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Newsday's LI Home editor Valerie Kellogg appeared on News 12 Long Island Tuesday, as she does every Tuesday around 7:15 p.m., to talk about three high-end homes on the market. Here's the clip, in case you missed it, with a list below of the agents representing each of the properties. To see past segments, click here.

SOUTHAMPTON HOUSE:

Emily Demone (516-819-7983) and Jocelyn Meyer (631-835-4747),...

Nearly 700 distressed homeowners on Long Island have received legal help and housing counseling funded by last year’s $25 billion settlement with mortgage lenders, the state’s top law enforcement officer said Wednesday.

Plus, more than 150 Long Islanders who suffered Sandy storm damage have benefitted from assistance such as help dealing with insurance companies and the Federal Emergency Management...

It’s said that Lionel Barrymore slept here -- in the summer, anyway.

That’s what the sellers of this circa-1880 home on Three Sisters Lane in St. James, now on the market for $799,000, have been told.

Previous owners discovered artifacts in the house that might have belonged to Barrymore, actress Drew Barrymore’s granduncle. They included makeup and face powders. Whether he rented,...

Newsday's LI Home editor Valerie Kellogg appeared on News 12 Long Island Tuesday, as she does every Tuesday around 7:15 p.m., to talk about three high-end homes on the summer rental market. Here's the clip, in case you missed it, with a list below of the agents representing each of the properties. To see past segments, click here.

SAGAPONACK SOUTH HOUSE:

The Enzo Morabito Team, Douglas...

PATIOS ABOUND. Life too hectic? This East Islip Georgian Victorian will help slow  the pace. On the market for $4.5 million, the 3.31-acre property has a waterfront view of Champlin Creek, three separate houses and a handlaid brick patio that brings the entire property together.

The patio feels like “something right out of Italy,” says listing agent Matthew Arnold of Netter Real Estate....

SELLER. Jean Marie Kempster

ADDRESS. 2480 Camp Mineola Rd., Mattituck

ASKING PRICE. $414,990

THE COMPETITION. A three-bedroom, two-bath ranch on Theresa Drive is on the market for $485,000.

RECENT SALE IN THE AREA. A three-bedroom, three-bath ranch on Old Salt Road sold in November for $640,000.

TAXES. $5,270

TIME ON THE MARKET. Since January.

LISTING AGENT....

Five of New York’s largest mortgage lenders are offering help this week with the release of superstorm Sandy insurance settlements.

Representatives from JPMorgan Chase, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, CitiMortgage and Ocwen Loan Servicing are available at the state Department of Financial Services’ Disaster Assistance Centers through Saturday. In addition, representatives from Assurant will...

An Old Westbury home, on the market for $3.599 million, was given a complete modern makeover just over a year ago. The original 1981 ranch now features soaring ceilings, walls of glass and black walnut flooring throughout the house.

A sunken living room shares a two-sided fireplace with a banquet-size formal dining room. Its front foyer has a limestone floor and access to the backyard’s stone...

Originally located on North Road across from Moores Lane, this circa-1880 Greenport farmhouse was once known as “the old schoolhouse.” It was purchased by the Burt family in 1942 for $400 and in 1943, it was moved to a family lot on County Road 48 at the cost of $350.

Seventy-one years later, Charles Burt, who grew up here, and his wife, Sue, are selling the home, which is listed with Paul...

Explore a jungle, be a princess or fight crime as a superhero in this three-bedroom, 1½-bath Wantagh house on the market for $379,000.

The home comes with several wall murals. One bedroom features Disney princesses such as Ariel from “The Little Mermaid” and Belle from “Beauty and the Beast” and superheroes, such as Iron Man and Batman. Another room’s walls are jungle-themed and covered with...