Buyers: I’m Not Lying About Other Offers on my Listing

Buyers: I’m Not Lying About Other Offers on my Listing

 Three times in the past two weeks, we have had listings go in bidding wars. Three times in the past two weeks, we have had buyer agents tell me that their buyer client did not be....

The Wind at Our Backs

The Wind at Our Backs

It has been weeks since I last updated this blog, and it isn’t writers block, indifference, or slow news days. I am busy. I don’t mean active, or experiencing the typic....

In Defense of the Mortgage Interest Deduction

In Defense of the Mortgage Interest Deduction

The chatter on the Interwebs lately is that a law that has been sacrosanct for generations, the right of a homeowner to deduct their mortgage interest on their income taxes, is now....

Stronger November Confirms Westchester’s 2012 Market “PREcovery”

Stronger November Confirms Westchester’s 2012 Market “PREcovery”

You cannot call a market with so many homes underwater, flat to mildly declining prices and a swollen shadow inventory of distress a recovery. However, with prices no longer fallin....

September 2012 Westchester Real Estate Market Report

September 2012 Westchester Real Estate Market Report

The results are in for the month of September for single family home sales in the county and they are mixed. According to the Hudson Gateway MLS data, September 2012 was slightly w....

August 2012 Westchester Real Estate Market is Strongest in 5 Years

August 2012 Westchester Real Estate Market is Strongest in 5 Years

August of 2012 will be remembered for the completion of the first two thirds of a year which has been the first upward year in sales totals since the boom.  According to the Hud....