Howard’s Hut

Howard Stern has officially ascended from the ranks of Hamptons renters. Recently, the shock jock signed a contract to buy the Amagansett house he’s been renting for $5.5 million.

To hear his on-air cohort tell it, the house was already well broken in. During the July 22 broadcast of Mr. Stern’s show, “Stuttering John” Melendez Read More

Widow’s Walk

Generosa Ammon Pelosi, the widow of slain financier Ted Ammon, has taken off the market the $10.5 million East Hampton home where her husband was found bludgeoned to death last October. The property has been on the market since January, but neither Ms. Ammon Pelosi nor her broker at Sotheby’s International Realty could be reached Read More

Barbra Takes a Bath

With greatest-hits collections and antiques, Barbra Streisand usually comes out on the winning end of a deal. But not in real estate. In April, Ms. Streisand signed a contract to sell her 8,000-square-foot duplex penthouse at the Ardsley, 320 Central Park West. Sources say a contract for around $4 million was signed in early March, Read More

Billboard Guy Steals Fifth Ave. Co-op From $8.5 M. Buyer

Just as financier Ted Ammon’s widow, Generosa, was anticipating

an $8.5 million check for the apartment her husband owned at 1125 Fifth Avenue,

it turns out she’ll get a check for $1.5 million more.

In late January, when a

potential buyer for the co-op apartment, near 94th Street, had not returned a

signed $8.5 Read More