There is a palpable difference in the holiday atmosphere this year, with a celebration of normalcy and enthusiasm accompanying tree trimming, holiday lights, an exchange of greeting cards and saying hello to those who we have not seen in a very long time. A client recently said, "I never got into the holidays much in the past, but this year I'm loving it." Transitions that accompany day-to-day Continue Reading

This Thanksgiving seems to have come upon us in a blink of an eye, perhaps because we have collectively experienced so much in the past year or two, time seems to have sped up the clock and the calendar. Below are notable transactions since Labor Day 2022. While the list is shorter than last Thanksgiving, one factor is limited inventory, in terms of both homes and acreage. Although the interest Continue Reading

Saunders Associate Broker Penelope Moore may have started off in a different direction, but her childhood reveals clues about what drew her from the entertainment field to real estate. She was born and grew up in Washington, D.C. in a family “obsessed with shopping for a home,” she said. She recalls her mother spreading out newspapers on the dining room table to search for open house events and Continue Reading

  With the summer of 2022 soon to be one for the books, the past three months have been a time to re-acquaint ourselves with cherished activities and re-ignite friendships as we continue to come out of the pandemic. It was also a time for expectations met for many, unexpected turns for others and sharing of diverse opinions about the Shelter Island community.   Although Continue Reading

With July 4th weekend coming up, Shelter Island is ramping up the ferry slips to welcome day trippers, renters, home buyers and second homeowners to our beautiful little locale. A touch of red, white and blue seems to be accenting many homes as island businesses prepare for festivities. The real estate market on Shelter Island does not appear to be showing signs of let-up, despite news in the Continue Reading

"To everything there is a season." Real estate has always been a story of shifts and transitions, and of lives changed through a home or parcel of land. The Covid-19 pandemic, beginning in March 2020, was a life altering state of being that few people in our lifetimes have experienced, much less contemplated. "A time to refrain from embracing." Two years ago almost to the day, I was en route Continue Reading

This past weekend, one of the most thrilling Kentucky Derby races was run and the next day, amidst an offshore storm blowing wind and rain toward us, Mother's Day was celebrated by families gathering for the first time in months in some cases, and in others, years. Shelter Island is finally blossoming with leafed canopies revealing themselves in lyrical synchronicity, and if one listens carefully Continue Reading

With spring flower bulbs starting to pop out of the soil like pastel colored lollipops, landlords whose homes are available on the rental market on Shelter Island are looking for tenants to emerge to sign leases. Over the past three years, the rental market has evolved and it will undoubtedly continue to do so. Rentals, in general, flow with the lives and habits of consumers and it takes an Continue Reading

February is traditionally a quiet time, when snowbirds fly south for respite from the cold weather, and real estate activity usually centers around rentals. As was the case in 2021, this month continues to be active in real estate. Although there is a shortage of active listings, there is no shortage of ready, willing and able prospective buyers scouting for homes, vacant land and investment Continue Reading