Jacob Newman and Allyson F. Skinner bought a home at 65-26 77th Place in Middle Village for $542,000 from Gerald Dunleavy and Stephanie Dunleavy on July 21.

Skinner is an assistant manager of marketing services at AIG. She also owns and runs a freelance editing company, A. Fegan Skinner Editors, Llc.

She has also worked as a media planner at Nature Publishing Group and as an estimator at M&M Associates, Inc. She received her B.A. from College of the Holy Cross (1999) and her M.S. in publishing from New York University (2008).

There have been 139 home sales in Middle Village thus far in 2008, with a median sales price of $520,000.

Address: 65-26 77th Place
Buyer(s): Newman, Jacob, Skinner and Allyson F
Seller(s): Dunleavy, Gerald, Dunleavy and Stephanie
Sale date: Jul. 21, 2008