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Building and measuring the social world | Armonk Realtor

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Tamara Mendelsohn leads marketing for Eventbrite with a focus on customer acquisition, retention and branding.

As an expert on e-commerce technology, multichannel retail, and trends in how consumers integrate technology into shopping, Mendelsohn has authored research reports and worked with both retailers and technology vendors to help them shape their strategies.

Hear what Mendelsohn has to say about “Building and measuring the social world.”

“Building and measuring the social world” (2:36).

– See more at: http://www.inman.com/2013/09/03/building-and-measuring-the-social-world-video/#sthash.xb2FBmHq.dpuf

 

 

Building and measuring the social world [VIDEO] | Inman News.

2013 elections: Who is running in Westchester, Rockland, Putnam | Cross River Real Estate

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With petitions submitted for independent lines for local office last week, the lists of candidates in Rockland, Putnam and Westchester are nearly complete. The Sept. 10 primary will put the final stamp on who is running in November.

Below are the candidate lists for each county (only primary candidates in Putnam):

Westchester – all candidates (unofficial):

http://public.tableausoftware.com/views/Westchesterscandidatesin2013/Dashboard1?:embed=y&:display_count=no

Rockland primary and general election candidates:

https://rocklandgov.com/files/8813/7692/0033/2013_Primary_candidate_list.pdf

Putnam primary candidates:

http://www.putnamcountyny.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/2013-WEBPAGE-LIST-CANDIDATES-FOR-PRIMARY.pdf

Mt Kisco Farmers Markets | Mt Kisco NY Real Estate

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Fresh Food from Local Sources – September 5-11th, 2013 Down to Earth Markets
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What’s New and in Season This Week
Apples Taliaferro Farm Butternut Squash Rexcroft Farm Cider Donuts Migliorelli Farm Dandelion Greens John D. Madura Farms
Gala Apples Migliorelli Farm
Eggplant Rockland Farm Alliance Heirloom Tomatoes Alex’s Tomato Farm                                     Migliorelli Farm                                     Rexcroft Farm                                     Rockland Farm Alliance
Melons Alex’s Tomato Farm                                     Rexcroft Farm
Pumpkins Alex’s Tomato Farm Purple Peppers Rockland Farm Alliance Zucchini Varieties Rexcroft Farm
Click on a Market to see all vendor and event details…

Westchester                                     County     Ossining
Saturdays, 8:30 am-1:00 pm		Rockland                                     County
Croton
Sundays, 9:00 am-2:00 pm
Rye
Sundays, 8:30 am-2:00 pm 		Piermont
Sundays, 9:30 am-3:00 pm
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Saturdays, 8:30 am-1:00 pm
 Tarrytown/Sleepy Hollow
Patriot’s Park Farmers Market                                     Saturdays, 8:30 am-1:00 pm
Spring Valley
Wednesdays,                                     8:30 am-3:00 pm
New Rochelle
Now at Huguenot Park!                                     Fridays, 8:30 am-2:30 pm 		Yonkers/Ridge Hill
*See announcement below!* Ridge Hill’s Farmers Market                                     Fridays, 12 noon-6:00 pm 		Headed to the city soon? Visit a Down to Earth Farmers Market in NYC!
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Ridge Hill **NEW MARKET HOURS & LOCATION!**                                                  The seasons are changing and so are the hours of our farmers market at Westchester’s Ridge Hill. Rolling into the fall, the market will now be held from 12 noon to 6pm (still on Fridays).                         Also, we’ve moved to Second Street, in the middle of the Ridge Hill, near the playgrounds and at the Town Square. See you there!   Stay tuned to all market happenings via our Down to Earth Markets Facebook page                           and follow us on Twitter @DowntoEarthMkts.                                                
Farmer Profile: Rexcroft Farm of Athens, NY
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In addition to the popular favorites, Rexcroft Farm grows unique crops – ask them about their Caraflex Cabbage or Tuscan Orange Indian Eggplant (pictured above)

Seven generations ago, a schoolteacher and a farmer came from Europe to settle along the banks of the Hudson River. Together with their families, they were from England and Holland, and as they staked the land, they named it Rexcroft, meaning “King Farm” in Dutch.
Today, Dan and Nate King, descendants of these pioneers, continue to farm the land, as their family has done without interruption since the late 1700s. The name lives on, too, and now Rexcroft Farm thrives on nearly 400 acres near Athens, NY. They grow a vast range of produce, as well as raise cows, pigs, and chickens on the pasture. To hear Dan explain it, “I’ve been farming since I’ve been able to walk.”
For years, Dan’s father ran Rexcroft as a dairy farm. Yet as his six children grew up, none of them, including Dan, wanted to take it on. “With a dairy farm, you have to milk the cows twice a day, 365 days a year. There’s never a break. With vegetables, they can get overgrown by a day, but nobody’s going to die, unlike with the cows,” Dan says. So, the current generation transitioned away from dairy and into the bountiful harvests and livestock they cultivate today.
The Kings grow with long-term ecological health in mind. They employ integrated pest management, a technique that suppresses unwanted insects without relying on pesticides. They also run the farm with a wide open door policy, inviting people to visit the farm and learn how their food is grown. “We have people visit the farm, and we get to take them on a tour and say, ‘This is your food growing here. Here’s what we’re picking this week.’ People love it,” Dan says.
Come enjoy Rexcroft Farm and several other great vendors every Sunday from 9 am to 2 pm at Croton’s Down to Earth Farmers Market.

Day Vendors This Week Larchmont                         Calcutta Kitchens                         Kontoulis Family Olive Oil
Down to Earth Markets 173 Main Street Ossining, NY 10562 Phone: 914-923-4837

North Salem, developer reach tentative settlement in fair housing case | North Salem Homes

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Kearney Realty and Development and the town of North Salem have reached what they termed a conceptual agreement to allow the developer to pursue its application for an affordable senior housing development off Route 22 and settle state and federal legal cases against the town.

Kearney, based in Carmel, had moved to intervene in the fair housing case between Westchester County and the federal government, arguing that the town was not living up to its obligations and should also be brought into the case. North Salem had approved a zoning amendment to the land proposed for development that officials said clarified existing language requiring an assisted living center alongside affordable housing. But the developer argued it added a new and impermissible burden to the construction of the housing required under the settlement.

Kearney had also filed a case in state court challenging the zoning change as a violation of previous legal settlements of  cases challenging North Salem zoning for blocking affordable housing.

In a letter to the judge asking for a postponement of the dates for the parties to serve papers, Kearney’s lawyer, Robert Spolzino of Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman & Dicker, said the two sides have made substantial progress in reaching a resolution.

Kearney said he couldn’t talk about the specifics of the agreement.

But “we’re hopeful that it will get done,” he said.

 

http://northernwestchester.lohudblogs.com/2013/09/04/north-salem-developer-reach-tentative-settlement-in-fair-housing-case/

14 Social Media Tools Used by Marketing Pros | Chappaqua Realtor

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Are you looking for social media tools to get more out of your marketing?

Are you wondering what tools marketing pros are using successfully?

We asked fourteen well-known marketers to share the latest social media tools they’ve been using.

Discover how you can use these tools to help you to get more out of your social media marketing.

#1: Mention

Todd WheatlandTodd Wheatland

Mention was developed as a user-friendly replacement for Google Alerts. They’re a textbook example of how to build a platform by doing one thing better than anyone else.

As well as being an absolute joy to use, it captures so many more, ahem, ‘mentions’ online than any other platform I’ve used that it’s become my #1 go-to social mention reference tool.

There are many clever things behind the way Mention is set up. They’ve taken the Apple approach to clean and simple UI to give you great functionality as a default and the power to modify settings to really hone in on what’s important to your circumstances.

Mention provides clean and simple functionality.

Apart from doing a fantastic job of identifying online mentions, some of my favorite features are:

  • Simple controls to turn specific sources off—but still be able to monitor them in the spam folder in case you mis-classify something.
  • Default alert emails that take you straight to source, rather than forcing an extra step by taking you to the Mention platform.

    You can see how many online mentions you have in the left-hand column.

Of course, with success, they’re quickly adding features—including an enterprise-level offering—that will make them seem increasingly like a lot of the more established players in the social tools space. So far though, they’ve done a great job of maintaining simplicity and delivering on their core offering.

Todd Wheatland, head of thought leadership at Kelly Services.

#2: Addvocate

jay baerJay Baer

My favorite new social media tool is Addvocate. I like it so much, I invested in the company and joined their board.

Addvocate solves a very common problem in social media, which is the need to decentralize your messengers. Almost always, the employees in your company have more social connections (combined) than the company does for its official social media outposts.

Thus, smart companies need to find ways to ask employees to occasionally share relevant information on their personal accounts. Amber Naslund and I wrote about this in The NOW Revolution, and recommended a “message of the day” email that is sent to all social media–active employees.

Addvocate takes that concept and makes it much, much better. Employees install a simple browser plugin that enables them to receive content recommendations from a centralized marketing team, while also enabling them to recommend content to the marketing team and to one another. The marketing team then gets detailed statistics showing which employees are sharing content on social, how many clicks and engagement actions each employee is generating, etc.

Addvocate enables you to share content with colleagues.

It’s an incredibly easy-to-use, remarkably inexpensive (just a few dollars per month) social media tool that removes the pain of teamwork and content sharing/distribution. I use it constantly to share potential topics for inclusion in our daily email newsletter.

Jay Baer, founder of Convince & Convert

 

 

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http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/social-media-tools-used-by-pros-today/

 

CoreLogic: Prices to Rise 12.3 Percent in August | Katonah Real Estate

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The housing recovery will keep rolling right along   through August as price increases continue to score in the double digit range   and rise for the 18th straight month, according to CoreLogic’s   pending sales index.

 

Home prices   nationwide, including distressed sales, increased 12.4 percent on a year-over-year   basis in July 2013 compared to July 2012. Prices are rising   even faster than they did in the first half of the year, when they averaged   10 percent from January through June.     On a month-over-month basis, including distressed sales, home prices   increased by 1.8 percent in July 2013 compared to June 2013,

Excluding distressed   sales, home prices increased on a year-over-year basis by 11.4 percent in   July 2013 compared to July 2012. On a month-over-month basis, excluding   distressed sales, home prices increased 1.7 percent in July 2013 compared to   June 2013. Distressed sales include short sales and real estate owned (REO)   transactions.

The CoreLogic Pending   HPI indicates that August 2013 home prices, including distressed sales, are   expected to rise by 12.3 percent on a year-over-year basis from August 2012   and rise by 0.4 percent on a month-over-month basis from July 2013. Excluding   distressed sales, August 2013 home prices are poised to rise 12.2 percent   year over year from August 2012 and by 1.2 percent month over month from July   2013. The CoreLogic Pending HPI is a proprietary and exclusive metric that   provides the most current indication of trends in home prices. It is based on   Multiple Listing Service (MLS) data that measure price changes for the most   recent month.

“Home prices   continued to surge in July,” said Dr. Mark Fleming, chief economist for   CoreLogic. “Looking ahead to the second half of the year, price growth   is expected to slow as seasonal demand wanes and higher mortgage rates have a   marginal impact on home purchase demand.”

“Home prices   continue to climb across the nation in July with markets hit hardest during   the downturn leading the way,” said Anand Nallathambi, president and CEO   of CoreLogic. “Nationally, home prices are now within 18 percent of   their peak levels reached in April of 2006.”

Highlights   as of July 2013:

  • Including        distressed sales, the five states with the highest home price        appreciation were: Nevada (+27 percent), California (+23.2 percent),        Arizona (+17 percent), Wyoming (+16.4 percent) and Oregon (+15 percent).
  • Including        distressed sales, this month only one state posted home price        depreciation: Delaware (-1.3 percent).
  • Excluding        distressed sales, the five states with the highest home price        appreciation were: Nevada (+24.2 percent), California (+20.2 percent),        Arizona (+14.9 percent), Utah (+13.5 percent) and Florida (+13.5        percent).
  • Excluding        distressed sales, no states posted home price depreciation in July.
  • Including        distressed transactions, the peak-to-current change in the national HPI        (from April 2006 to July 2013) was -17.6 percent. Excluding distressed        transactions, the peak-to-current change in the HPI for the same period        was -12.9 percent.
  • The        five states with the largest peak-to-current declines, including        distressed transactions, were Nevada (-43 percent), Florida (-37.4        percent), Arizona (-32.5 percent), Rhode Island (-29.7 percent) and        Michigan (-27.7 percent).
  • Of        the top 100 Core Based Statistical Areas (CBSAs) measured by population,        99 were showing year-over-year increases in July, equaling the measure        in June 2013.

*June data was   revised. Revisions with public records data are standard, and to ensure   accuracy, CoreLogic incorporates the newly released public data to provide   updated results.

July HPI for the   Country’s Largest CBSAs by Population (Ranked by Single-Family Including   Distressed):

CBSA

July 2013     12-Month HPI

Change by     CBSA

Single-Family     Including Distressed

Single-Family     Excluding Distressed

Los     Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, CA

22.6%

20.1%

Riverside-San     Bernardino-Ontario, CA

22.5%

21.1%

Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale,     AZ

18.1%

15.7%

Atlanta-Sandy     Springs-Marietta, GA

15.6%

13.7%

Houston-Sugar     Land-Baytown, TX

11.1%

11.9%

Dallas-Plano-Irving,     TX

10.0%

10.7%

Washington-Arlington-Alexandria,     DC-VA-MD-WV

9.1%

9.0%

Chicago-Joliet-Naperville,     IL

8.6%

10.7%

New     York-White Plains-Wayne, NY-NJ

7.8%

8.2%

Philadelphia,     PA

4.3%

4.8%

Source:   CoreLogic.

 

 

 

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http://www.realestateeconomywatch.com/2013/09/corelogic-prices-to-rise-123-percent-in-august/

 

Economist Of Doom Ordered To Remove Penthouse Hot Tub | Chappaqua Real Estate

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Economist and NYU professor Nouriel Roubini is known for exactly two things: predicting the financial crisis of the last decade; and throwing orgiastic parties jam-packed with models. The latter claim to fame might be harder to keep up, now that the Department of Buildings has ordered the so-called Dr. Doom (future nickname: Party Pooper?) to remove the hot tub he bought for the renovated, tricked-out rooftop. Apparently, according to the official DOB complaint slapped down in February, the heavy hot tub makes the building shake and vibrate and compromises its structural stability. One would think that his packed rooftop ragers would do that no matter what, without any help from the Jacuzzi. The Post reports that the economist also has to remove the new wooden deck, a propane gas grill, and an extra room he built up there, which houses a bar and a bathroom. In 2010, Roubini bought what was then the East Village’s priciest apartment, a 2,700-square-foot triplex with cantilevered staircases at the top of Brick House Condominiums, after it had been PriceChopped by about $2M to $5.5 million. The hot tub may not have been the smartest move for the man who has said beautiful women love him for his brains, but in the end, it only incurred a $600 fine. And one anonymous source remarked: “Knowing him, he’ll just move the hot tub inside.” Party on, Nouriel.

 

 

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http://ny.curbed.com/archives/2013/09/03/economist_of_doom_ordered_to_remove_penthouse_hot_tub.php

Whole-House Remodel $250,000 to $500,000: Desert Embrace | Bedford Corners Homes

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Priorities

• Improve the connection between interior rooms • Provide a better visual connection from the house to the lush landscape

  • Opening up walls created a better interior flow.

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    Opening up walls created a better interior flow.

  • The original layout did not allow for good traffic flow.

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    The original layout did not allow for good traffic flow.

  • The fireplace in the existing living room.

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    The fireplace in the existing living room.

  • The new living room is open to the kitchen and dining rooms.

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    The new living room is open to the kitchen and dining rooms.

  • The original kitchen was cut off from the living areas.

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    The original kitchen was cut off from the living areas.

  • The custom cabinetsa re made from Douglas fir.

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    The custom cabinets are made from Douglas fir.

  • The original interior walls were sheetrock made to resemble adobe.

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    The original interior walls were sheetrock made to resemble adobe.

  • The kitchen countertops are Caesarstone and concrete.

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    The kitchen countertops are Caesarstone and concrete.

  • The original side porch was enclosed to create a theater room.

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    The original side porch was enclosed to create a theater room.

  • Architect Rob Paulus incorporated the original fireplace in to the theater room wall. The large projection screen takes up one wall.

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    Architect Rob Paulus incorporated the original fireplace in to the theater room wall. The large projection screen takes up one wall.

  • The original bathroom.

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    The original bathroom.

  • The bathroom has the same clean, contemporary lines as the main living area.

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    The bathroom has the same clean, contemporary lines as the main living area.

  • The original wood porch.

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    The original wood porch.

  • The roof canopy is not attached to the existing building. Architect Paulus says this design makes it look like it's levitating and makes it clear that is separate from the original structure.

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    The roof canopy is not attached to the existing building. Architect Paulus says this design makes it look like it’s levitating and makes it clear that is separate from the original structure.

  • The canopy structure is made of steel and rough-hewn Douglas fir. It ties in to the new masonry and landscaping.

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    The canopy structure is made of steel and rough-hewn Douglas fir. It ties in to the new masonry and landscaping.

  • A before view of the house from poolside.

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    A before view of the house from poolside.

  • The canopy connects the home with the pool and backyard.

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    The canopy connects the home with the pool and backyard.

  • The architect's original sketch of the canopy included a round opening, but it was more cost-effective to follow the lines of the structure and make it rectangular.

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    The architect’s original sketch of the canopy included a round opening, but it was more cost-effective to follow the lines of the structure and make it rectangular.

  • A during photo of the project shows the construction of the steel canopy frame.

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    A during photo of the project shows the construction of the steel canopy frame.

  • The steel and Douglas fir pieces fit together seamlessly.

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    The steel and Douglas fir pieces fit together seamlessly.

  • The original master bedroom (right) didn't have a great connection to the outdoors.

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    The original master bedroom (right) didn’t have a great connection to the outdoors.

  • A small, side porch off the master bedroom provides a more private outdoor setting for the owner.

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    A small, side porch off the master bedroom  provides a more private outdoor setting for the owner.

  • The steel pieces of the canopy and the steel shade boxes for the theater room were lifted into place with a crane.

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    The steel pieces of the canopy and the steel shade boxes for the theater room were lifted into place with a crane.

  • Two steel boxes frame the windows and provide shade to the theater room.

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    Two steel boxes frame the windows and provide shade to the theater room.

  • Architect Rob Paulus designed these steel frames to be more delicate to contrast with the strong structure of the canopy. Vines are now growing on the canopy, which connects the structure to the outdoor landscaping.

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    Architect Rob Paulus designed these steel frames to be more delicate to contrast with the strong structure of the canopy. Vines are now growing on the canopy, which connects the structure to the outdoor landscaping.

  • The home is set in the foothills of Tucson.

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    The home is set in the foothills of Tucson.

  • The original floorplan.

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    The original floorplan.

  • The new floorplan shows the home's connection to the outdoors. The small structure on the other side of the pool is a guest house.

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    The new floorplan shows the home’s connection to the outdoors. The small structure on the other side of the pool is a guest house.

Solutions

Not only was this house poorly laid out, but architect Rob Paulus describes the Spanish style as “Santa fake.” “A lot of what we did was more subtractive—taking things away and bringing it back to a simple box. From there, we opened up as much as we could,” Paulus says, by removing walls to create a better flow. Some of the sheet rock was made to resemble adobe walls, so he simplified those for a cleaner, more modern look.

The owner purchased the house because of its mature landscape and setting. He wanted the interior spaces to have a better connection to the backyard. Paulus increased the glazing on the rear wall to capture views.

The owner, a film enthusiast, also wanted a media room with a large 14-foot projection screen. The living room didn’t have enough wall space to accommodate a screen that large, so Paulus enclosed an outdoor porch and incorporated the existing outdoor fireplace.

The second phase of the project involved improving the outdoor spaces. A 20-foot by 40-foot contemporary steel and Douglas fir porch trellis shades an outdoor living space with an outdoor kitchen. It has direct access from the home theater, great room, and master bedroom.

The interior kitchen cabinets are made of Douglas fir, but a more polished and smooth version that fulfills the owner’s request for a natural element. It also provides a contrast to the rough-hewn fir used for the trellis ceiling.

 

 

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http://www.remodeling.hw.net/awards/2013-rda-grand-desert-embrace.aspx?utm_source=newsletter&utm_content=jump&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=RDU_081613&day=2013-08-16

 

Foreclosures Distort Home-Price Measure | Chappaqua NY Homes

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The housing bust obviously depressed the real estate market, but a new study shows that a big jump in distressed sales during the worst of the downturn may have exaggerated swings in at least one key measure of house prices.

Federal Housing Finance Agency

economists William Doerner and Andrew Leventis examined markets in Miami and Tampa, Fla., to gauge the impact of bank-owned property and short sales on the FHFA’s house price index.

The findings, released in a new paper: distressed sales dragged the index down as housing bottomed out and now are boosting numbers a bit.

“The presence of distressed sales in the standard HPI had a depressing effect on measured price changes. In more recent periods, when distressed sales comprised a shrinking percentage of real estate transactions, the Working Paper reveals the opposite effect. As the ‘weight’ of distressed sales on the standard index decreased in recent periods, the depressing effect lessened over time. This meant that the price appreciation observed in the standard FHFA index was somewhat above what the distress-free measures reported.”

The FHFA’s index is one of several measures that the industry and economists use to gauge the health of the real estate market. The latest data, released July 23, showed that house prices appreciated a seasonally adjusted 0.7% in May from the prior month — the 16th consecutive increase. The report reinforced views that the housing market is rebounding.

The study by Messrs. Doerner and Leventis doesn’t change that. But it does point to some distortion in the index through boom-and-bust cycles.

In the late 1990s, for example, distressed sales in the Miami and Tampa markets tended to price about 10%-15% less than normal sales. As the housing boom accelerated, the discount shrank to 5% and 10%. But from 2007 to 2010, that figure jumped to near 30%.

“In recent quarters, with the onset of the recovery and rising home prices, such discounts have become slightly more modest. In the first quarter of 2013, for instance, the average discount was about 25%,” the authors write.

The paper cautions that the results for Miami and Tampa might not be duplicated in areas that experienced a less dramatic crash or saw fewer distressed sales.

White Plains Commuters: Prepare For New Train Schedule On Harlem Line | Chappaqua Real Estate

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A new Metro-North train schedule goes into effect for all Harlem and Hudson Line customers Aug. 19 so track repairs can expand and continue on the Bronx Right-of-Way Improvement Project, the railroad announced.

The new schedule includes changes on the New Haven, Harlem and Hudson lines.

On the Harlem Line, the 8:03 a.m. local train from Mount Vernon West to Grand Central will be restored. The New Haven Line’s 7:35 a.m. train from Port Chester to Grand Central also will be restored, as well as the 8:30 a.m. train from New Rochelle to Grand Central.

This schedule will remain in effect through the fall until the improvement project is completed. The schedules for trains on the Hudson, Harlem and New Haven lines will be adjusted between two and 10 minutes to more accurately reflect travel times, the release said.

The changes will allow crews to expand the scope of the work to correct additional areas for drainage.

“Further inspections, aided by the use of new technology, such as ground-penetrating radar, have indicated additional areas not visible at the surface where drainage needs to be improved,” a press release said.

Metro-North said it is working to improve the reliability of its service and to address delays. The railroad said the new schedule changes are necessary to restore the three trains that were cancelled July 1.

Track work for improvement program, which began July 1, is being conducted to about 6 miles of track in the Bronx, used by the New Haven Line and the Harlem Line in the Bronx.

Additionally, schedule changes include special shuttle bus service to and from Tremont and Melrose stations. Customers may take buses to Fordham for train service. Buses will operate on a half-hourly basis during peak periods on weekdays and hourly during off-peak periods and weekends.

 

 

White Plains Commuters: Prepare For New Train Schedule On Harlem Line | The White Plains Daily Voice.