events – Music and Fashion

On Saturday I attended the Hamptons Magazine party at Bridgehampton Polo store featuring designer, Anna Trzebinski.  Polo was postponed due to rain but the party went on. Then we were off to Guild Hall to to hear the Randy Brecker Band.Â...

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National Housing Market Has Legs

The S&P/Case-Stiller composite index of 20 metropolitan areas gained 0.9% in May on a seasonally adjusted basis.  This is the 4th consecutive month of positive momentum.  In May, all 20 cities realized gains. Non-seasonally adjusted...

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CPF Fund Down 6%

The Peconic Bay Community Preservation Fund collected $29.6 million dollars for the first half of 2012… sounds like a lot of money for land preservation, but actually is not a banner year. Last year for the same period $31.5 million was colle...

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