If you’re an optimist you believe that the real estate market has turned for the better. However, if you’re a a pessimist then you would say, “yeah it’s good, but not as good as 2006 or even 2007″. Yes, very true. The truth is that its going to be a while before the Westchester real [...]
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Do you know what a buyer’s market is? If you’re not familiar with the concept, then let me clarify–we’re in it now. Simply put, the market conditions are such that re are more sellers than there are buyers indicating that the demand is lower than the supply. Inventory of homes for sale at high and [...]
I read this article last about how Panera Bread is piloting a “pay what you want store” in St. Louis and it got me thinking. Since there’s no established fee or percent for what a real estate agent can and can’t charge for his or her services, would this type of model work in the [...]
I have this conversation at least once a week with a client or potential client. A drop in the price of the home can mean a number of things. If you’re super analytical, like me, you’ll undoubtedly try to dissect the situation every which way possible as to why the seller lowered the price; desperate [...]
As a real estate agent I get asked this questions a number of times a week. I could answer that question in a number of ways. I could say the market is down, compared to 2 years ago. I could also reply with the market is up compared to last year. The number of days [...]
The bad news is that number of sales are down by 24% in Westchester County in the last 9 months compared to the first 9 months of 2008. The good news is that sales have actually increased from last quarter by approximately 35%. Although this is positive news for the local real estate market, I [...]
Once again Westchester County has once again gained the dubious distinction of being the county with the highest property taxes ($8,890) in the country for the second year in a row, according to the Census Bureau. I’m not sure that’s the recognition the county was actually going after. What I want to know is why? [...]
