UPDATE September 4, 2009: The Official Grand Opening will be on Saturday, September 12 with guided tours beginning at 12:30 PM & ribbon cutting at 3PM. You must RSVP to Susan Riley at SRiley@wlsmail.org or by calling 914-666-8041 by Sept. 8th. The grand opening of our (rebu
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08/12/2009
My earliest memories of my childhood home were of an apartment in Brooklyn in (what I think was) a brownstone building. I lived there with my Mom, Dad and (younger by one year) sister. My most vivid memory was Mom bringing baby sister home when Judy and I were 3 & 4. I promptly named the baby
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07/27/2009
If you are facing the possibility of foreclosure in Westchester County, here are some interesting things to make note of. Did you know that: With a foreclosure, your credit score may be lowered anywhere from 250 to over 300 points? It will typically affect your score for over three years.
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07/06/2009
I've been inspired to write about my first time home purchase by Jessica Bigger and Janet Guilbault. Thanks ladies, for the memories! ;-) My husband (although we weren't married at the time) and I were renting the parlor level of a brownstone in downtown Brooklyn, NY in the early '80's. One
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04/23/2009
When he was born, I could barely imagine him walking. As a toddler, I looked at the four-year-olds pretending to shoot each other with their pointer fingers and thought "Oh, he'll never do that!" I was wrong. As a preschooler, I looked at the elementary school kids and teared up at the thou
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04/14/2009
Even with all this talk about short sales and foreclosures seemingly everywhere you turn, there are many consumers that are uncertain about what is short sale is. Short sale: When a lender agrees to accept the proceeds of the sale of a property when the loan amount is more than the property is
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03/07/2009
Here are the statistics for the Condo Market in Mount Kisco and Area 2 (northeastern Westchester - basically from Chappaqua up to the border of Putnam County, west to Yorktown - although a small part of Yorktown is considered Area 2 and east to the border of CT) Communities include Chappaqua, Mo
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03/07/2009
Not surprisingly, most of the time when I mention that I am a real estate broker, I am asked the BIG question - So, how is business these days? What's happening in the real estate market? Well - lots is happening! Not withstanding the news we get online, on TV, on the radio - people are stil
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03/06/2009
Being that my birthday is on February 15, I decided a while ago that I would give myself a Valentine themed birthday party. I needed a reason (and a deadline) to get rid of some household clutter that had somehow crept in on us. I slowly got rid of things and spent the few days before the party
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02/28/2009
If you've ever yearned to search the Westchester Putnam Multiple Listing System (MLS) and get all the juicy details like agents do - search no more - introducing Listingbook! Search Westchester Putnam Listingbook now. Search Mount Kisco, Bedford, Chappaqua, Katonah or anywhere in either Westches
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02/07/2009
