The phrase “affordable housing” may seem like an oxymoron in the Hudson Valley, where second quarter median sales prices for single-family homes soared to $885,000 in Westchester, $645,000 in Rockland, $617,500 in the Bronx, $480,000 in Putnam, and $415,000 in Orange County. Only Sullivan County held out as somewhat affordable with a median single-family home…
Read MoreCHICAGO—Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors’ President Anthony Domathoti and Treasurer Carmen Bauman have been named to the roster of the National Association of Realtors’ 2023 Leadership Academy class. The National Association of Realtors announced the full roster of its 2023 Leadership Academy class on Aug. 10 that included 20 Realtors from across the country who…
Read MoreNEW YORK—The details of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s long-delayed and controversial congestion pricing plan were unveiled on Aug. 10. The plan, which will now be the subject of public hearings later this month, calls for the implementation of peak tolls to enter Manhattan’s Central Business District ranging from $9 to as high as $23. The…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—Westchester County Executive George Latimer announced on Aug. 9 the county had established a $10-million fund for small landlords to make repairs on their apartments with the proviso that they maintain affordable rent levels at their properties. The Landlord Tenant Assistance Program will allow small landlords who own eight units or less, who maintain…
Read MoreELMSFORD—A joint venture of affiliates of Norfolk, VA-based Harbor Group International, LLC and Azure Partners of New York City has acquired the Avalon Green multifamily community in Elmsford for $306 million. The joint venture announced on July 25 that it would further implement a $9.2-million capital improvement program across the 617-unit community to refresh amenities…
Read MorePEARL RIVER—Global pharmaceutical firm Pfizer Inc. reports that it will spend $470 million to expand its vaccine research and development operations here. As Bloomberg first reported, Pfizer confirmed to Real Estate In-Depth that it plans over the next three years to secure necessary approvals and expand and modernize its campus with a new 260,000-square-foot lab…
Read MoreWith the Federal Reserve poised to ratchet up short-term rates by 75 to as much as 100 basis points later this month and inflation currently at a four-decade high of 9.1%, fears in the investment and real estate communities are that a recession could be on the horizon. While the current economy differs widely from…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—If Realtors are feeling a sense of deja vu when it comes to current home sales activity, perhaps they are recalling how conditions were back in 2018 and 2019, which were both considered strong markets at the time. However, the boom market of 2021, with surging sales and soaring prices throughout the region, has…
Read MoreNEWBURGH, NY—A recently released study by regional research group Pattern for Progress found that media reports and sentiments of area Realtors of a significant exodus of New York City residents to the Hudson Valley were indeed accurate. The Pattern for Progress study released on July 8 found that during 2020—the first year of the COVID-19…
Read MoreTARRYTOWN—The largest business expansion project in the history of Westchester County became official on June 22. New York Gov. Kathy Hochul joined other state, county and local officials to celebrate the ceremonial groundbreaking of Regeneron Pharmaceutical Inc.’s $1.8-billion expansion project at its corporate headquarters campus in Tarrytown/Greenburgh. The biotechnology company has committed to create at…
Read MoreGOSHEN—Terming it as one of the most important efforts it has launched in more than 20 years, The Orange County Partnership officially unveiled its “Site Inventory Program” (SIP) that will, over the coming months, seek municipal government input from across Orange County to determine all available properties that could be developed in their respective jurisdictions.…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—While the perfect storm of low inventory, rising interest rates and persistent inflation have certainly had their impact, the lower Hudson River Valley and greater New York City suburban real estate markets have continued to show remarkable resiliency in the second quarter of 2022. Although the market has, in some instances, slowed compared to…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—The luxury market in Westchester County continues to be strong based on current sales data, however, officials with Houlihan Lawrence tell Real Estate In-Depth that the volatile stock market, rising interest rates and inflation are bound to bring about some changes in the weeks and months ahead. Anthony Cutugno, Sr. Vice President, Director of…
Read MoreNEWBURGH—More than a year ago, Genting Americas, the parent company of Resorts World Catskills casino in Monticello, presented plans to the Newburgh Town Board to locate a Video Gaming Machine facility at the Newburgh Mall in eastern Orange County. The new plan was proposed after Genting scrapped an earlier proposal to build a VGM facility…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—With a backdrop of rising interest rates, slowing buying demand, high inflation and a turbulent stock market, some industry observers are questioning the strength of the residential sales market and forecasting hard times ahead. With the recent 0.75% increase in the short-term benchmark lending rate by the Federal Reserve to try and tame high…
Read MoreWASHINGTON—U.S. Existing-home sales retreated for the fourth consecutive month in May, the National Association of Realtors announced today (June 21). Month-over-month sales declined in three out of four major U.S. regions, while year-over-year sales slipped in all four regions. The Northeast was the outlier with a 1.5% increase in single-family home sales in May. The…
Read MoreWHITE PLAINS—The Hudson Gateway Association of Realtors and the staff of Real Estate In-Depth regret to inform the membership and newspaper readership of the passing of John Vrooman, who died suddenly on June 5, 2022, at the age of 57 in upstate Lewiston, NY. John authored “Tech Talk” in HGAR’s monthly newspaper Real Estate In-Depth…
Read MoreWASHINGTON—Pending home sales slipped in April, as contract activity decreased for the sixth consecutive month, the National Association of Realtors reported today. Only the Midwest region saw signings increase month-over-month, while the other three major regions reported declines. Each of the four regions registered a drop in year-over-year contract activity. The Pending Home Sales Index…
Read MoreMore than four years ago, Bridget Gibbons left the private sector to join the Latimer Administration’s economic development department. Little did she know that two years into her new job, the county would be facing its biggest health crisis—COVID-19 that required her to work on developing programs and initiatives to help businesses cope with the…
Read MoreWASHINGTON—The initial reaction from the real estate industry to President Biden’s Housing Supply Action Plan that looks through a variety of measures to increase the affordable housing stock in the United States by preserving and building hundreds of thousands of units and closing the housing supply gap in the country within the next five years…
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