December 31, 2012
Another good month for the Capital Region housing market. Pending home sales hit a five year monthly high in November 2012. A total of 589 homes went under contract in November, up 4.8% from November 2011 – the highest November pending sales number since 2007. Inventory has also dropped from historic November numbers to 7,497 […]
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December 19, 2012
Here is the latest from the New York State Association of Realtors (NYSAR), on the latest housing statistics from November 2012. Overall, the impacts of Sandy do not appear to show up in these November numbers. All of the major indicators showed positive signs, increased sales and price, decreased inventory and days on the market […]
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December 10, 2012
Update: According to the legislation’s sponsor, Councilman Richard Conti, the permit system will be implemented on Tuesday January 15, 2013. Below are the details and the parking permit application, which can be downloaded. I spotted these partially covered signs on Willett Street on November 30th in Center Square Albany. The signs are the official residential […]
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December 1, 2012
The latest Capital Region real estate numbers once again show sustained improvement in the Albany, Saratoga, and surrounding real estate markets. Overall across the region, pending homes sales in October jumped 17.0% from last October to 683 purchase contracts (these are not final purchases but contracts to purchase that a buyer offers and a seller […]
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