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2011 

Well – the Labor Day weekend is coming hard upon us and summer is almost over.  I remember when I was a kid – I never liked to think about school until the last gasp of summer was spent.  But parents have to think ahead and its time to break out the school  calendar and get organized. For everyo...
08/31/2011
Greetings everyone – like many of you I spent much of the last 24 hours preparing for Hurricane Irene.  Please do not take this storm lightly. Here are some helpful hints to staying safe: Before the storm: Remove debris, garden furniture, and anything likely to fly around.  Either dispose of it o...
08/27/2011
Greetings everyone – like many of you I spent much of the last 24 hours preparing for Hurricane Irene.  Please do not take this storm lightly. Here are some helpful hints to staying safe: Before the storm: Remove debris, garden furniture, and anything likely to fly around.  Either dispose of it o...
08/27/2011
  The Larchmont real estate market has been going great guns for Q2 2011.  Larchmont homes have a special place in the public mind.  Whether it be in the Larchmont Village proper or the Larchmont P.O.,  when families think about putting down roots for a long stay – this is one of the first Westch...
08/25/2011
Sometimes you  run across things that are just too cute not to share.   I want to thank my cousin Janet  for putting this video up on YouTube because I have never run across this channel.  Most people know me to be a dog person.   I don’t have cats because although I like them – they don’t like m...
08/22/2011
  After the crash of 2008 and the recession of 2009 Westchester had more than a few financial issues.  Cities, towns and villages reeled with the loss of commerce as the public pulled in their horns and stopped spending.  This created budget shortfalls as revenues from sales taxes decreased.  Sho...
08/21/2011
  A few weeks ago, I noticed that my friend from the Manhattan real estate market – Mitchell Hall, had posted some very encouraging data. Manhattan is doing quite well in spite of the doom and gloom coming from the talking heads.  All real estate is local – so what happens nationally has little b...
08/20/2011
It's been the best of times and the worst of times when it comes to support services.  I recently wrote a short post about my on-going issues with Animoto.  It seems a bit ironic that at the same time I was having an experience of a completely different nature with IXACT Contact which I decided t...
08/18/2011
There are several markets in Westchester NY that tend to be bell weather signs for the rest of the market.  Single family homes in Scarsdale NY are always in high demand.  So like Manhattan - Scarsdale tends to be  a harbinger of markets to come. If Manhattan and Scarsdale are trending up  - the ...
08/17/2011
  It’s that time of year again – youngsters are heading for places like Staples with Mom and Dad in tow -looking for a fresh set of school supplies to start the new year with.  Although I hated going back to school – the back to school supply list was a ritual I had fun with.  I remember enjoying...
08/15/2011
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