Melinda Beuf's (melindasbeuf) Blog

Business Week in its August 11th, 2008 issue reports on a study tracking the amount of rent paid by tenants to live in a house versus the price of the house were it on the market.  Economists Morris Davis, Andreas Lehnert, and Robert Martin found that the average rent-price ratio from 1960 to 199...

The Ulster County Development Corporation, the Ulster County Planning Department, and the Ulster County Industrial Development Agency sponsored a project for Ulster County, NY to establish a framework to advance new economic opportunities, improve living standards, create more individual choice a...

Living and working in Ulster County, an area full of beauty yet suffering from a lack of economic opportunity, has put a face on the struggle to protect farms, nature, and open space and at the same time create a sound economic infrastructure that helps reduce the reliance on gas to reach a place...

The New York Times reports on the early 20th Century version of a kit home, the Sears, Roebuck Verona. Apparently the houses have withstood the test of time. Sears maintains an archive of the homes. New versions of kit homes are starting to attract attention. A client recently told me about Noble...