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Chappaqua NY Weekly Real Estate Report | #RobReportBlog
| Chappaqua NY Weekly Real Estate Report | 11/8/2013 | |
| Homes for sale | 92 | |
| Median Ask Price | $1,156,000.00 | |
| Low Price | $380,000.00 | |
| High Price | $24,750,000.00 | |
| Average Size | 4101 | |
| Average Price/foot | $369.00 | |
| Average DOM | 162 | |
| Average Ask Price | $1,672,839.00 | |
Greenstein Tops Paderewski In New Castle Supervisor Race | Chappaqua Real Estate
With 81 percent of the precincts reporting, Team New Castle supervisor candidate Rob Greenstein and his 2,014 votes (55 percent) will be enough to defeat his Democratic opponent, Town Administrator Penny Paderewski, who had 1,672 votes (45 percent).
Greenstein is excited to begin a new chapter in New Castle.
“The voters have spoken,” he said. “They sent a clear message that they’re not in favor of a 120,000-square-foot retail development at Chappaqua Crossing and they’re not in favor of the Hunts Place affordable housing project.”
He added that he is relieved the campaign, which was contentious at time, is over.
“Contested elections can get heated. Change is never easy. It’s time to put the election behind us. We have a special community with incredible residents. It’s time to work together, and move forward,” he said.
Greenstein, a Democrat who ran on bipartisan ticket, was endorsed by the Republican and Independent parties. He formed the Chappaqua-Millwood Chamber of Commerce in 2012 and lives in Chappaqua with his wife and three children.
Paderewski has been New Castle Town Administrator since 2011 and has worked for the town since 1986. She has lived in the town since 1984 and her three children attended Chappaqua schools.
http://chappaqua.dailyvoice.com/politics/greenstein-tops-paderewski-new-castle-supervisor-race
What $2,900/Month Can Rent You Around New York City | Chappaqua Real Estate
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.
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↑ 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.
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↑ 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.
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↑ 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!
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↑ 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.
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↑ 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.
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↑ This 2BR/1BA in Gramercy is going for $3,000/month. Good photography.
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3 Facebook Survey Tools You Will Love | Chappaqua NY Realtor
Facebook, Facebook, Facebook. It’s hard to get through any internet focused blog without reading something about Facebook. It has become so common that refraining from using the company in articles has become a challenge and at the same time, a breath of fresh air.
We all have started to try to find other examples of sites and options for marketing that don’t include the social media giant. However, for surveys and understanding your customer base, nothing can beat Facebook.
We’re going to go through why Facebook is so necessary for a quality survey. We will also look at some interesting apps that will help you to reach your goal of a loyal audience and build your customer base.
The three major advantages of Facebook polling
1. Comprehensive metrics
Facebook is an undeniably huge database of information collected from millions of people, including your audience and potential customers. At times, people share much more about themselves than they probably should, and this is all stored on Facebook’s servers. Why does this matter?
It matters because this data can help you analyze your responses much better and with more detail than a classic poll. Many Facebook survey tools allow you to use the already available information to narrow down your respondents by:
- Age
- Location
- Gender
They then use a scale to mix and match these demographics.
2. Easy to obtain a large number of respondents
I bet just about everyone you know has a Facebook profile. It is so integrated into our lives that the average smartphone user checks their Facebook 14 times a day. This means that there is already a large amount of active people who are readily available to take your survey. Facebook allows you to gain much more respondents in a much shorter amount of time than if you used classic survey methods.
3. Low cost
Small businesses, new businesses, and even large businesses need to cut costs where it makes sense. Traditional polling can be very expensive which often mitigates the final outcome of a survey. However, most Facebook polling solutions are very cheap and can offer more than enough information to make smart changes and to help generate more effective content.
3 Facebook survey tools
Facebook used to offer its own polling service but it has since been shut down as it was quite honestly useless. Sure, if you needed to make a painless poll to get an answer quick without having to analyze it, it worked.
However, most users needed to gather real data to achieve real goals, and so 3rd party applications started taking the lead. These three applications are some of the most popular and affordable ways for just about anyone to get actionable results from their survey.
Read more at http://www.jeffbullas.com/2013/10/17/3-facebook-survey-tools-you-will-love/#frGGDeJmrXMlmolk.99
Pleasantville’s thriving Farmers Market on Saturday | Chappaqua Real Estate
Hundreds of shoppers enjoyed Pleasantville’s thriving Farmers Market on Saturday as the local market enjoys the final weeks of its first outdoor season under the village’s control.Photo Album
Pleasantville Farmers Market Grows And Thrives In Village
“We’ve grown the market, included all 12 of the varieties of vendors our shoppers prefer and enlarged the footprint this year,” Market Executive Director Steve Bates said. “And this tear we’re moving inside for the winter season at the Pleasantville Middle School on Dec. 7.”
The Pleasantville Outdoor Farmers Market is in its 15th year and runs Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. through Nov. 23 at the Pleasantville train station in Memorial Plaza.
The Farmers Market is the largest in Westchester County and is home for 50 vendors providing regionally-grown produce, humanely raised meats, wild-caught Atlantic seafood, prepared foods sourcing farms for ingredients, and many other new offerings.
“We enjoy the atmosphere, the convenience and the variety of locally grown produce,” said Pleasantville’s Steve Jacobs, who shops the market with his wife, Jean. “It’s great to have products come directly from local farms and producers each week.”
Bates said the outdoor market has grown over the years as live music, children’s events and vendors came on board.
“The three goals are the bring the community together, attract visitors to our downtown and provide great local farm-to-table products,” Bates said. “We’re having a great year and we welcome everyone to visit.”
The winter indoor market begins Dec. 7 and will run through May 23, 2014, Saturdays from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Considering a Fixer-Upper? 15 Questions to Ask First | Chappaqua Real Estate
Many of us share the same dream: find an adorable fixer-upper in a great location and set out to make it swoonworthy. But when the budget isn’t limitless, it becomes even more important to know what to look for before purchasing a house that needs a lot of work. Older homes often have underlying safety and construction issues, and you can save a lot of time and money by planning for them.
Here we’ll also discuss how to recognize what is valuable in your period home, and how you can preserve its charm in your remodel.
Before you dive in, look carefully at the inspection report, talk with your contractor and study the history of the home and the neighborhood. Wade Palmer of WIN Home Inspection Services and general contractor Greg Blea gave me the lowdown on the 15 most important questions to ask.
1. What is your budget? For some remodels of historic homes, there’s a large budget and the admirable goal of preserving an architectural gem, no matter the cost. I’ll be focusing more on projects with modest budgets in this ideabook. Many of the questions are still the same, but the decisions about how to move forward are different when the budget is limited.
2. Is it in a historic district? If so, the design and permit processes can be lengthier and more expensive, and using the required historically correct materials can add significantly to the cost. But a historically protected neighborhood and architecturally unique homes often mean more consistent — and rising — property values.
3. What is the weather in the area and the intended use of the building? A home for a family of four in a wintry climate will require a different and costlier approach than a vacation cottage that is used only in the summer months. To keep costs down, plan for construction during the best weather.
3. What is the weather in the area and the intended use of the building? A home for a family of four in a wintry climate will require a different and costlier approach than a vacation cottage that is used only in the summer months. To keep costs down, plan for construction during the best weather.
4. Does the house have beautiful bones? Some things are irreplaceable or would cost a fortune to re-create. Older wood floors, for example, have greater color and character than newly milled floors. Solid wood paneling, trim and doors are expensive to replace. Elaborate millwork may be impossible to find or replace.
5. Is there lead-based paint? Most states now require protective actions for dealing with lead-based paint. These actions require training and certification by the state, and the time-consuming process can increase the cost of even a small renovation.
6. What about asbestos? Asbestos was commonly used in older homes, often in insulation, siding, flooring and other components. It must be removed by a certified abatement crew, or in some cases it can be encapsulated. But it is not something to tackle yourself. Professionals advise taking care of asbestos in the proper way, as it will increase the value and sales potential of your home, as well as its safety.
Mortgage rates last month reached two-year highs | Chappaqua Real Estate
Mortgage rates last month reached two-year highs, reducing affordability at the same time prices rose. With some would-be buyers pushed to the sidelines, the pace of recovery in real estate is cooling
5 Big Reasons Why You Should Consider Google Plus Marketing | Chappaqua Realtor
It snuck up so quietly that a lot of people didn’t even realize it was happening.
One minute you could post a comment on YouTube just by logging into your YouTube account, and the next you’re being asked to sign in through your Gmail or Google+ account. The same goes for Zagat and other Google owned digital web assets.
Google+ may not have caught on with users as a Facebook alternative yet, but the service’s “Plus 1” symbol is ubiquitous within social marketing, and top name brands are commonly listing the Google+ icon on television ads right next to their Facebook and Twitter symbols. Whether you like it or not, Google+ is quickly becoming a significant player in the social media marketing world because it has one thing going for it that no other social site has: Google.
Google plus is now the second largest social media network behind Facebook and can no longer be ignored.
So Google plus marketing needs to taken seriously in your marketing strategy.
Reason #1. Search
Google’s approach for Google+ has been to seek success through visibility. Because of this, Google is constantly launching new applications that integrate Google+ with search results. A search for information about the election of Pope Francis in March 2013, for example, shows several Google+ post results from TIME, NBC and CTV, as well as author posts with images of the Google+ registered author catching the eye of the casual searcher.
For Google+ users, as long as you share blog posts with relevant, new (un-copied) information on a regular basis, you are that much more likely to be pushed up through the ranks of search results.
As with any search engine, keywords are a big factor in these results. How can you push your Google+ page up in search results?
- Post on a regular basis using relevant keywords in your text, but also integrate those keywords in other aspects of your Google+ page, such as in the “about” and “video” sections.
- Linking back to your own website where possible also improves your Google+ and personal website optimization.
- Creating a Google authorship for you and your most frequent posters helps your posts appear higher in search results, with the bonus of a personal author photo.
Reason #2. Google Authorship
There’s something about being able to look people in the eye that makes the advice or information you receive from them more reliable. But when you can’t look them in the eye, seeing a picture makes them seem a little more reliable and trustworthy. That’s the basic psychology behind Google+ authorship.
Read more at http://www.jeffbullas.com/2013/10/14/5-reasons-why-you-should-consider-google-plus-marketing/#HShJharmsiTdu4bF.99
Town Board Seeks Chappaqua Crossing Findings Statement Feedback | Chappaqua Real Estate
With the much anticipated draft findings statement for the Chappaqua Crossing retail plan now available to the public online, the New Castle Town Board will wait at least another week before putting it to a vote.
The board said in its Wednesday, Oct. 16 public meeting that dialogue regarding the document would continue in its Oct. 22 meeting.
The board told residents in an Oct. 8 town board work session that it would release the findings statements at least 48 hours before possibly making a decision on it on Oct. 16. The statement was not released until Oct. 15, however, leaving both board members and residents needing more time to digest the document, which outlines the mitigation measures needed to support Summit/Greenfield’s 120,000-sqaure feet retail-grocery store proposal.
“We said you would have 48 hours – we’re giving you more than that,” Town Supervisor Susan Carpenter said. “The board is going through the statement and we’ll continue to make changes to it. We’re open to taking useful statements and are happy to take suggestions.”
Though Oct. 22 is the next time the board will discuss the Chappaqua Crossing findings statement, a vote on that date is not likely. Councilman John Buckley will be on vacation and Councilwoman Elise Kessler Mottel has removed herself from all Chappaqua Crossing ordeals. That would leave only Carpenter and councilmen Jason Chapin and Robin Stout available to vote on the document next Tuesday.
“Next Tuesday would be the time to finalize the findings statement,” Stout said. “But we’re not suggesting there will be a vote. My guess is there will still be loose ends and not be a vote that night.”
However, when resident Michael Nolan asked the board to guarantee there would not be a vote on Oct. 22, Carpenter left the door open for all possibilities.
“It would be a vote a vote without John,” she said.
Several residents used public comment time in Wednesday night’s meeting to rehash common concerns surrounding the project, including traffic and its impact on surrounding neighborhoods. There is also a growing sentiment among residents that voting before the Nov. 5 election would be doing the town an injustice.
Stout shot down misconceptions that the board is ignoring residents who are pleading with the board to hold off on making decisions anytime in the near future.
“There is a difference between not listening and not agreeing,” he said. “I am not agreeing. I see this possibility (the Chappaqua Crossing retail plan) as something that can be a substantial benefit to the town.”