Vanderbilt. Hearst. Astor. Names that conjure images of a kind of wealth and opulence that could have only existed in another era. The time period they defined, or that defined them, derived its own name from the satirical The Gilded Age: A Tale of Today, and today the era offers a powerful point of reflection…
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“Considering we were locked down due to COVID-19 most of this quarter, the statistics show the resilience of the Hamptons Home Sales Market!” Town & Country Real Estate CEO Judi Desiderio shares her insights for the Hamptons market after the second quarter. Despite a quarantine in which the market was forced to adapt to remote…
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One thing became evident to Joey Wölffer over the past few months, and that is the importance of home. “I’ve spent my life running from thing to thing being busy,” says Wölffer, the co-owner of Wölffer Estate Vineyard, Joey Wölffer Boutique, Wölffer Stables and Wölffer Kitchen. Wölffer says that the past few months, as the…
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The Water Street Shops property in Sag Harbor is for sale. This significant and large commercial property comprises several retail units in a prime spot and is listed by Enzo Morabito at Douglas Elliman Real Estate. 22 Long Island Avenue, the Numbers Listed at $13.9 million Built in 1950 Features 8 retail units 15,188 square…
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The East End has changed much over the centuries, but fishing remains a stalwart constant upon our shores. Long before robust homes laid lengthy shadows across the dunes, and long since, local men have cast net and line to pull their harvest from the sea. The traditions are time-honored and the tools and techniques largely…
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Questions. They are everywhere around us, and new ones keep popping up all the time. At certain moments, it can even feel that the more we know, the more answers we seek. With that in mind, we turned to real estate experts and insiders on the East End to learn what essential questions buyers and…
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Take a journey back 100 years to see what a coming decade held…and imagine what the next 10 years may bring Year the Village of East Hampton was incorporated: 1920 Earliest mention of the Hamptons on the silver screen (The Sheik): 1921 Year 11 mini-hamlets amalgamated under the name Hampton Bays: 1922 Year first paved…
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Imagine, if you will, a stunning waterfront home in pristine shape complete with floating dock and views to die for. Now stop imagining–29 Cobb Isle Road, Water Mill, newly listed by Pat Petrillo at Sotheby’s International Realty, is a rare beauty that is very real. 29 Cobb Isle Road, the Numbers: Listed at $14.995 million…
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Six months into 2020, there have been significant and major properties sold across the East End. From an historic inn on Shelter Island to the largest sale on record in the Hamptons since 2016, here are the biggest sales thus far in 2020, as shared with us by each real estate group. Brown Harris Stevens…
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As we all look for wisdom and insight great and small, East End real estate insiders share the best advice they’ve ever gotten, and lessons they like to share, not only from the world of real estate but the world at large. In my early days on Wall Street, my manager pulled me aside and…
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