| Armonk NY Real Estate Report | RobReportBlog | ||
| 2013 | 6 months ending 11/4 | 2012 | |
| 74 | Sales | 53 | up 39% |
| $1,040,000.00 | median sold price | $875,000.00 | up 18% |
| $255,000.00 | low sold price | $150,000.00 | |
| $2,895,000.00 | high sold price | $9,300,000.00 | |
| 3857 | average size | 3515 | |
| $309.00 | ave. price per foot | $352.00 | down 12% |
| 179 | ave days on market | 187 | |
| $1,179,609.00 | average sold price | $1,297,501.00 | |
itchen remodels require a multitude of skills from conception to completion, and ours was no exception. From tearing down walls to replacing floors, we’ve been through it all — and we’re exhausted. Luckily, the very last change was the quickest and easiest to tackle.
Replacing our basic kitchen faucet with a gorgeous one-handle high-arc pull-down faucet was the finishing touch our kitchen remodel needed. The process was surprisingly easy — it’s a do-it-yourself project that almost anyone can accomplish.
Image via The Atlantic Cities
No, that’s not an Instagram of rural Connecticut, it’s a look at a “busy street” in the Paris of 1838, and also the first print produced by Daguerreotype creator Louis-Jacques-Mandé Daguerre. The Atlantic Cities recently dug up this and a few more Dagerreotypes—prints produced via complicated methods and bulky, expensive machinery once lauded for being the first “practicable” photographic process—of 19th-century cities. The images show off urban sprawl from before Chanel and Michael Kors lined the boulevards and starchitect-designed towers stood shoulder to steel-boned shoulder in the most congested bits of town. Below, Philadelphia in 1843 and Washington, D.C., in 1846.
Image via The Atlantic Cities
Image via The Atlantic Cities
· Gorgeous 19th Century Cityscapes, Courtesy of Daguerrotype [The Atlantic Cities]
Utilizing home pricing data for the period ending July 2013, the Homes.com Price Index showed gains for single-family properties in all 100 markets, up from 87 in the previous reporting period
“Homes.com’s Rebound Report provides a deeper view into the 22 fully rebounded markets. Many never experienced the dramatic swings in home values that were a result of foreclosures and short sales that plagued many markets across the nation”
The Homes.com Local Market Index has been expanded to include midsized markets ranked from 101-300. It provides a closer look at smaller markets nationwide, showing increases in 293 of the top 300 markets, up from 250 the previous month. Year over year, all midsized markets increased.
As a complement to the Local Market Index, Homes.com publishes an exclusive Rebound Report, highlighting how the housing recovery process is unfolding across the country. Rebound data for July 2013 in the top 100 markets revealed that 22 markets across the U.S. are fully recovered – up from the previous month’s 19 markets. Additionally, 44 U.S. markets now show a rebound of 50 percent or more, up from 41 in last month’s report.
“Homes.com’s Rebound Report provides a deeper view into the 22 fully rebounded markets. Many never experienced the dramatic swings in home values that were a result of foreclosures and short sales that plagued many markets across the nation,” said Brock MacLean, executive vice president of Homes.com. “By contrast, most of the markets with the lowest rebound have experienced more dramatic changes in values as a result of foreclosures and short sales and will have a slower path to recovery.”
The latest Homes.com Local Market Index reports the following:
Monthly increases in all 100 of the top 100 markets and in 193 of the 200 midsized markets.
Honolulu, Hawaii remains the top gaining market on a year-over-year basis with a 29.17 index point or 13.51% increase.
California markets [Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, Calif.; San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, Calif., San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, Calif.; Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, Calif.] are the remaining 4 in top 5 and increased 25.26, 24.60, 24.19 and 20.16 index points respectively.
Six of the top 10 monthly gaining markets are in the West (up from two in the previous month), followed by four from the South.
Highlights from the Homes.com Rebound Report for the top 100 markets show:
22 have made more than a 100% rebound, indicating a complete recovery in these markets. This is up from 19 markets posting a full recovery in last month’s report.
http://www.realestateeconomywatch.com/2013/09/all-top-100-markets-gained-in-homescom-july-data/
Social media can have huge positive impacts on a company, especially when it comes to marketing and branding. However, without a solid and well-thought out social media policy, some social media in the workplace can result in negative consequences. Unfortunately, even minor mistakes or inappropriate posts through social media can quickly spread and damage the image of a company.
Some companies today fear this bad press so much that they create a strict social media policy. For example, these types of strict policies have firm guidelines on what can (and cannot) be posted through social media, and who is allowed to post.
Other companies recognize the value of employees sharing their own opinions and content via social media, and have set up more relaxed and casual guidelines about social media in the workplace.
When choosing or changing the social media policy of your company, a good place to start is by taking a look at these two types of options.
Here are the two extremes.
What are some of the rules that a strict social media policy may include?
Here is an excerpt of the strict and formal social media policy that applies at Oracle.
Some rules that a casual and relaxed social media policy may include:
Here is an example of a more relaxed and casual social media policy at Ford.
Read more at http://www.jeffbullas.com/2013/10/22/what-is-the-right-social-media-policy-for-your-company/#XM17FMZyBhf5BEQp.99
Welcome back to Curbed Comparisons, a column that explores what one can rent for a set dollar amount in various New York City neighborhoods. Is one man’s studio another man’s townhouse? Let’s find out! Today’s price: $2,900/month.
↑ In Battery Park City, this 2BR/1BA apartment is going for $2,960/month. The foyer has an alcove “large enough for a four person dinning room table” and the building offers such amenities as a doorman, concierge, pool, gym, and laundry.
↑ A spacious open studio in Greenwich Village rents for $2,800/month. It’s in an elevator building with laundry and has fairly high ceilings.
↑ On the Upper East Side, a fourth-floor walk-up 2BR/2BA with weird floors wants $3,000/month. It has two “walking closets.” Watch out for those closets, they’re walking all over the place!
↑ This 2BR/1BA pad in Williamsburg is “right in the heart of where it’s happening” and wants $2,900/month. The floors and bathrooms were recently refinished.
↑ On the Upper West Side, this nice-looking 2BR/1BA has a decorative fireplace and mantle in the living room. It wants $2,849/month. There’s also an eat-in kitchen.
↑ This 2BR/1BA in Gramercy is going for $3,000/month. Good photography.
· Curbed Comparisons archives [Curbed]
Smaller metros are leading the way in the housing recovery, accounting for 43 of the top 50 markets on an index compiled by the National Association of Home Builders and First American Title Insurance Co.
The NAHB/First American Leading Markets Index (LMI) shows housing markets in 52 out of 350 metro areas have now returned to or exceed their prerecessionary levels of activity.
The LMI uses employment growth data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, home price appreciation data from Freddie Mac, and single-family housing permit growth from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Source: nahb.org –
See more at: http://www.inman.com/wire/one-in-six-markets-back-to-normal-with-smaller-metros-leading-the-way/#sthash.td97cv0z.dpuf
