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The Best Apps to Help Streamline Your Home Renovations
Home renovations can be exhausting, expensive and stressful. In this article, I’ll walk you through some tips that will help streamline your plans and give you a sense of direction.
Don’t know where to start? Need a fresh coat of paint without running out to gather samples? These apps will get you started.
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Summer Real Estate Trends in Staten Island
The real estate market in Staten Island to date has been an interesting one, with record low-interest rates meaning that closings are occurring when the right mix of motivated sellers along with buyers—with realistic price expectations—meet, but not at the same pace as this time period in 2018. As a side note, most deals that go into contract eventually close. More on that here.
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Natasha’s Story – When a Home Doesn’t Close the First Time
Picture this: It’s Spring 2018. You’ve put your house up for sale and at the same time, you’re in the market to buy a new home. You find a dream home, your family loves it! But by the time August rolls around (six months later), the person who was going to...
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Should I Buy A New Home or Purchase an Existing Home in Staten Island?
Should you buy a new home as opposed to an existing one? This is a question that gets asked every now and then, and there are various factors to consider when making a decision such as this. Obviously purchasing your home is one of the biggest financial decisions you...
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The Real State of Real Estate in New York – Episode 1
Welcome to my new show: THE REAL STATE OF REAL ESTATE. Our goal with this series is to inform buyers and sellers in the Staten Island Real Estate Market and the New York Real Estate market. In this first episode, I interview James Young, Mortgage Loan Officer...
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How Millennials Will Balance Off the Real Estate Market in New York in 2019
I’ve written previously about the changing dynamics of Staten Island, both in the style of homes being sold and the demographics of our borough. In my forecast for 2019 I highlighted the movement of Millennials to smaller homes, but doing so earlier in life than in...
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Staten Island Real Estate Forecast for 2019
Welcome to my 2018 round-up and 2019 predictions of the Staten Island Real Estate Market. First, a quick recap of my predictions as shared in my blog Staten Island Real Estate Forecast for 2018. Now, regarding the elephant wheel in the room, the New York Wheel project...
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Poor Estate Planning Can Be Scary!
If you’ve read our previous articles on the subject, Estate Planning With Your Elders: Bringing Taboo Topics to the Table Part I and Part II, and taken on the advice shared you’ll already have the following items in place, either for yourself or your family members: A...
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Why Selling your Staten Island Home in the Fall Shouldn’t Scare You!
From a real estate perspective, the prevailing wisdom says you should sell your home in the spring, where the flowers are blooming and you can generally show your home in its best possible light. Some realtors may try to scare you into selling your home at a different...
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Figuring out Fair Market Value in the Staten Real Estate Market
Whether you are buying a home on Staten Island or selling a home on Staten Island, a lot of factors go into real estate transactions. Even a proper appraisal of fair market value is no simple matter. Well-known websites such as Zillow or Trulia have a terrible error...
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Sellers Checklist – Staten Island Housing Market
Once you’ve made the decision to list your Staten Island home for sale, the fun part starts! In this blog I will outline some of the steps you will need to take in order to sell your Staten Island home, from preparing your home for sale to exchanging contracts and...
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How to Stage Your Home for Success
When speaking with clients who are considering selling their family home or investment property in Staten Island, they often ask for some tips and tricks on how to increase the value of their home before putting it on the Staten Island housing market. There are of...
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Renting vs Buying in the Staten Island
In recent times I have been increasingly approached by a younger clientele base, seeking my advice on purchasing a home earlier in life. My previous blog, Buying A Home In Your Twenties offers some tips on purchasing your first home at a younger age. With this blog...
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