Archive for the ‘real estate’ Category

Rye and Harrison Recent Sales

Monday, January 23rd, 2012

 Are you curious about what has sold in your community lately?     Take a look at 3 months of local MLS recent sales in our area, as posted by William Raveis Real Estate, listed below by school district:     RYE RECENT SALES HARRISON RECENT SALES RYE NECK RECENT SALES   Remember, you can always get [...]

Happy New Year

Monday, January 2nd, 2012

Another greeting by Smilebox

Should I List Now?

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

A recent client of mine is undecided- should we list now or wait until spring? There are advantages and disadvantages to each: while most contracts tend to be signed in the spring as couples move to be set for the upcoming school year, I have always felt that traditionally the second busiest time in real [...]

The Value of Staging

Tuesday, October 11th, 2011

In my experience, staging may not necessarily help your home sell for more money, but it WILL help your home SELL and it will help your home SELL FASTER.  My recent clients, a young professional couple with a baby, were growing out of their one bedroom place. In order to differentiate it from the other [...]

“Stop Overpricing Your Home”- informative post from my co-worker Phylis Lerner

Wednesday, September 28th, 2011

I met Phyllis Lerner as we sat together while earning our Certified Buyer Representative  (CBR) designation at the WPAR board this past spring, shortly after her Legends Realty Group was purchased by William Raveis Real Estate. Her recent post featured on the William Raveis Real Estate Blog about home pricing bears repeating, perhaps now more than [...]

Rye, Harrison and Rye Brook Recent Sales

Wednesday, September 21st, 2011

The summer lull is ending and the onset of cooler weather is starting to bring out buyers looking at local properties, as we enter into our “second busiest” selling season. The spring is typically the busiest real estate season, but interestingly, it seems in the past year or so as if the most successful part of the [...]

A personal peek at this beautiful Rye Estate- Take a Look!

Friday, August 5th, 2011

Mortgage Rates Plunge

Friday, August 5th, 2011

Our talented Executive Mortgage Banker, Michael Derosa, tells us that mortgage rates are plummeting: 30 year fixed conforming (to 417K) is 4.25%! 30 year fixed high balance conforming is 4.375%! We also recieved notification yesterday from William Raveis Mortgage that “the higher conforming jumbo loan limits that were a part of an economic recovery law [...]

Rye and Harrison Recent Sales

Monday, May 23rd, 2011

Strange market this is becoming- the early part of the year started off strong, and many homes are going in contract quickly. But there is a sense that the momentum is slowing down, as illustrated in Sunday’s New York Times article (In House Pricing, Own up to Flaws). Inventory is increasing as is typical this [...]

First Quarter Westchester County Real Estate Stats from William Raveis RE

Saturday, April 30th, 2011

What happened in YOUR neck of the woods the first quarter of 2011?  And how does it compare to last year? Take a look at the stats posted by William Raveis for the first quarter of 2011- CLICK HERE to view. The spring market is here, additional inventory is on, buyers are out, and homes [...]