Real Estate

The North Fork is considered to run from Aquebogue east to Orient Point. To gain perspectives for that expanse of real estate, I interviewed three experienced real estate brokers to get their take on the market.

Yet again, Richard Gere has dropped the price of his twelve-bedroom North Haven estate.

"All My Children" star Susan Lucci has put her Hamptons home on the marketplace for the first time since purchasing the 1.4 acre piece of land in Quogue and building the exquisite estate during the 1980s.

After being on the market for nearly five years, Billy Joel has sold his Sagaponack beachfront property.

We hear through the media that the real estate market has turned around. Does the market up-turn in the Hamptons cut across all locations and price lines? Does it apply to sales and rentals? How are lenders responding to the changes and what impact are interest rates having? Are we in danger of repeating the mistakes that led...

In addition to his work as a real estate broker in Sag Harbor since the late 1990's, John Christopher is in his third year as host of "Real Life" which is broadcasted every Friday at 5:30 p.m. on NPR's WPPB, 88.3 F.M.

The 2014 Hamptons Summer season is now at the midway point and things are really heating up. Party tents are up all over the manicured lawns and celebrities are all over the hamlets that make up the Hamptons.

It's been my pleasure to enter the backyard of clients and share my vision (and imagination) with them.

The 4th of July 2014 had a hurricane scare and big time rains on Friday that only let everyone appreciate the best weather of Saturday and Sunday! And boy was it busy! Restaurants were busy as "suave private Jets and helicopters" were ferrying in the very special while the rest of us crawled in the traffic.

As is true when a broker represents a seller, although a written agreement is always desirable, the agreement between a buyer and broker does not have to be in writing to be binding. Courts have awarded commissions to sellers and buyers brokers absent an agreement in writing.