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5 tips to help sell a home on Instagram | Bedford Corners NY Homes

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There is a fair number of social media platforms out there, from Facebook to Twitter to Vine.

And perhaps one of the more overlooked resources — especially sad given its popularity among millenials — is the photo sharing website Instagram.

Instagram boasts more than 150 million users and is a simple way to capture and share photos on your phone.

As a millennial and part of the generation of future homeowners, Instagram is where I gravitate most.

Unlike other platforms, Instagram only hosts photos, and as the saying goes, a picture is worth a thousand words.

However, the real estate industry still has yet to fully capture this audience.

Currently, if you search the hashtag Realtor, you only get 98,681 posts. And although others contain more results, this is still miniscule compared to words like vegan, which has almost 3 million pictures. If you want to see and learn from a group that has thrived on Instagram, look no further than the food community.

But with each platform comes its own rules of etiquette. So, here are five tips from an avid user on what not to do on Instgram and how to make your pictures captivate people, complete with stunning examples of the strategy being done right.

1. Make sure you are not in the photo.

The bathroom is notorious for this since it is hard not to capture yourself in the mirror, but it is still possible. While selfie was officially added to the dictionary, you are picturing the house, not you

 

 

http://www.housingwire.com/blogs/1-rewired/post/28917-tips-to-help-sell-a-home-on-instagram

Mortgage Delinquencies Now 1.5 Times Pre-Crisis Levels | Bedford Corners NY Homes

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Black Knight, formerly LPS Financial Services, reports that 2013 marked the fourth consecutive year of significant, sustained improvement in the nation’s inventory of delinquent mortgages, and the second consecutive year of significant improvement for those in foreclosure. Delinquencies were just 1.5 times their pre-crisis average, with foreclosures down to 4.6 times their pre-crisis levels (declining from more than eight times the historical norm).

“In many ways, 2013 marked an abatement to crisis conditions in the U.S. mortgage market,” said Herb Blecher, senior vice president of Black Knight Financial Services’ Data & Analytics division. “Delinquencies neared pre-crisis levels, foreclosure inventory declined 30 percent over the year, new problem loan rates improved in both judicial and non-judicial foreclosure states, and foreclosure starts ended the year at the lowest level since April 2007. Despite a recent drop off, 2013 was also the best year for property sales since 2007, with totals through November outnumbering the full year totals for each of the prior three years. In addition, as we’ve noted before, due to stricter underwriting, 2013 originations have proven to be the best-performing loans on record.

“However, at the same time, higher interest rates and seasonality pushed monthly originations to the lowest level since 2008, and the current interest rate environment seems to have also brought an end to the refinancing wave we’ve observed for the last several years. In fact, refinance activity has remained low despite year-end declines in interest rates. With continued tapering anticipated by the market, opportunities for new originations will likely come from looser underwriting and/or home equity lending (which has shown a sizable increase in volume since last year).

 

 

http://www.realestateeconomywatch.com/2014/02/mortgage-delinquencies-now-1-5-times-pre-crisis-levels/

Down to Earth Farmers Markets | Bedford Corners NY Real Estate

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Fresh Food from Local Sources: January 30th-February 5th, 2014 Down to Earth Markets
Game Day Edition: What’s New and On Special This Week
                                    *Place order for SuperBowl Sunday & pick up Saturday                                     at Mamaroneck market – See Announcements below for details* Taiim Falafel Shack                                     Beef Burgers                                     $1 OFF/lb = $10.25/lb                                     (Reg. $11.25/lb) Kiernan Farm
Black Bean Chili Flourish Baking Company
Butternut Squash and                                     Brussels Sprout Hash Sourced from                                     Gajeski Farm Produce Flourish Baking Company
 		Caramelized Garlic Loaf                                     50 cents OFF (Reg. $7) Wave Hill Breads
Chicken Wings – Buy one bag, get second bag HALF PRICE! Yellow Bell Farm
DIY Apple Crumb Pie Flourish Baking Company
DIY Chocolate Chip Cookies Flourish Baking Company
Fingerling Potato & Parsnip Chips Flourish Baking Company
French Boules for Dips, Chowders, Chili,                                     & Slicing – $3.50 each Wave Hill Breads		Just Crush Antioxidant Chips                                     Flavors: Garlic, Naked, and                                     With a Kick – $5/bag Wave Hill Breads
Mutzu Apple Chips Sourced from Migliorelli Farm Flourish Baking Company
Pickled Eggs Jalapeño and plain                                     Yellow Bell Farm
Pork Sausages                                     Buy five (5) packages, get one FREE! (reg. $9.50/lb) Breakfast, Hot Italian, and                                     Sweet Italian Kiernan Farm
SuperBowl Cupcakes &                                     Decorated Cookies Meredith’s Bread
Click on a Market to see all vendor and event details…

    Westchester County
Mamaroneck Winter                                     Saturdays, 9:00 am-1:00 pm St. Thomas Episcopal Church                                     168 West Boston Post Road (at Mount Pleasant Ave) Ossining Winter
Saturdays, 9:00 am-1:00 pm At the corner of Spring & Main                                     in downtown Ossining		Headed to the city soon? Visit a Down to Earth                                     Farmers Market in NYC!
Announcements
Mamaroneck Host your SuperBowl Party with delicious foods from Taiim Falafel Shack. They offer several hummus varieties, babaghanouj, Spicy Red Pepper Spread, Vegetarian Grape Leaves, Falafel, and more. Place your order via phone (914-478-0006) or email (info@taiimfalafelshack.com). Then pick it up from Taiim at Mamaroneck’s Down to Earth Market on Saturday, anytime from 9 am to 1 pm.                         How easy – and deeelish – is that?
Westchester Magazine Contest: The BEST OF Westchester                         Vote for your favorite Down to Earth Farmers Market for the BEST Farmers Market in Westchester!                         Our eligible markets include: Croton, Larchmont, Mamaroneck Winter, New Rochelle,                         Ossining, Rye, and Tarrytown. Westchester Magazine hosts this annual online survey, and this year for the first time, they’ve added “Farmers Markets” as a category. Please find your online ballot right here. Voting ends on February 7th at midnight. Thank you for singin’ it loud and proud about your favorite Down to Earth Farmers Market in Westchester.                                                  Stay tuned to all market happenings via our Down to Earth Markets Facebook page                           and follow us on Twitter @DowntoEarthMarkets
Down to Earth Markets is Now a Certified B Corp!
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Here’s what we’re talking about!

 

We have an exciting announcement to share: Down to Earth Markets is now a certified B Corporation.

                        B Corporations – the B stands for Benefit – represent a new generation                        of companies that are in business to solve social and environmental problems. The certification is                        awarded by the B Lab organization.
To further explain, Jon Zeltsman, President, Down to Earth Markets, shared this: “When my wife, Miriam Haas, started our first farmers market in Ossining in 1991, her goal was                        to rediscover community. The 1980s had ushered in the era of big, impersonal business. Since                        then, it’s become clear that the focus of big business has left the community. Our work of strengthening community – and the                        local economy – has only grown more vital.”

He continued, “We’re proud to be a certified B Corporation because it unites us with the                        movement to realign business values to the values of community and environmental care.”

During the rigorous assessment process, our company was evaluated in four                        categories: Governance, Workers, Community, and Environment. At the core of our                        successful bid for certification was our primary purpose of “creating economic opportunity for                        local farmers, processors, and consumers to trade with one another for mutual benefit.”

“When we first started, the rally cry was to save the family farm. And that’s still the rally cry.                        But, we realized that if farmers could earn their livelihood through strong sales at the market,                        they would save the family farm. We had to become business-minded,” Zeltsman said.

He added, “Sustainable business is an enduring way to secure sustainable food for everyone. If                        local food is not economically viable, then we won’t have local food. Our business structure keeps                        us innovating to make it viable. We very happy to be in business as a certified B Corp.”
Our final step of the B Corp certification process was to sign The Declaration of Interdependence. We love the vision stated in this document.
Thank you for supporting local farmers and food makers at Down to Earth Farmers Markets. We look forward to seeing you this weekend.

Day Vendors This Week
Mamaroneck
Calcutta Kitchens                         **NEW FULL SEASON VENDOR** – Danascara Cheese                         Flourish Baking Company                         Pie Lady & Son                         Third Day Naturals (Handmade, all-natural soaps and body care products)                         Trotta Pasta
Down to Earth Markets 173 Main Street Ossining, NY 10562 Phone: 914-923-4837

$1.349M buys you home designed by Mount Rushmore sculptor | Bedford Corners Real Estate

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OK, so Mount Rushmore sculptor Gutzon Borglum actually designed and built this Stamford, Conn., home in the 1920s to be a carriage house and stable. But with four bedrooms, a massive stone fireplace, and a new kitchen with Wolf range and center island, who would argue that this 3,424-square-foot home is unsuited for human inhabitants who can afford the $1.349 million asking price? Source: stamford.patch.com.

 

 

– See more at: http://www.inman.com/wire/1-349m-buys-you-home-designed-by-mount-rushmore-sculptor/?utm_source=20140127&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailyheadlinespm#sthash.LATqdb4w.dpuf

Homeowners Fear Values are Sinking | Bedford Corners NY Real Estate

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Even though home prices rose more than 10 percent last year and lifted 1.4 million house poor homeowners above water, consumers have suddenly become concerned nervous about the value of their homes, according to a national opinion survey.

A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey last week found that homeowner confidence in the value of their homes dropped suddenly over the holidays.  According to the latest survey of 670 adult homeowners conducted on January 16-17 some 53% of owners feel the value of their home is more than what they owe.

That’s down from 62% a month ago, which was the highest level of owner confidence since Rasmussen Reports began regular tracking on this question in April 2009.  It’s also down from 58% reported in November and October.

Not only have positive attitudes decreased, negatives have risen.  Thirty-two percent (32%) now say their home is not worth more than the amount they owe, up from 24% in December. Fifteen percent (15%) are not sure.

Home prices flattened in the fall, as they normally do, but in reports prices ended up 10 percent or more higher than they were at this time last year.  Rising prices have restored equity to homes nationwide.  For example, last week CoreLogic reported that nearly half the nation’s states plus the District of Columbia have reached their price peaks from the housing boom or are within 10 percent of doing so, today