WAS THAT A DEPRESSION I JUST SAW???...Just what are the current housing figures telling us? I ask this question because, after a terrific 2nd quarter here in the Hamptons, especially here in Southampton Village, I still feel like we have a long way to go to meet the expectations that the sellers
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07/26/2011
THE BIG NEWS OF THE WEEK: HAMPTON'S LUXURY MARKET TURNS REAL ESTATE ON IT'S HEAD!!! I am always leery of an article that comes on so strong as several did this past week, talking about the record sales in the high end of the Hamtpons real estate market. We have seen improvements as I have reporte
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07/23/2011
HAMPTONS/NORTH FORK 2ND QUARTER RESULTS...Showing encouraging optimism results have just been released and is shown in the link below: http://update.prudentialelliman.com/exchange/Paula.Hathaway/Inbox/JUST%20RELEASED:%20Our%20exclusive%202nd%20Quarter%202011%20Hamptons%20%26%20North%20Fork%20Mark
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07/21/2011
"LOCAL IS AS LOCAL DOES"..Maybe A "NEW" tag-line for ACTIVE real estate markets will work!!! I wrote this post on June 15---exactly 1 month ago and had a modest response to the question: ARE YOU IN A REAL ESTATE MARKET PLACE THAT IS GROWING DESPITE WHAT WE ARE HEARING IN THE NATIONAL NEWS? I tha
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07/14/2011
IN ONE OF MY LAST POSTS: " PUTTING YOUR "LOCAL KNOWLEDGE" TO WORK FOR YOU: ...How To Make It Work And Why It Will Create More Business! " I wrote that the color in your marketing area is one major way to get a good a solid, emotional description of your niche market: WANT TO CAPTURE YOUR "NICHE"
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07/12/2011
ARE YOU SEEING AN UP SWING IN OVER-CHARGING BY SERVICE PEOPLE?....I am and I don't like it one bit!!! In the past week, I have had the following happen with my regular service people: My lawn, which has been totally neglected by the landscaper since May, has suddenly become a place for him to mak
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07/04/2011
PUTTING YOUR "LOCAL KNOWLEDGE" TO WORK FOR YOU: ...How To Make It Work And Why It Will Create More Business!!! On May 24th I wrote a blog post called: "YOUR "NICHE AREA" INFORMATION.....A Business BUILDING BLOCK To Create More Business? In that post I made a point of getting your local informatio
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07/03/2011