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A source of a multitude of Articles, thoughts, and ideas on Real Estate that help Sellers, Investors, Purchasers, Renters and Lessees of Residential and Commercial Properties in Great Neck and the surrounding areas of Manhasset, Port Washington, Glen Head, Sea Cliff, Glen Cove, Brookville, Upper Brookville, Old Westbury, Roslyn, Albertson, Carle Place, Garden City, Mineola, Searingtown, New Hyde Park, Manhasset Hills, Little Neck, Douglaston, Bayside, Fresh Meadows, Whitestone, Jamaica Estates, Bellerose, Hollis, Hollis Hills, Jamaica Estates, St. Albans, Laurelton, Kew Gardens, Kew Garden Hills, Forest Hills, Flushing, Nassau County, Queens County and New York City. Ask about our Free/No Obligation Relocation Services. We will advise and guide you and your family to relocate for free anywhere in the Globe!!! I am a C.I.P.S. (Certified International Property Specialist)
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    It’s obvious that our real estate market has changed with the increase in our mortgage rates. It has become either unaffordable for many or psychologically difficult because fear has set in to keep you on the sidelines. However, you now have to decide what to do. Is renting really a more prud...
09/22/2022
Some still downplay and believe that we aren’t yet in a recession. But as history has shown us two-quarters of negative GDP, which we experienced in the first half of this year, indicates that we are technically in one right now and it’s getting worse.Will it deepen into a situation that is far m...
09/17/2022
Inflation is here and probably will be staying with us much longer than we expect or want. The excessive printing of money from 2020-2022 was greater than all the money printed in the past 200-plus years.The unrestrained availability of money in the market with the historically low-interest rates...
09/07/2022
Here is a little history as to why people were forced to do short sales and the reasons behind it all. About 18 years ago, most subprime mortgages began their slide to an “underwater” position, meaning their value was greater than the market value of the financed home! That is what is meant by “u...
09/02/2022
The Inflation Reduction Act (H.R. 5376), introduced by Senators Chuck Schumer, (D-NY) and Joe Manchin (D-WV) was passed by both houses of Congress and signed by President Biden on August 16.  It became a compromise for the much larger Build Back Better plan, which was introduced to assist in figh...
08/23/2022
Creating a viable and successful open house today requires some changes and pivoting to attract slowly changing buyer demand. It is becoming a bit more challenging to find that elusive and motivated purchaser with cash offers or who is qualified with a pre-approval from their lender.The feedback ...
08/22/2022
With the increase in mortgage interest rates over the last eight months, properties are not necessarily selling as quickly as they were in the past. Rates have been down the last four weeks and just last week slipped again from 5.59% to 5.55% as of August 3rd. Rates are usually pegged to the 10-y...
08/22/2022
      Home  Business  All Things Real Estate: Analyze the cost of heating your home this..  0   Is your home heated by natural gas, oil, or electricity? Supplies of oil and gas are at a very low level and will continue to be that way for the rest of 2022. So the cost of heating your home and the ...
08/07/2022
All Things Real Estate:  By Philip A Raices - July 25, 2022 0 After all these years in the real estate business, I have come to many conclusions, one being that “buyers are sometimes liars, sellers are sometimes yellers and lawyers are also sometimes destroyers.” Buyers, sellers and lawyers, plea...
07/26/2022
We were living in Little Neck, NY from 1975 (when we got married) through 1977.  Our first rental was a two-bedroom, one bath on the first floor for $225. After one year we moved up to the second floor to a three-bedroom and one bath with a terrace and a garage that we paid $275 per month for. We...
07/23/2022
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A source of a multitude of Articles, thoughts, and ideas on Real Estate that help Sellers, Investors, Purchasers, Renters and Lessees of Residential and Commercial Properties in Great Neck and the surrounding areas of Manhasset, Port Washington, Glen Head, Sea Cliff, Glen Cove, Brookville, Upper Brookville, Old Westbury, Roslyn, Albertson, Carle Place, Garden City, Mineola, Searingtown, New Hyde Park, Manhasset Hills, Little Neck, Douglaston, Bayside, Fresh Meadows, Whitestone, Jamaica Estates, Bellerose, Hollis, Hollis Hills, Jamaica Estates, St. Albans, Laurelton, Kew Gardens, Kew Garden Hills, Forest Hills, Flushing, Nassau County, Queens County and New York City. Ask about our Free/No Obligation Relocation Services. We will advise and guide you and your family to relocate for free anywhere in the Globe!!! I am a C.I.P.S. (Certified International Property Specialist)