Arielle Dollinger

In the middle of a Puerto Rican winter's night, a door knock awakens drowsy homeowners. The dinging of pots and pans shatters the silence, and the visitors start singing holiday tunes.

Past a metal gate that wears the words, "Whispering Winds," and up a driveway that winds through woods, stands a hill-top house that overlooks the water.

A gray-shingled East Hampton property listed in July has been re-listed this month at a reduced price.

As the CEO of real estate database OneKey MLS, Richard Haggerty had high hopes for 2024. "I was hoping it'd be a little bit more of a breakout year," he said in December.

Seven years ago, the purchasers of a house on 8 acres in Locust Valley set out to create a space with high ceilings.

"It has very tall first-floor ceilings," which is unusual in homes of its era, the listing agent said.

A beige stucco exterior frames the dark wood double doors of a gated estate in Mill Neck. For decades , Christy Porter, 74, has visited the home as a holiday or dinner party guest, she said.

In the 1970s, Chet Doboe ran an advertisement for his Long Island drum school in a local newspaper. Vietnam veteran Jack Stein called for lessons.

½ Long Island Board of Realtors plans to move its headquarters from West Babylon to Melville this summer, in hopes of cultivating a modern

On the far east end of Fire Island Pines, a long, narrow swimming pool lined by custom chaise lounges marks the front of a rectangular house.