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2010 

Claudine De Niro, actor and Montauk resident Robert De Niro's daughter-in-law and a senior vice president of Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate, has purchased an East Hampton home with her father for $2.5 million, according to the Long Island Real Estate Report. The five-bedroom, 6.5-bath pos...
06/25/2010
Lovely Property Backing Golf Course. Possible Subdivision. Super Value. Convenient To All. Seller Will Entertain Offers From $949,000-$1,094,876.
06/25/2010
One month after the federal homebuyer tax credit's official expiration, the New Home Sales report turned in its worst showing ever. In May 2010, for the first time in 11 months, the inventory of unsold new homes crossed the 8-month marker, posting an 8.5 month supply overall. Additionally, new ho...
06/25/2010
Today, in its first meeting in 5 weeks, the Federal Open Market Committee voted 9-to-1 to leave the Fed Funds Rate unchanged.  The Fed Fund Rate remains within its target range of 0.000-0.250 percent. In its press release, the FOMC said that, since April, "the economic recovery is proceeding" and...
06/25/2010
Existing Home Sales dropped in May for the first time in 3 months but still managed to post its second-highest since November 2009, buoyed by the expiring federal tax credit program. An "existing home" is a home that cannot be considered new construction; a resale of an existing home.  Existing H...
06/25/2010
Your home is probably the biggest investment you’ll ever make. Create a financial plan that takes into account repairs, upgrades, mortgages, insurance, and taxes. You probably already have a financial plan for yourself in place. Most likely you sat down with an adviser at some point to set up a b...
06/25/2010
To successfully appeal your property tax bill, you first need to do a bit of sleuthing into your real estate assessment. Owning a home is an expensive proposition. There’s maintenance, landscaping, utilities, renovations, and, of course, taxes. It’s your civic duty to pay the latter, but it’s als...
06/25/2010
May unemployment dips to 9.6% from 9.8% in April and the city's workforce climbs to over 4 million as economy rebounds quickly. The city continued its rebound in May as the unemployment rate fell for the fifth straight month and the economy posted over-the-year private-sector job gains just nine...
06/18/2010
(Reuters) - The collapse of the U.S. commercial real estate bubble will not be as crushing as many had anticipated, a top executive for real estate services company Jones Lang LaSalle Inc (JLL.N) said on Monday at the Reuters Global Real Estate and Infrastructure Summit in New York. After invest...
06/18/2010
Thursday May 27, 2010 12:42 PM By Cathy Mahon Photo credit: Prudential Douglas Elliman Real Estate photo Rumor has it that Elizabeth Taylor -- yes, The Elizabeth Taylor -- once stayed at this sprawling new-on-the-market manse in Huntington while filming a movie. “Far Horizons," appropriately name...
06/18/2010
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