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2010 

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Happy Thanksgiving week!   With the holidays around the corner, the Westchester events are in full fall swing.    The Westchester events calendar is once again up for your convenience.  There are plenty of  events to pick from. Also, be sure to check out the Thanksgiving events calendar that was...
11/18/2010

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All too often the decision of who to list with seems to be almost random.  If I ask 10 people how they chose the agent they have their home listed with - it generally turns out that they just stumbled on them in some way.  They either called a big brokerage or better still picked their first cous...
11/17/2010

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When I first entered this business almost six years ago – the question of whether or not to stage a property would have been met with peals of laughter.  Buyers were snapping what they could wherever they could.  Granted staging appeared to bring even better offers – but with a market like that ...
11/17/2010

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A Political Geek From Day One: A friend of mine asked me the other night about what motivates me.  At first I didn’t understand - we were sharing a nice glass of wine and perhaps I was feeling a buzz.   But the question  was posed as an issue of bravery.  If I see a political or community  issue ...
11/16/2010

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Although I post a weekly Westchester events calendar – the holidays are always special and the Thanksgiving Westchester calendar of events is no exception.  Here is a short list of events for this uniquely American Holiday.  A more generalized events calendar will be published later, but these e...
11/16/2010

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This post is being written because I see at least locally, many home buyers are making some very big mistakes right now. Home Buyers: Please listen up  – this can save you thousands of dollars: Right now buyer’s think that they are in the cat-bird’s seat.  The general market stats indicate that ...
11/15/2010

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Better late than never!   Sorry for the delay.  Even though Halloween is past there is still plenty to do and Westchester events are in full fall swing.    Westchester Events for the holiday season are starting.   The Westchester events calendar is once again up for your convenience.  There are ...
11/12/2010

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The Scarsdale NY housing market is always set somewhat apart from the body of Westchester NY.  A market unto itself – it sets the trends for the rest.  How homes for sale Scarsdale NY fair is often the bellwether for the rest of the market down the road.  So, I was pleased to see that the real e...
11/10/2010

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It didn’t take long - not that I expected it to. Once the tea party and the republicans with their deregulatory, free-markets fix everything zeal won big in the mid-term election - they took aim at anything and everything that smacks of “unnecessary” constraint on a business recovery.   So Elizab...
11/09/2010

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Two kings of economics…two different philosophies.  Since we have been going back and forth between stimulus and austerity – I figured that some people might be a tad confused….I know I was.  I am no economist – but I am in real estate and how the powers that be manage our economy has a direct i...
11/07/2010
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