Daily Archives: November 24, 2010

Thankful for Peace

This week is Thanksgiving, a time to give thanks for what we are blessed to have. This is the time of year when we return to our roots, visit our families and keep the rituals that we’ve had since birth. A time to step away from the hustle and bustle of life in the information age, to a place where memories are stored. A time for giving thanks for our blessings, for our family and for love.

What will you do this year? More importantly, what attitudes will you embrace? The holidays can be hectic, with old wounds from sores gone by aching and causing grief. Past grievances come to life over pumpkin pie, as you’re reminded that your sister, or cousin or brother or aunt, always did get the most attention, after all.

The question this year is this: How can you face this Thanksgiving with an air of peace? How can you let go of the past and allow love and forgiveness to heal?

Sure, there are many issues in your family, such is universal to man. Pain, hurt and offense is a part of life. The key to becoming a better person, rather than bitter, is to give negative emotions no place to stay. Taking a deep breath, holding it for a moment, then releasing your air and all the angst along with it.

Then, no matter what happens, or who says what, you can offer a warm smile of love and forgiveness into everyone in your life, regardless of flaws. Nobody is immune to hard issues, but it’s our individual choice to hold unforgiveness, or like the tree that releases its leaves in fall, to let it go.

Courage is the power to let go of the familiar.
— Raymond Lindquist

Written by dotJenna

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Katonah NY Real Estate Market Report | November 2010 | RobReportBlog

Katonah NY Homes reports there are ninety-eight (98) homes currently available for sale in Katonah NY. The high price is $15,000,000 and the low is $379,000, The average Katonah NY Home is 3706 square feet, has been for sale for 167 days and is asking $357 per foot. The Median Price is $887,450. At the current sales pace there is 18.38 months of inventory.

Over the last three (3) months there have been 20 sales. A nice 25% increase when compared to the same period last year. The low sold price was $430,000. The high sold price was $5,500,000. The Median Price of a Katonah NY Home was $717,000. The average home sold was 2836 square feet, took 129 days to sell and sold for $273 per foot. The average Katonah NY Home sold at 94.34% of asking price.

In 2009 there were 16 sales. The low was $425,000 and the high $1,975,000. The Median Price of a Katonah NY Home was $599,000 in 2009. The average home was 2762 square feet, took 129 days to sell, sold at $275 per foot. In 2009 the average Katonah NY Home sold at 96.87% of asking price. (source: Eamls.)

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NAR Reports Sales of Used Homes Drops | Armonk NY Real Estate

Sales of previously owned homes fell in October amid weak demand and concerns about the foreclosure process, putting sales for 2010 on pace to close at their lowest level in 13 years.

Existing-home sales declined to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.43 million units last month, down 2.2% from September, the National Association of Realtors said Tuesday.

The figures provide the first sign of the impact that suspensions of foreclosed property sales have had on the housing market. Several banks halted those sales in late September to address questions about the integrity of the foreclosure process.

.Housing markets across the country have been fueled by sales of bank-owned properties, and delays had prompted fears of a new round of aftershocks for battered housing markets.

“To the extent people had any concern about being able to get clear title, they’re going to stand back on distressed properties,” said Douglas Duncan, chief economist at Fannie Mae. He said foreclosure delays were one of many factors that justified the mortgage company’s “continued view of weak demand.”

Still, foreclosures and other distressed sales accounted for 34% of all sales last month, compared with 35% in September, according to a NAR survey of real-estate agents.

Ivy Zelman, chief executive of research firm Zelman & Associates Inc., said the foreclosure suspensions had contributed “modestly” to October’s decline and said she expected a similar impact in November.

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