Deeds and Leases

If you have been following the first time home buyer tax credit you know by now that in order to get it you have to be in contract by April 30 and close by the end of June. The good news is that there is still plenty of time!
The even BETTER news is that if [...]

I have always loved the snow: loved to look at it, loved to play in it - and like most, hated to shovel it! One of the advantages of living in a Coop is that we have a great building staff to take care of that chore. Now that I am not a spring chicken [...]

Walk to All! Metro North, Starbucks, CVS, Dunkin Donuts, 7-11, Cleaners, Bank, Salon, Pizza, Liquors, Doctors, Bronxville Village, Cross County Shopping, Public Park, etc! Only $112,500!!

On offer is this private top floor bright and sunny apartment in the most sought after complex in Mount Vernon. Historic Park Lane, where Dick Clark grew up and Arthur Murray danced, features this wonderful top floor home filled with wonderful space and light just waiting for a new owner.  I will be happy to [...]

Wow, the market is getting busy! The spring has arrived! True to form new listings are pouring onto the market, which I think can be viewed as a good thing. Give buyers a choice. As long as they are properly priced, buyers will purchase them, especially with the $8,000 tax credit until April 30th. The [...]

 
 
 
 
2009 was dismal, but we have turned the corner.
That is the crux of the market report issued this week by the Westchester Putnam MLS. I generally let this document speak for itself because I frankly am not in love with it. Not because anything in it is wrong - not at all. it just is [...]

Can you believe it? With all the recent bad press about how Con Ed has been ripping down trees in WestchesterCounty under the guise of protecting their power lines, you would think that the City of Yonkers would smarten up? Well they have not. At least the powers that be at the Yonkers Fire Department [...]

Today Houlihan Lawrence launched its new state-of-the-art website http://www.houlihanlawrence.com This has been a long time coming, and it is very web 2.0! Sporting a new soothing color scheme, it is chock full of new features, including larger pictures, map searches, YELP! integration, school information, enhanced client access and so much more. Combined with our new in-house [...]

Okay okay, is this the case of a government agency expanding itself? For once, NO! This may be a case of acronyms gone wild, but it is vitally important in the expansion of rights for all people to obtain housing without fear of discrimination.
Today the New York Times reported that The Federal Housing Administration (i.e. [...]

This is an intriguing article that suggests a financially viable way to convert failed/foreclosed condominium projects into cooperatives. At its most conservative it allows the lenders to be made whole. At best, there is some profit, which is better than a warehoused white elephant!
I am curious to see what kind of reaction lenders and investors [...]