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Just as walking through a kitchen doesn’t make you a chef, living in a neighborhood doesn’t make an agent a “neighborhood expert.”The information age is firmly ensconced in the real estate word. Long gone are the days when agents were the gatekeepers of the data. The days of multiple listing service books printed quarterly and carried around like bags of gold, only to be viewed by those with “access,” are a bad memory. For the most part, the public has as much or more information available for use as Joe Agent. And that is a very good thing. The real estate industry excels at public relations. Was there ever a time when any real estate organization, now or in the past, didn’t trumpet that “it’s a great time to buy”? Even during the crash and years of bottom scraping, that shrill message remained. - See more at: http://www.inman.com/2014/01/31/the-fallacy-of-the-agent-as-neighborhood-expert/?utm_source=20140131&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailyheadlinesam#sthash.KhDB...

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Come Hungry: 18 Local Farmers & Food Makers Confirmed for Mamaroneck's Winter Down to Earth Farmers Market Saturday, January 11th, 2014 9:00 am- 1:00 pm Indoors at St. Thomas Episcopal Church 168 West Boston Post Road (at Mount Pleasant Avenue) Tomorrow our Mamaroneck Winter Farmers Market will have its biggest day ever . Help us welcome a record SEVEN day vendors to join the ELEVEN full-season vendors at this vibrant indoor market. The vendors will offer seasonal produce, pasture-raised meats and poultry, fresh fish, Indian, Middle Eastern, and British specialties, breads, baked goods, pickles, prepared foods to go, and MORE: American Pride Seafood Bombay Emerald Chutney Company Calcutta Kitchens Dr. Pickle Flourish Baking Company ...

Pending sales of homes slightly rose in November, the first gain in six months, signaling that upcoming activity could tick higher, the National Association of Realtors reported Monday.                                         NAR’s index of pending home sales increased 0.2% last month to 101.7, slightly above a 10-month low of 101.5 in October, but down from 103.3 in November 2012.                                         “We may have reached a cyclical low because the positive fundamentals of job creation and household formation are likely to foster a fairly stable level of contract activity in 2014...

Bedford Corners, Armonk, Lead in Highest Ave. Price per Foot | #RobReportBlog Price per foot Katonah $438.00 Pound Ridge $350.00 South Salem $338.00 Mt Kisco $322.00 Chappaqua $369.00 North Salem $405.00 Armonk $456.00 Bedford $409.00 Bedford Hills $419.00 Bedford Corners $467.00

Can reading a book feel like a visit to a spa? After perusing Karen Lehrman Bloch’s new tome, The Inspired Home: Interiors of Deep Beauty (Harper Design, $35), I felt strangely cleansed . Its collection of nearly two dozen spare, all-natural houses washes over your senses like a chamomile bath, leaving you feeling calm and relaxed, and ready to toss half of your furnishings into the Dumpster. While Bloch hauls out Mies’ dictum that less is more, this isn’t a book about minimalism. It’s about achieving a feeling of emotional and spiritual uplift by surrounding yourself with things that make you feel good. It’s about appreciating the tactile, taking your cues from nature and embracing a mix — not because it’ll impress your friends or follow fashion, but because it will nurture your soul. (Bloch calls this a “design detox.”) While it all might sound a little woo-woo, there’s no denying the appeal of these spaces, or the credentials of some of the designers represented, including Vicente ...

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Members of the New Castle Planning Board remained critical of the latest development proposal for Chappaqua Crossing at a recent work session, according to Patch.com. Developer Summit/Greenfield's latest proposal included a 40,000 square foot free-standing Whole Foods grocery store to be accompanied by an additional 80,000 square feet of ancillary retail space. Board members expressed concern about building mass, truck movements and the developments proximity to wetland areas, Patch.com reported http://chappaqua.dailyvoice.com/news/new-castle-planning-board-critical-chappaqua-crossing-plan

Amplifying your content means that you need to either pay for it or earn it. Buying online attention means investing in a Google AdWords campaign, buying an email list or implementing some Facebook advertising. This can be done fast if you have the funds allocated. They are the catalysts to accelerating your marketing campaigns. Earning attention to get your content shared takes time. You need to build the email list, grow your Twitter followers and acquire more Facebook fans. This requires a variety of tactics and some expertise. It will also take patience and persistence and creating the best content you can. It also can be slow and tedious. But if your funds are limited then you have to go out and earn that attention. Retweets are important Part of the content amplification process is getting retweets on Twitter. It feels like RT’s have been with us forever but they were only introduced by Twitter in November 2009. That’s barely 4 years ago. A recent study by Trackma...

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With mortgage rates remaining near historic lows, you may be able to save money on your monthly payments by refinancing — even if you a have second loan on your home. Under the government’s Home Affordable Refinance Program (HARP), millions of homeowners, even those who owe more than their homes are worth, have been able to save money on their monthly mortgage payments. Find out if you can, too. How can HARP help? HARP gives eligible homeowners who may not qualify for traditional refinancing because of a decline in home value a way to refinance to a lower interest rate and/or more stable mortgage payment. It’s the only widely available refinance program that allows homeowners with little or no equity in their homes to take advantage of today’s lower interest rates. Even if you have a second loan on your home and think you won’t be eligible to refinance because you owe as much or more than your home is worth, HARP might be an option. If you’ve made your mortgage payments on ...

Glass tower apartment homes tout panoramic views of the neighborhood and city skyline beyond. And yet, a whopping three out of five residents in such modern digs draw the curtains, according to a new study. “It’s a contradiction,” Russell Unger, executive director of the Urban Green Council, who conducted the study, told the New York Daily News. “People say they like glass buildlings for the views, but they can’t enjoy them.” And those in glass towers who forego pulling the curtains have been the subject of disputes. Photographer Arne Svenson, whose exhibit “The Neighbors” drew from photos he snapped of Manhattan residents through their windows , wound up in court for taking pictures of children without their parents’ permission. (The case was later thrown out.) The High Line-adjacent Standard hotel and the Yotel on Tenth Avenue also drew criticism from neighbors who complained about guests’ rollicking in full view of passersby. The modern glass towers can be a source of a differ...

Beginning next year, homeowners with Federal Housing Administration loans will no longer be able to qualify for the $729,750 high-cost area loan limit. Instead, the Department of Housing and Urban Development is implementing a rule passed a few years back that moves the agency's standard loan limit for high-cost areas down to $625,500 for all FHA loans. The standard loan limit for areas where housing costs are low is expected to remain at $271,050, while the ceiling for FHA-insured reverse mortgages will stay at $625,500, HUD added. The Housing and Economic Recovery Act of 2008 technically changed the ceiling for high-cost areas, but the financial crisis and slow-moving recovery prompted Congress to delay the standard's implementation. "As the housing market continues its recovery, it is important for FHA to evaluate the role we need to play," said FHA Commissioner Carol Galante. "Implementing lower loan limits is an important and appropriate step as ...

As many investors bought Orange County homes in default from banks over the last few years, inventory is rising which is a good sign for one sector of the housing market. Aliso Viejo, USA - December 4th, 2013 /MarketerMedia/ -- One of the many trends for the Southern California real estate market expected to take place in the coming new year, 2014, will be the type of home buyer. Housing trends specific to the Orange County market, and possibly the biggest, is seeing a turn over from buyers snapping up homes as investment properties to buyers seeking to purchase as a primary residence. For the last few years, home buyers were competing unsuccessfully against investors who made offers with all-cash and over-bid on properties. This is expected to change as the inventory of homes for sale has risen each month since March, shrinking the competition between buyers to some extent. According to the Multiple Listing Service, Orange County had 6,350 homes listed for sale in ...

When Salim Medhi returned to his native Algeria after a five-year stint in Canada, he didn’t think he’d still be living with his parents eight years later. The 36-year-old accountant brings home 170,000 dinars ($2,000) a month, about four times the average household income in the North African country, and more in line with wages in Greece and Portugal . Yet with real estate prices rising by more than six-fold in the capital Algiers in 10 years to an average of 200,000 dinars per square meter, and no access to a mortgage, he can’t afford to buy his own home. “It’s crazy what is happening in Algeria,” said Mehdi, recounting his efforts to purchase his first home and marry his fiancée of four years. “With the current prices per square meter, I could buy a house with a garden in Montreal.” The shortage of affordable housing has sparked tension in a country ravaged by civil war throughout the 1990s, though Algeria so far has avoided the sort of unrest that spread across the Arab wo...

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The Related Companies’ unusual decision to collaborate with outside marketing pros at Corcoran Sunshine to sell the residential units at its mammoth Hudson Yards project will be a boon for the new development marketing sector, industry experts told The Real Deal , since it signals a reversal of a recent trend towards marketing big-ticket projects internally. Related announced the partnership earlier this week, surprising some in the real estate community, since the giant developer has historically handled sales in-house. Going forward, Corcoran Sunshine, the new development marketing wing of the Corcoran Group, will handle about $5 billion worth of projects in Related’s New York City pipeline, including the Zaha Hadid-designed 520 West 28th Street condominiums. Though brokerage executives could be forgiven for quaking at a competitor landing such a plum assignment, industry pros insisted that the news was positive for the sector overall. “It shows that this short wave of develop...

Bedford NY Weekly Real Estate Report   11/20/2013 Homes for sale 78 Median Ask Price $1,537,500.00 Low Price $415,000.00 High Price $14,500,000.00 Average Size 4701 Average Price/foot $409.00 Average DOM 159 Average Ask Price $2,013,776.00

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