Category : Residential

The Connecticut estate where legendary actress Katharine Hepburn resided with her family for many decades until her 2003 death has been expanded to a compound by present owners Frank and Barbara Sciame. The Sciames have listed the compound, which includes the 8,300-square-foot Hepburn estate home, a 2,750-square-foot gate house residence currently being built, a pond, a private boat dock, and an additional deeded lot with its own sandy beach for which the Sciames are pursuing a permit to build a third home (a 2,300-square-foot guest house) at $30 million.

As New York’s anti-smoking movement continues to grow, the Real Estate Board of New York’s (REBNY) has developed a new guide to help apartment managers stub out smoking in their buildings. REBNY's Residential Management Council said the guide with help managing agents best inform their buildings and boards who are considering implementing a no-smoking policy.

By Al Barbarino “It is starting to feel like old times,” in the housing market, according to Corcoran Group CEO Pamela Liebma. Releasing the company’s first quarter reporter, Liebman said, “The Manhattan market is not in a recovery, it’s ready to run a marathon.” While median home prices showed little to no change since last year, the number of transactions rose, inventory shrank and there were fewer price cuts.