August 14, 2013
As the market continues to improve, home prices set an new all-time record in June 2013. The median home sales price in June reached $216,000, the highest ever June median homes sales price in the Capital Region. Not only did prices rises, but so did pending home sales. Pending homes sales were up 3.7% in […]
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June 25, 2013
May was another big month in the Albany housing market. Pending sales were up 19.2% in May as compared to the same month last year for a total of 981 new sales contracts. This is the highest monthly pending sales figure since April 2010, when the government was still handing out generous homebuyer tax credits. […]
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May 6, 2013
As you may have heard, due to recently discovered abuses of the NYS STAR Property Tax Rebate program the State is requiring all eligible participants to re-certify. This recertification process has not yet been established, but all current STAR enrollees should receive a notice from the State. Here is the update from the Great Capital […]
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April 25, 2013
The Capital Region real estate market continued to show resilience in March 2013. Evaluating the latest real estate numbers from the Greater Capital Association of Realtors, prices and pending sales rose while inventory and final sales contracts fell. The median home sales price for March edged up nearly 1.0% to $186,900, as compared to the […]
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