Jay Cooke's Blog

Recently I posted this comment to my Blog: A Magnificent Waterfront Estate in Greenwich Connecticut  One of the great joys of our business is touring the homes for sale.  Whether a modest starter home or  an amazing estates, some of our market areas run the complete gambit. This week I was privil...

Yesterday I posted the following piece about the a famed Greenwich landmark coming back on the market for resale six months after it closed. It had taken over two years to sell the first time around.   GREENWICH REAL ESTATE, Dunellen Hall - The Curse Continues? Dunellen Hall, one of the "Great Es...

It's back! Dunellen Hall, one of the "Great Estates of Greenwich" and former home of Harry and Leona Helmsley is back on the market. Originally for sale at $125,000,000 in May of 2008, the estate went through several brokers and numerous price reductions before selling in October of 2010 for $35,...

So, I'm doing a POH (public open house) tomorrow.  I have the ads in; I'm ready to rock.  Then the assistant of the agent I'm sharing the listing with lets me know that the owners are doing a tag sale at the same time! They figure that the POH will bring folks in and the tag sale will bring in ev...