http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/ Buying and Selling Real Estate in the Communities of Long Island en Copyright 2008 Sat, 17 May 2008 06:15:00 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Floral Park is for sale. The kitchen is a little shaky.]]> http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/retake_this_photo_please_210.html http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/retake_this_photo_please_210.html Floral Park Retake these photos, please Sat, 17 May 2008 06:15:00 -0500 Baseball’s Edgardo Alfonzo has once again lowered the price on his home in Little Neck, this time to $5.8 million, according to the Daniel Gale Sotheby’s International Realty Web site. The 14,000 square foot home originally went on the market at $8 million in 2006; the most recent price had been $6.1 million. Public records show that Alfonzo paid $900,000 for the property in 1999 while he was still signed with the New York Mets. Extensive renovations were made to the home, including a $750,000 upgrade on the master bathroom. The home has five bedrooms, 5 ½ baths, batting cage, theater room and spa. Alfonzo, currently a free agent, played with the Long Island Ducks in the 2007 season. ]]> http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/another_price_drop_for_edgardo.html http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/another_price_drop_for_edgardo.html Daniel Gale Sotheby's International Realty Little Neck Queens Rich Cribs Fri, 16 May 2008 14:44:59 -0500 Reality TV celeb Kim Kardashian wants to find a place in the Hamptons, a source tells RealLI. And what perfect timing: Kardashian is expected to make an appearance May 25 at the Hampton Bays nightspot The Whitehouse. Stepbrother Brody Jenner, who will be publicizing the club tomorrow night, also wants to summer here, the source said. "They are looking."]]> http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/will_kim_kardashian_be_summeri.html http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/will_kim_kardashian_be_summeri.html Fri, 16 May 2008 14:23:00 -0500 Huntington, built to honor the men who died during the Civil War, as part of The Huntington Historical Society’s “Heritage Antiques Show.” Get your ticket for the Soldiers and Sailors show at Huntington High School, Oakwood and McKay roads, where antiques are for sale, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. tomorrow and 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission is $7. Call 631-427- 7045, ext. 401, or click here.]]> http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/antiques_show_hits_huntington.html http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/antiques_show_hits_huntington.html House and home Huntington Fri, 16 May 2008 14:15:00 -0500 Bridgehampton Historical Society, Main Street and Corwith Avenue. Preview party and early-bird gala 6 to 8 tonight; $50. Admission is free 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. tomorrow. Call 631-537-2223 or click here. ]]> http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/get_hamptons_plants_grow_in_yo.html http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/get_hamptons_plants_grow_in_yo.html Home improvement House and home Fri, 16 May 2008 13:43:29 -0500 This bank-owned house in Bellmore is on the market for $278,900. Annual taxes are $8,818. The two-bedroom, two-bath house is on a canal. The property is 25 feet by 70 feet. Listing agent: Todd Yovino, Island Advantage Realty, 631-351-6000.]]> http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/foreclosure_of_the_day_bellmor.html http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/foreclosure_of_the_day_bellmor.html Bellmore Foreclosure Foreclosures for sale Fri, 16 May 2008 11:48:58 -0500 Katie Lee Joel tells the Herald-Dispatch in West Virginia, where she's from, that her new book "The Comfort Table" features photography taken at her and rocker-husband Billy Joel's new house in Sagaponack. "We did the photo shoots at my house in New York City and the house out on Long Island," she tells the newspaper. "I wanted the balance of country and city girl, and I had my mom and grandma and great-aunt come up, and all three of them have recipes in the book. We had the best time, and I will always have those remembrances of having them up here doing the photo shoot. We had our hair and makeup done, and after that we all went out for dinner since everyone was gussied up." Read more about the Joel house -- and see photos -- here. Getty Images photo]]> http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/bill_joel_hamptons_home_in_wif.html http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/bill_joel_hamptons_home_in_wif.html Billy Joel Celeb Fri, 16 May 2008 11:18:00 -0500 Freeport is for sale. And there's a great view!]]> http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/retake_this_photo_please_209.html http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/retake_this_photo_please_209.html Freeport Retake these photos, please Fri, 16 May 2008 06:16:00 -0500 If you spot a guy with a big clock around his neck floating around Roosevelt, chances are it’s Flavor Flav. The Public Enemy rapper and star of VH1's "Flavor of Love," might just be visiting his mom, Anna Drayton. Apparently, mother and son conducted an interview with People magazine at the Roosevelt-based home, which according to public records, is a 1,119-square-foot, six-room bungalow. The picture in the magazine shows Flav, born William Drayton, and his clockless, yet adorable mother, sitting in what appears to be her living room. It’s difficult to decipher, but a white couch, white curtains and glass coffee table seem to be part of the decor.]]> http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/if_you_spot_a_tall.html http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/if_you_spot_a_tall.html Celeb Roosevelt Thu, 15 May 2008 15:56:32 -0500 bus tours of foreclosed houses, Teresa Boardman writes soberly on Inman News on the challenges of brokering and selling in this market. It’s like playing poker without a full deck, she says. Also, she thinks zero down on a house is not a good idea, judging by the amounts some homeowners have to bring to the table to sell. The strategy is backward. “They bring the same amount of money to the closing when they sell their home as they would have brought when they bought it if they had made a down payment or paid their closing costs,” she writes. Boardman sells in St. Paul, Minn. and writes the St. Paul Real Estate Blog, where she also displays her amazing photos.]]> http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/heres_a_postcard_from_the.html http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/heres_a_postcard_from_the.html Foreclosure Foreclosures for sale Long Island housing market Thu, 15 May 2008 15:25:22 -0500 After a brief hiatus, Heisman winner Vinny Testaverde’s Oyster Bay Cove home is back on the market, listed with Shawn Elliott Luxury Homes and Estates. The price remains $6.995 million for the 13,000 square-foot mansion on Talls Oaks Court. Testaverde and wife, Mitzi, orginally listed the home in October 2007, taking it off the market this January as they prepared to move to their new $4.5-million Tampa, Fla., mansion. The six-bedroom, 7 ½-bath center-hall Colonial sits on four acres and is a sports-fan’s paradise with a fitness center, a sauna and steam room, a movie theater, a video game room, a billiards room, a full basketball court and a sports court. The home includes a cabana, a heated Gunite pool with a 20-foot waterfall, a kiddie pool and an eight-person Jacuzzi. ]]> http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/vinny_testaverdes_home_back_on.html http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/vinny_testaverdes_home_back_on.html Celeb Nassau County Oyster Bay Cove Rich Cribs Shawn Elliott Luxury Homes & Estates Thu, 15 May 2008 14:59:58 -0500 This bank-owned split level in Massapequa is on the market for $499,990. Annual taxes are $9,414. There are three bedrooms, one bathroom and one half-bath. The house was built in 1953. The property is 60 feet by 112 feet. Listing agent: Todd Yovino, Island Advantage Realty, Huntington, 631-351-6000.]]> http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/foreclosure_of_the_day_mass.html http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/foreclosure_of_the_day_mass.html Foreclosure Foreclosures for sale Massapequa Thu, 15 May 2008 14:01:00 -0500 As REAL LI reported yesterday, comedian and talk show host Dick Cavett is selling off part of his Montauk holdings. Listing agent and Corcoran senior managing director Krae Van Sickle today has confirmed that Cavett is asking $30 million for a 76.8-acre waterfront parcel on DeForest Road. Van Sickle tells REAL LI that Cavett is not selling Tick Hall, the home he owned with late wife Carrie Nye. That house, which was rebuilt after a fire in 1997, sits on adjacent land. The rebuilding of Tick Hall is the subject of a documentary film, From the Ashes. Van Sickle says that Cavett has been in talks for many years with Suffolk County and the Town of East Hampton to purchase the nearly 77-acres for conservation purposes, but that deal has not yet been sealed and the land is now also available on the open market. ]]> http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/update_dick_cavett_selling_77.html http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/update_dick_cavett_selling_77.html Celeb East End East Hampton Hamptons Montauk Rich Cribs Suffolk County The Corcoran Group Thu, 15 May 2008 10:01:49 -0500 Deer Park is for sale. Banister doubles as closet space!]]> http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/retake_this_photo_please_208.html http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/retake_this_photo_please_208.html Deer Park Retake these photos, please Thu, 15 May 2008 06:13:00 -0500 Sources tell REAL LI that talk show host and comedian Dick Cavett may be selling some of his Montauk property. Cavett, who moved to Montauk when it was still a sleepy village in the 1960's, lived in the the Stanford White-designed Tick Hall he purchased with his wife actress Carrie Nye. The home and several nearby structures burned down in 1997. The couple painstakingly rebuilt Tick Hall, with the rebuilding project made into a documentary film. Nye died in 2006. When contacted by REAL LI, Corcoran's Krae Van Sickle denied that Cavett was his client. Among Van Sickle's listings, however, is an 77-acre oceanfront parcel in Montauk. Coincidentally, public records show that among Cavett's Montauk holdings is a 76.8 acre tract of land on DeForest Road. He also owns another nearly 20-acre tract nearby. http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/is_dick_cavett_selling_his_mon.html http://weblogs.newsday.com/realestate/blog/2008/05/is_dick_cavett_selling_his_mon.html Celeb East End Hamptons Rich Cribs Suffolk County The Corcoran Group Wed, 14 May 2008 23:04:29 -0500