Real LItag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/realestate/blog//1362008-05-11T10:31:25ZBuying and Selling Real Estate in the Communities of Long IslandMovable Type 3.36Retake this photo, pleasetag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/realestate/blog//136.996752008-05-11T10:17:00Z2008-05-11T10:31:25ZThis house in Selden is for sale. Tires are negotiable....Valerie Kellogg
Selden is for sale.
Tires are negotiable.]]>
Retake this photo, pleasetag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/realestate/blog//136.993002008-05-10T10:11:00Z2008-05-10T12:24:28ZThis house in Southampton is for sale. Yes, the home needs a lot of work....Valerie Kellogg
Southampton is for sale.
Yes, the home needs a lot of work.]]>
Neighbors compete against neighbors for house saletag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/realestate/blog//136.1004662008-05-09T22:25:30Z2008-05-09T22:41:35Z "There is a good relationship between the neighboring families on Davison Street in Oceanside," writes today's Newsday. The Melitos, pictured here, are friendly with their neighbor, Ramon Tavarez. Tavarez, who owns a landscaping business, even does their yard work...Valerie Kellogg
"There is a good relationship between the neighboring families on Davison Street in Oceanside," writes today's Newsday. The Melitos, pictured here, are friendly with their neighbor, Ramon Tavarez. Tavarez, who owns a landscaping business, even does their yard work for free. "But both homeowners happen to have their Dutch Colonials up for sale, and each says they think their house is a better deal," according to the article. Read more about what happens when neighbors are competing for a sale.
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Sex and the Hamptons for Sarah Jessica Parker?tag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/realestate/blog//136.1004572008-05-09T21:34:26Z2008-05-09T22:12:00Z When asked if he and Sarah Jessica Parker want more children, husband-actor Matthew Broderick replied, "Yeah, I hope so," according to the latest issue of Life&Style. He told the magazine that after Parker's new film "Sex and the City"...Valerie Kellogg
When asked if he and Sarah Jessica Parker want more children, husband-actor Matthew Broderick replied, "Yeah, I hope so," according to the latest issue of Life&Style. He told the magazine that after Parker's new film "Sex and the City" opens May 30 they plan to head for the country. "We'll go to Long Island and probably Ireland and I don't know where else." Parker and Broderick own a home in Amagansett, which they bought in 2005 for a reported $4.7 million.
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Dottie Herman to get 'Heart of the Hamptons' awardtag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/realestate/blog//136.1004482008-05-09T21:14:02Z2008-05-09T21:33:54Z Dottie Herman, chief executive officer of Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate, will be honored June 21 at the 12th annual "Heart of the Hamptons" gala for the American Heart Association. The part-time Hamptonite will join honorees Robert McMahon, president...Valerie Kellogg
Dottie Herman, chief executive officer of Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate, will be honored June 21 at the 12th annual "Heart of the Hamptons" gala for the American Heart Association. The part-time Hamptonite will join honorees Robert McMahon, president of U.S. Pharmaceuticals, Merck & Co., Inc., Dr. Michael Wolk, past president of the American College of Cardiology, and super model Christie Brinkley, whose Bridgehampton house is on the market with Prudential rival The Corcoran Group. WNBC newsman Chuck Scarborough will be the master of ceremonies for the event, which will be held on the grounds of the Hayground School in Bridgehampton.
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Foreclosure of the Day: Mastic Beach ranch for $95,000tag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/realestate/blog//136.1004362008-05-09T20:55:38Z2008-05-09T21:06:04Z This bank-owned ranch is on the market for $95,000. Annual taxes are $3,549. The house was built in 1965. There are three bedrooms and one bath. Lot size is .14 acre. Listing agent: Todd Yovino, Island Advantage Realty, Huntington,...Valerie Kellogg
This bank-owned ranch is on the market for $95,000. Annual taxes are $3,549. The house was built in 1965. There are three bedrooms and one bath. Lot size is .14 acre. Listing agent: Todd Yovino, Island Advantage Realty, Huntington, 631-351-6000.
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Tomorrow, you can tour Long Island foreclosurestag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/realestate/blog//136.1003702008-05-09T17:19:23Z2008-05-09T18:37:18ZThe American Museum of Natural History can be so inspiring -- it was the genesis of Long Island Foreclosure Tours. In the inaugural tour, up to 30 investors and house hunters are expected to be bused Saturday to about 10...Ellen Yan
Long Island Foreclosure Tours.
In the inaugural tour, up to 30 investors and house hunters are expected to be bused Saturday to about 10 vacant homes in Nassau, including Stewart Manor and Hicksville, with agents on the bus to e-mail and fax bids to the banks involved.
The business was launched after Sheri Cambareri, an agent at RE/MAX Village Properties in Mineola, noted to her boss last month that the traditional way of house selling and buying is so inefficient. The agent takes one client to look at one house and if there’s no sale -- often the case in this slower market -- one takes in no money.
She pined for the old days when she worked at the museum promoting what her broker-owner, David Farrell, called fancy, “20-star” group tours in exotic locales, where someone had to hold the champagne glass of guests walking off a yacht or the five best scientists of the tour topic would be on the trip as expert guides.
“I just wish I could do what I did when I was back at the museum -- I wish I could do tours,” Farrell heard Cambareri say.
Farrell said he told her, “You do tours. You’re an agent.”
That’s how they cooked up the foreclosure tour, an idea that has been done in other parts of the nation. The two helped set up Foreclosure Tours International, which will start trips in New York City next month and has a north New Jersey one in the works.
The tour, originally $50 per person, has been reduced to $25 for the final seats. On the bus or in the houses, various experts will be at hand for short presentations and questions. That includes a general contractor to give estimates of repairs, an appraiser, a home inspector, an attorney, Wells Fargo Home Loan officers and an auctioneer who specializes in foreclosures.
Farrell is surprised that such tours have not been rampant on Long Island. He said he researched the idea and thinks he’ll be doing the first-ever local foreclosure tour.
Said the broker: “It looks like it might be a viable, exciting thing.”]]>
Retake this photo, pleasetag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/realestate/blog//136.981192008-05-09T10:12:00Z2008-05-09T12:12:22ZThis house in New Hyde Park is for sale. Your life-sized doll will feel comfortable in this house, too!...Valerie Kellogg
New Hyde Park is for sale.
Your life-sized doll will feel comfortable in this house, too!]]>
Good news for Long Island sellerstag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/realestate/blog//136.1000282008-05-08T21:25:00Z2008-05-08T21:26:23ZThe house hunting season went into full swing last month with some good news for sellers and real estate agents and not good news for buyers looking for bargains. The median closing price for Long Island and Queens went up...Ellen Yan
Newsday's story today.]]>
Hamptons code officers to crack down on party housestag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/realestate/blog//136.1001692008-05-08T20:10:36Z2008-05-08T21:43:36ZThe East Hampton Star reports that one code enforcement officer is surprised that people from "Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens pay so much money and spend so much time battling traffic 'to share quarters in a basement with people they don’t...Valerie Kellogg
The East Hampton Star reports that one code enforcement officer is surprised that people from "Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens pay so much money and spend so much time battling traffic 'to share quarters in a basement with people they don’t know.'" Apparently, her town, Southampton, has a problem on its hands. So Southampton and neighboring East Hampton town are reading Internet and classified ads to find where the houses will be -- and then monitor them. "Southampton also tracks trouble spots," the paper reports. “There are properties with repeat problems." Southampton keeps "a list of the top 100" problem properties" that officers will start visiting when the season begins.]]>
Long Island Realtors move markets -- and mulchtag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/realestate/blog//136.1001472008-05-08T19:05:01Z2008-05-08T19:21:22Z Sometimes it’s just good to pick up a broom and a rake and get to work. That is what a host of Long Island Realtors did recently at the Hagedorn Community Center in the Manhasset-Great Neck area. The group,...Liisa May
Sometimes it’s just good to pick up a broom and a rake and get to work. That is what a host of Long Island Realtors did recently at the Hagedorn Community Center in the Manhasset-Great Neck area. The group, all in navy blue T-shirts with a big "R" emblazoned on the pocket, did some spring cleaning and mulch moving for the community center.
The effort was part of Change the World – Start at Home, an HGTV community revitalization project with Rebuilding Together LI, the National Trust of Historic Preservation and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The center was built as a public school in 1929.
After the brooming and raking, the good-sized group took a rest and a picture on a center lawn. ]]>
Listing of the Day: Great Neck mansion with gold ceilingtag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/realestate/blog//136.1001352008-05-08T18:20:42Z2008-05-08T18:35:56Z When the owners purchased this 1926 Colonial in Great Neck Estates in 1993, the house was tiny, says Trudy Elliott of June Shapiro Fine Homes and Estates in Great Neck. Leaving the original structure, the house -- now a...Lisa Doll-Bruno
When the owners purchased this 1926 Colonial in Great Neck Estates in 1993, the house was tiny, says Trudy Elliott of June Shapiro Fine Homes and Estates in Great Neck. Leaving the original structure, the house -- now a brick and stone Tudor -- was gutted and expanded to 5,149 square feet. And that doesn’t include the basement, where there’s a home theater with about a dozen large leather seats. And there's a wine cellar that accommodates 1,000 bottles -- with a 24-carat gold ceiling.
Other fun features include a ceramic floor with copper inserts in the entrance foyer, a hand-stenciled concrete driveway that looks like brick, surround sound, an indoor chorine-free pool with a whirlpool, a sauna and a steam shower. There are six bedrooms, six full baths, each with a Jacuzzi, and two half baths.
Resting on a square 111-by-110-foot parcel, the house is “built like a fortress,” says Elliott, who is co-listing the property for $4.3 million with Svelana Levitin.
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Foreclosure of the Day: Westbury ranch with fireplacetag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/realestate/blog//136.1000902008-05-08T16:18:35Z2008-05-08T16:23:47Z This bank-owned ranch in Westbury is on the market for $236,900. Annual taxes are $7,311. The house was built in 1958. There are three bedrooms and one bathroom. There is a fireplace. The lot is 50 by 100 feet....Valerie Kellogg
This bank-owned ranch in Westbury is on the market for $236,900. Annual taxes are $7,311. The house was built in 1958. There are three bedrooms and one bathroom. There is a fireplace. The lot is 50 by 100 feet. Listing agent: Todd Yovino, Island Advantage Realty, Huntington, 631-351-6000.
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Retake this photo, pleasetag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/realestate/blog//136.981172008-05-08T10:14:00Z2008-05-08T12:32:04ZThis house in Baldwin is for sale. Is this a playroom or a special smoking room?...Valerie Kellogg
Baldwin is for sale.
Is this a playroom or a special smoking room?]]>
Long Island home prices see an upticktag:weblogs.newsday.com,2008:/realestate/blog//136.999742008-05-08T02:05:16Z2008-05-08T02:07:11ZRead all about the April report from the Multiple Listing Service of Long Island here....Valerie Kellogg
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Tires are negotiable.]]>
Yes, the home needs a lot of work.]]>
Your life-sized doll will feel comfortable in this house, too!]]>
Is this a playroom or a special smoking room?]]>