The Real Deal New York

From the March issue: In slipping suburbia, the strongest shine. With foreclosures rising and home sales falling, the tristate area’s suburban housing markets did not hold up well in 2007 — certainly not as well as New York City’s. However, when The Real Deal took a microscope to the highest end of the suburban market in five of the counties closest to New York City — Nassau, Suffolk and Westchester in New York; Fairfield in Connecticut; and Bergen in New Jersey — it became apparent that luxury niches can sometimes perform very differently from their more pedestrian surroundings. This month we took a look at the top 10 home sales in each of these counties, and the performances were impressive.