Riverhead, NY

Sunken Ponds is a 55 and over active adult community located in Riverhead Long Island, Suffolk County. Condos at Sunken Ponds range in size from 1300 sq ft to 1600 sq ft. It offers a clubhouse, gym, pool, and all of the condos back a golf course.

Located in Long Island's North Shore by Exit 73 on The Long Island Expressway, this gated active retirement condo has approximately 192 units in total. According to public records for the year 2008 condominiums at Sunken Ponds sold in a range of $310,000 to $419,000.

If you would like to see the available condos at Sunken Ponds in Riverhead, or any other community on The North Shore of Long Island, please contact LARRY AND SHEILA Realtors with Charles Rutenberg Realty at 631-805-4400.

All content text is the exclusive property of Suffolk Experts, and may not be used without the expressed written permission of Larry & Sheila. All information is believed to be accurate but is not warranted.

Authored by: Options Realty
January 15th, 2009

The following press release is a year end (2008) market report for the east end of Long Island (North fork, Hamptons). It was compiled by George R. Simpson, owner of Suffolk Research Services, Inc.

As the oldest research service available in the Hamptons, Suffolk Research Services provides data used by developers and real estate companies. They are located in Hampton Bays, New York.

In addition to market reports, Mr. Simpson offers seller consulting services, and can be reached at: 631-357-9502.

According to George R. Simpson, President of Suffolk Research Service, Inc. the real estate market on the East End of Long Island declined in Median Price, Unit Sales, and Dollar sales for the year 2008 vs 2007.

Mr. Simpson said that the Median Price of single family residences for East End Real Estate decreased 12.2% from $740,000 in 2007 to $650,000 for twelve months of 2008 — (Median Price is the middle price when all houses sold are listed in order of price).

2008 Median Prices for Single Family Residential Houses has declined from 2007 in the all the towns on the East End except in Shelter Island — to $799,900 in Southampton - (down 13.5%); $995,000 in East Hampton - (down 9.5%); $409,693 in Riverhead (down 5.3%); and to $500,000 in Southold (down 4.8%). Prices rose 1.3% to $962,500 in Shelter Island.

To check out all available properties on the North Fork of Long Island, click “north fork homes”, enter your area of interest and any parameters, and click “go”- properties for sale include Riverhead, Aquebogue, Baiting Hollow, Calverton, Jamesport, Laurel, Mattituck, Cutchogue, Peconic, Southold, Greenport, East Marion, Orient, and Orient Point, NY.

January 1st, 2009

The following data was collected from MLSLI*. While deemed reliable, figures are subject to error.

Total North Fork Real Estate SALES 2008.

Aquebogue, NY: 23

Baiting Hollow, NY: 23

Calverton, NY: 15

Cutchogue, NY: 42

Greenport, NY: 22

Jamesport, NY: 22

Mattituck, NY: 27

New Suffolk, NY: 2

Peconic, NY: 8

Orient, NY: 16

East Marion, NY: 20

Southold, NY: 66

Riverhead, NY: 98

COMPARING 2008 WITH 2007:

MEDIAN DAYS ON MARKET FOR NORTH FORK, LONG ISLAND HOMES IN 2008: 126

MEDIAN DAYS ON MARKET FOR NORTH FORK, LONG ISLAND HOMES IN 2007: 111.5

MEDIAN SALES PRICE CLOSED FOR NORTH FORK, LONG ISLAND PROPERTIES IN 2008: $460,000

MEDIAN SALES PRICE CLOSED FOR NORTH FORK, LONG ISLAND PROPERTIES IN 2007: $490,000

MEDIAN PERCENT DIFFERENTIAL FROM ASKING PRICE TO SOLD PRICE 2008: -6.7%

MEDIAN PERCENT DIFFERENTIAL FROM ASKING PRICE TO SOLD PRICE 2007: -4.9%

TOTAL CLOSED PROPERTIES, ALL TOWNS ABOVE 2008: 398

TOTAL CLOSED PROPERTIES, ALL TOWNS ABOVE 2007: 510

*INCLUDED IN THE 2008 AND 2007 TOTALS ARE MOBILE HOMES CLOSED, WHICH TOTALED 42 IN 2008.

TO VIEW AVAILABLE PROPERTIES ON THE NORTH FORK OF LONG ISLAND MLSLI, CLICK ON THE TOP RIGHT "NORTH FORK HOMES", CLICK YOUR TOWN (S), ADD ENTER, AND CLICK GO. *Multi-list Long Island

Authored by: Options Realty
December 6th, 2008

The following is a list of available retirement / vacation / 55-plus condos presently available on the North fork of Long Island, NY. HOA DUES and taxes as reported in the MLSLI, for use as a guide/estimate:

AQUEBOGUE, NY CONDOS

Silver Village*

HOA DUES: $235

TAXES:$6774

Available: 1; $379,9k

BAITING HOLLOW, NY CONDOS

The Knolls

HOA DUES: $293

TAXES: $3875-$4757

Available: 5; $299k; $375k;$380k;$385k;$389k

The Bluffs

HOA DUES: $326

TAXES: $5495

Available: 3; $374.5k; $475k; $498,9k

CALVERTON, NY CONDOS

Calverton Hills

HOA DUES: $275

TAXES: $2045

Available: 12;$119,9K $144,9k; $149k; $150k; $165k; $169k; $170k; $179k; $179k; $189k; $199,k; $199,9K

Foxwood Village*

HOA DUES: $470

TAXES: $3400-6600

Available: 20; $153,5k; $159k; $165k; $168k; $169,9k; $185,9k; $185,9k; $210k; $215k;$219,9k; $220k; $220k; $225k; $240k; $249,9k; $310k; $319k; $319,7k; $343,7k; $349,9k

Windcrest East*

HOA DUES: $272-$366

TAXES:$4950-$5700

Available: 3; $549,9k;$589,9k; $589,9k

EAST MARION, NY CONDOS

Cleaves Point

HOA DUES: $568

TAXES: $2615

Available: 1; $799k

GREENPORT, NY CONDOS

Driftwood Cove (co-op)

HOA DUES: $270-$303

TAXES: $2415

Available: 2; $180k; $199k

Breezy Shores (co-op)

HOA DUES: $300

TAXES: $1261

Available: 2; $349k; $349k

Pheasant Run Estates

HOA DUES: $350

TAXES: $3200

Available: 2; $360k; $429k

JAMESPORT, NY CONDOS

Maidstone Landing

HOA DUES: $495

TAXES: $6000-$7500

Available: 6; $699k; $799k; $850k; $879k; $948k; $1.275m

RIVERHEAD, NY CONDOS:

Willow Pond

HOA DUES:$291

TAXES: $4888-$5100

Available: 5; $269k; $314,9k; $389k; $406,6k; $479k

Mill Pond

HOA DUES: $187-$250

TAXES: $2454-$4018

Available: 3; $295k; $310k; $318k

Stoneleigh Woods*

HOA DUES:$251

TAXES: $4100

Available: 2; $365k; $375k

Sunken Ponds

HOA DUES: $300.

TAXES: $5300-$6300

Available: 4; $375k; $385k; $399,9k; $429k

Saddle Lakes*

HOA DUES:$288

TAXES: $3760-$4035

Available: 2; $389,9k; $399k

The Highlands*

HOA DUES: $394

TAXES: $9918-$11,113

Available: 2; $574,9k; $609k

SOUTHOLD, NY CONDOS

Colonial Village (co-op)

HOA DUES: $247-$430

TAXES: UNAVAILABLE

Available: $187,8k; $240k; $279,7k

Founders Village*

HOA DUES: $240

TAXES: $2570

Available: 2; $349k; $359k

The Cove

HOA DUES: $374

TAXES: $3300

Available: 1; $929k

TO VIEW AVAILABLE CONDOS, CLICK ON “NORTH FORK CONDOS” BLUE TAB. ENTER YOUR TOWN(S) OF INTEREST, HIT “ADD”, AND CLICK. Call us with any of your North fork, Long Island condo questions!

Authored by: Options Realty
December 3rd, 2008

The following report indicates the number of homes for sale by town on the North fork of Long Island. This report includes homes for sale excluding mobile homes and condos; under contract homes for November can be found by scrolling further on this page.

All homes for sale on the North fork can be viewed by clicking on the blue "north fork homes" tab, entering parameters, and clicking "add" to each town of interest.

AVAILABLE PROPERTIES BY TOWN North Fork:

Aquebogue, NY: 67

Baiting Hollow, NY: 59

Calverton, NY: 15

Cutchogue, NY: 51

Greenport, NY: 42

Jamesport, NY: 29

Laurel, NY: 16

Mattituck, NY: 74

Peconic, NY: 4

Orient, NY: 16

East Marion, NY: 17

Southold, NY: 126

Riverhead, NY: 146

The graph below indicates third quarter results and a comparitive view of previous results in real estate on the North fork (and east end) of Long Island, as provided by HANFRA.

http://www.hanfra.com/hanfra-3-q-report.pdf