Real Estate

In the not too distant past, the bucolic Peconic Bay Region of Eastern Long Island virtually shut down for the winter. While still primarily a "second home" region, people are staying longer and coming out more frequently enjoying the fall and spring bumper seasons as never before. Is real estate in the Hamptons a seasonal business? Not if...

According to George R. Simpson, President of Suffolk Research Service, Inc., the real estate market on the East End of Long Island is showing a healthy trend.

From a slight grade of your backyard in NorthWest Woods to a waterfront view of the Southampton dunes with the Atlantic in the background; your property is telling you something.

A purchaser could avoid having to pay the tax at closing by having made application after a signed contract to purchase the property had been entered into and before closing. It is also possible to apply retroactively for the exemption.

Welcome to the neighborhood! AC Lighting & Electric Supply is the first lessee at Rechler Equity Partners Hamptons Business District location in Westhampton Beach.

The past few months have seen a number of troubling situations develop around the world.

Realogy real estate brokerages, which includes Sotheby's and the Corcoran Group, is starting a residential management division. What this means for the Hamptons and North Fork real estate market remains to be seen. But just what is property management with respect to single family homes? Well, that depends.

Much discussion has been made of late regarding the issue of the rental activities of the online antics of the Internet website, Airbnb. Hamptons.com investigated how this effects rentals in the Hamptons.

Corcoran, a heavy hitting Hamptons real estate agency with offices in Manhattan and Palm Beach, has called in the big guns for their most recent ad campaign, famed photographer Annie Leibovitz. Understanding the need to "go social" they are looking for a few amateur photogs to get snap happy with their new social media photography contest that runs...

The financial headlines tell us that the nation's central bank, the Federal Reserve (the Fed), is winding down its "quantitative easing" program.