Deeds and Leases

I realize that brokers are eternal optimists; we have to be or we would end up in insane asylums, especially after the past couple of years. However I sense a glimmer of hope on the horizon. Not only have the past couple of years have been extremely challenging, but in the near term this past [...]

I spent a very rainy day showing houses to friends of mine in Yorktown Heights today. I show there on occasion because I am impressed by the value offered. In the current market you can easily find a 3 bedroom, 2 bath on a parcel of land ranging from .25 to 1 acre at prices [...]

Improving employment numbers and consumer sentiment continue to suggest that this spring may have “legs” in the real estate market. There is so much pent up demand I am hopeful that it will not take all that much for buyers to commit….deedsandleases _________________ Feb. 11 (Bloomberg) — Consumer confidence rose in February to the highest [...]

If internet inquiries about listings can be viewed as a leading market indicator then possibly, just possibly we may have the makings of a decent spring market. I may be jinxing it but in the past couple of weeks requests for information have poured in. Has it amounted to anything concrete yet? No, but in [...]

While the consensus is that the number of sales will increase in 2011, pricing will remain soft. The recent sharp uptick in interest rates may provoke a surge in market sales after the new year as buyers seek to lock in the still historically low rates. Many buyers who are currently approved will have to [...]

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 [...]

  Headline got your attention? It should! How does up to $555 in free money from cash strapped New York State sound? Well its true! From February 12th until the 21st, or until the money runs out, NYSERDA is offering rebates for qualifying refrigerators, freezers and clothes washers. Enhanced rebates are available for people who [...]

        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 [...]

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 [...]

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