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Santa Visits The Hamptons Real Estate Office

Santa came early this year, at least to Town & Country Real Estate’s Bridgehampton office. On Friday, Dec 2, jolly old St. Nick appeared bearing goodies for children of all ages. Bells were a jingling, cookies were flowing, children with smi...

Real Estate – Forever Changed

In the nearly 3 decades of my Real Estate career in the Hamptons and North Fork, I must say the first 22 years, it was business-as-usual with little apparent changes, but the past 7 years have proven to be anything but what we considered busine...

SUMMER RENTALS 2009

Here at Town & Country we are gearing up for what’s expected to be a great rental season in the Hamptons and on the North Fork!. In preparation of our annual launch of the Town & Country eRental Guide for 2009, our agents have been diligen...

Preservation of the Jamesport Community House

Congratulations to the Town of Riverhead. The oldest building in the Town has been preserved. The Community House which was built in 1731, when the community came together to build it, has been for sale for 2 years. The community came together ...

“Homes” For The Holidays – Creating Hampton’s Cheer

Summer is not the only season out here in the Hamptons. The holidays bring with them the perfect opportunity to spend time enjoying the slower pace of what we know of as "the off season." What many of us have found is that the summer season, h...

New Beginnings In Southampton

On Friday, November 7th Town & Country Real Estate opened its 7th office right in the heart of Southampton Village. Judi Desiderio, Janet Hummel and Nancy McGann (managing partner of the Southampton office) greeted 200 guests to their new offi...

Why Didn’t My House In The Hamptons Rent?

As Manager for Town & Country Real Estate in Westhampton Beach, I often have occasion to speak with homeowners regarding their homes for rent, and quite often get questions about that special vacation beach house, that just didn’t rent last s...

North Fork Farm Country

This October on the North Fork was spectacular. The fall folliage was in full bloom and the people came from all over to enjoy our farms, farmstands and wineries. There were festivals every week-end as well as pumpkin picking, apple picking, ...

Stock Market Affects Hampton’s Real Estate Market

Dow spikes nearly 900 points after plunging 700 points, skids over 200 points in the last half hour of trading… new records set — both good and bad– headlines linking current conditions to the Great Depression, OMG! whiplash and agita. ...

East Hampton Town Board Meeting

Jen Wilson attended the East Hampton Town Board’s budget hearing yesterday. It was open to the public, and many voices were heard. Here is what she has to say about it: "In this very unsettled financial time, we are most likely going to ha...

90210 Move Over, Please

11976,11975 & 11932 have topped 90210 & Manhattan’s ritzy zips…. codes that is. Water Mill (11976), Wainscott (11975) & Bridgehampton (11932) have made the list of the top 25 Most Expensive Zip Codes in the United States 7/07-6/08. M...

Simply Not Enough!

On July 21st, 2008 Governor Paterson signed Chapter 349 amending Section 1449-aa of the tax law. The Peconic Bay Region Community Preservation Fund Tax Amendment Exemption was adopted to apply to qualified first home buyers and certain not-f...

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