Westchester County Real Estate

  If you have missed fewer than three mortgage payments or are anticipating that you might have to miss them in a month or so because of life circumstances, put your smarts in action and implement this simple plan to avoid foreclosure. Don't confuse simple with easy; avoiding foreclosure can take...

There has never been a better time for first time buyers to become homeowners and we are seeing this in our market activity. With the $8,000 federal tax credit, historically low mortgages and available inventory, Realtors from across the state are reporting an influx of first time buyers into the...

  This article I found has some very useful and valuable information for homeowners in distress.   Thornwood NY – The country was stung by more alarming housing news while making their morning commutes.  The Wall Street Journal reported this morning that of the 75.5 million U.S. households that o...

With a sputtering economy and crashing home prices, it's not an easy time to find new remodeling clients. But it is a good time to take a back-to-basics approach to marketing and work on mining your most lucrative lead source: past clients. This isn't exactly a cutting edge idea, but it's somethi...

E-Newsletters are one of the most valuable and economical tools that small-business owners have in their toolbox. Whether your company sells to consumers (B2C) or other businesses (B2B) here are three tips you can use to boost your e-newsletter success: 1. Stand in your customer's shoes. Kevin Ma...

Plenty of people are concerned about the cost of bailing out Main Street – the people who stand to lose their homes in the midst of the current financial crisis. Many feel that it’s not the job of the federal government to bail out homeowners who cannot afford their monthly mortgage payments. Aft...

The gap is slowly being closed — despite continuing evidence that prime borrowers are less likely than their subprime counterparts to receive a loan modification, data from industry coalition HOPE NOW on Tuesday suggested that at least some progress is being made to close the gap. Overall, the co...

Foreclosures are on a constant increase. What can we do to address this evergrowing issue? See what we think.Homeowners who can't afford their mortgage payments may not find much in the way of rescue or relief in the U.S. government's $700 billion bailout of the financial markets. But while the f...

Current refinancing plans are still set to help 400,000 homeowners find mortgage relief by the end of this year. These financing plans will hopefully benefit homeowners who do not know where to go or what to do. U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Steve Preston today last w...

 The "Bail Out" or the "Buy In", depending on if you fall for the propaganda, was/is intended to "save" the economy by injecting capital back into the financial system. The general idea is that the Federal Government will buy distressed financial instruments, like mortgage backed securities, and ...