Daily Archives: March 19, 2014

New York Ranks As Worst State For Taxpayers | Chappaqua Real Estate

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New York is the worst state in the country to be a taxpayer, according to rankings released by WalletHub.com.

The Empire State ranked 51st (including Washington, D.C.) with an average annual state and local tax burden of $9718, which is 40 percent higher than the national average, according to WalletHub.

Wallethub ranked each state in the following categories to come up with its ranking: Real estate tax, state income tax, local income tax, vehicle property tax, vehicle sales tax, sales and use tax, fuel tax, alcohol tax, food tax and telecommunications tax.

New York’s neighbors didn’t fare well in the rankings, either. Connecticut was ranked no.48 while Vermont, New Jersey and Pennsylvania ranked 45th, 44th and 39th, respectively.

Wyoming ranked as the best state to live in as a tax payer with an annual average tax burden of $2365, or 66 percent below the national average.

Alaska, Nevada, Florida and South Dakota rounded out the top 5.

 

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Great agents and technology: One without the other only takes you so far | Bedford Corners Real Estate

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Providing a comprehensive set of rental and for-sale listings that’s accessible via mobile, and employing a stable of “highly experienced agents” helps Urban Compass stand out from the competition in the fragmented New York City market, says co-founder and CEO Robert Reffkin. “We’re making every part of the process online, in mobile. Search, schedule, visit, apply, pay — all integrated from listings to CRM,” Refkin says.“There’s no reason why if I’m working with you, and we go look at an apartment, and you realize you want something slightly different, you want a different neighborhood or you want a terrace, that I should have to tell you, ‘OK, let’s go back to my office, and we’ll look for things together.’ “

 

– See more at: http://www.inman.com/2014/03/19/great-agents-and-technology-one-without-the-other-only-takes-you-so-far/?utm_source=20140319&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailyheadlinesam#sthash.m9LLjiP2.dpuf

How to figure out share of ‘pocket listings’ in the market | Chappaqua Real Estate

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How many home sales are taking place outside of the multiple listing service in your market? Clareity Consulting’s Matt Cohen says MLS executives around the country are showing an interest in getting to the bottom of that question, and he’s written a blog post explaining how to do just that.

Pocket listings are not new, but recent inventory shortages in many markets could be creating conditions — lots of buyers competing for scarce listings — that are ripe for real estate brokers and agents to close deals outside of the MLS.

A study by Silicon Valley-based MLSListings Inc. suggests that pocket listings constitute a significant and growing chunk of home sales. That study found that pocket listings made up 26 percent of home sales in five Northern California counties in the first quarter of 2013, up from 15 percent in 2012.

A wider, but still limited, study of four large U.S. counties from CoreLogic earlier this month suggested that MLSs played little or no role in nearly half of home sales in 2013, offering more insight into a topic which has generated plenty of rhetoric, but not a lot of hard data, in the industry.

– See more at: http://www.inman.com/2014/03/19/mls-execs-get-guidance-on-how-to-figure-out-share-of-pocket-listings-in-their-market/?utm_source=20140319&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailyheadlinesam#sthash.6fhNlCSz.dpuf

Vince Vaughn bought Lane Kiffin’s old home in California for $6.5 million | Armonk Homes

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WIth Lane Kiffin now in Tuscaloosa as Alabama’s offensive coordinator, he needed to sell his Los Angeles-area house he lived in while he was coach of USC.

He found a buyer who is more famous than he is.

Actor Vince Vaughn has purchased the house for $6.5 million according to the Los Angeles Times. Per the Times, the house “features vaulted ceilings, a stone fireplace, six bedrooms and seven bathrooms. The three-car garage opens to a gated driveway” and “the half-acre lot has a swimming pool and spa, a guesthouse and an outdoor kitchen.”

 

Kiffin listed the house in December for an asking price of just under $7 million.

You likely know Vaughn from “Old School” and “Wedding Crashers” and in case you’re still somehow drawing a blank on who he is, here’s his Yahoo Movies bio.

Kiffin was fired as the coach of the Trojans in September. After visiting with Nick Saban and his Alabama staff in December, Saban hired Kiffin to succeed offensive coordinator Doug Nussmeier in January.

When he was visiting with Alabama to help “evaluate” the Tide’s offense, Saban called him “a really good offensive coach.”

He was dismissed from his duties at USC after the Trojans lost to Arizona State 62-41. A former offensive coordinator for USC who had head coaching stints with the Oakland Raiders and the University of Tennessee, Kiffin was 28-15 in over three seasons as USC’s head coach.

 

 

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/ncaaf-dr-saturday/vince-vaughn-bought-lane-kiffin-s-los-angeles-house-173105793.html