Murphy Brothers Contracting Receives Award from AIA Westchester Hudson Valley

The AIA Westchester Hudson Valley recognized local business Murphy Brothers Contracting as its 2015 Professional Affiliate Award winner. The award was presented at the chapter’s annual year-end celebration held at The Capitol Theatre/Garcia’s in Port Chester recently. According to the AIAWHV Chapter, the award recognizes exemplary leadership beyond their own professional efforts and accomplishments. Other…

Keller Williams Realty Hudson Valley United Welcomes 12 New Agents in Q3 2015

Anna Gibbs, CEO/Team Leader of Keller Williams Realty Hudson Valley United announced that she welcomed 12 new agents in the 3rd quarter of 2015. Among the agents that joined KWHVU were Robin White, formerly of Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty, Bob Edwards, formally of RJ Smith Realty, Erik Rhulen, formerly of Douglas Elliman, Mary…

Stephen Langsam joined Hudson Homes Sotheby’s International Realty

Stephen Langsam has joined Hudson Homes Sotheby’s International Realty in Tarrytown as a licensed real estate salesperson. Langsam has an extensive background in residential mortgage lending. He was a mortgage broker and mortgage loan officer from 1984 to 2014. Langsam has a Master of Science in banking and money management. He and his wife have lived…

SPOTLIGHT ON: Meet HGAR’s Realtor of the Year

Maryann Tercasio had no idea that she was about to be honored as the 2015 Realtor of the Year at the Association’s Annual Meeting in October. In fact, as HGAR President Drew Kessler read the description of the winner, Tercasio was trying to figure out if she knew who it was! “I was sitting there…

Jim Brady Joins Castle Lanterra Properties

Jim Brady has joined Suffern-based Castle Lanterra Properties as vice president of property management and operations, announced Elie Rieder, founder and CEO of the privately-held real estate company. Brady brings more than two decades of real estate management experience to his new role with CLP. Prior to joining CLP, Brady had held numerous senior leadership…

Tammy Benkwitt Named to Manage Coldwell Banker Somers Office

Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in Connecticut and Westchester County recently announced that Fishkill resident Tammy Benkwitt has been appointed branch office manager of the company’s Somers office. Benkwitt will be responsible for the oversight of 27 real estate professionals serving homebuyers and sellers in Somers, Brewster, Carmel, East Fishkill and the surrounding communities in Northern…

Andrew Fodor Joins the Green Team Home Selling System

Andrew Fodor recently joined the Green Team Home Selling System, a full service real estate brokerage at 7 Main St. in the Village of Warwick. Fodor is a class of 1997 graduate of Warwick Valley High School where he was New York State champion in cross-country and track and field. He was also awarded a…

ERA Curasai Realty Recruits 5 New Agents

ERA Curasi Realty recently announced the addition of Ben Jamieson, Jennifer Burns, Wendy Nicholson, Daniel Svarczkopf, and Patty Brown to its team of real estate professionals serving consumers in the Mid-Hudson Valley area. Ben Jamieson Jennifer Burns Wendy Nicholson Daniel Svarczkopf Patty Brown

Hudson Homes Sotheby's Welcomes Tina Valenti and Susan Komosa

Tina Valenti and Susan Midgley Komosa have joined Hudson Homes Sotheby’s International Realty in Tarrytown as licensed real estate salespersons. Valenti has worked in her family’s restaurant business for the past 25 years. She is an active member of the Tarrytown community as a fundraiser for the local schools and various sports organizations and is…

Sharon Fischer and Don Hochheiser Join Keller Williams Realty Group

Keller Williams Realty Group has announced that Sharon Barnett Fischer has joined its Scarsdale Office. Fischer is also a Certified Feng Shui Practitioner.             Dan Hochheiser recently joined Keller Williams Realty Group as a licensed associate real estate broker. He was admitted to the New York State bar as an…

Gail Prokosch Returns to RE/MAX Benchmark Realty Group

Gail Prokosch has come back to RE/MAX Benchmark Realty Group. The lifelong resident of Orange County brings more than 15 years of real estate experience to the firm. She will be working out of the brokerage’s New Windsor office.

Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty Agents Win Awards at HGAR Member Day

Better Homes and Gardens Rand Realty reported that four of its agents were given high honors at this year’s Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors annual meeting held recently. The award winners included Maryann Tercasio of Rand Realty’s Central Valley office, who was named the 2015 HGAR Realtor of the Year; Michael Graessle, of Rand Realty’s…

Spotlight On: Liz Nunan - Welcome to Her World

Liz Nunan is definitely a woman of the world. As Vice President of Global Business Development for Houlihan Lawrence Real Estate, Nunan and her team help find homes for people relocating to the Hudson Valley from as close as the Midwest to as far away as China and Australia. “Every day is different—it’s never boring…

County Executive Neuhaus Talks, Economic Development, Government Center, Valley View, Medical Marijuana

In his second year of office after winning the County Executive post in the November 2013 election, former Chester Supervisor Steve Neuhaus has had to tackle some major issues, including the ongoing debate over the redevelopment of the Government Center in Goshen, a renewed focus on economic development and the pursuit of casino gaming, and…

SPOTLIGHT ON: Meet ‘Doc’ Real Estate

Gabe Pasquale, associate broker with Douglas Elliman in Chappaqua, has spent more than 30 years in real estate; with careers ranging from sales associate to executive vice president.  He’s sold everything from small single-family homes to huge luxury developments and has enjoyed it so much, he’s never thought about doing anything else. This may seem…

People: August 2015

Lou Budetti, principal broker of ERA Insite Realty Services, reports the firm has welcomed Juliette Muity who recently joined the brokerage’s Bronxville office as an Associate Real Estate Broker, and Terence “Terry” Durfy, who has joined the Thornwood office/Newbauer Division as a licensed real estate salesperson. Muity was most recently associated with Houlihan Lawrence in…

HGAR Broker/Owner Event, July 22

HGAR, HGMLS Want You!

WHITE PLAINS—To all members interested in elective office in either HGAR or HGMLS for 2016: the Nominating Committees for both HGAR and HGMLS will be meeting this month to start the process of selecting Realtor members to put forward as nominees for Director and Officer positions for 2016. If you would like to be considered…

People: July 2015

Keller Williams Realty Group recently announced the addition of five new agents to its Scarsdale office. Stephen Klein is a top producer formerly with Coldwell Banker in Valhalla and has been a Realtor for 15 years, and a life-long Westchester resident. He has a degree in Civil Engineering, served honorably as an officer in the United States…

People: June 2015

Melissa A. Fogarty has joined R2M Realty, Inc. of Nyack. Fogarty, a licensed real estate salesperson, grew up in Rockland and started her career in real estate sales in 2001 shortly after building the Fogarty family home. She joins the Nyack-based firm after being affiliated with Keller Williams Hudson Valley Realty. The partners of McClellan…