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Home Prices Increase for 12th Consecutive Month

Home Prices Increase for 12th Consecutive Month

The Capital Region is now a full year into the housing market recovery and the steady improvement continues. The usually quiet month of January, ushered in 629 purchase contracts for a 17.4% increase in pending home sales as compared to January 2012. This was the highest January pending sales number since 2007, notably before the […]

Capital Region Real Estate Out-Performing the Nation

Capital Region Real Estate Out-Performing the Nation

So this is what a recovery looks like. Nearly as many homes sold in 2012 as sold in 2008, a 13.9% increase from last year. Total home sales declined every year from 2006 to 2011. Last year sales reversed the downward trend and jumped to 8,186 sales, just shy of 2008 numbers. The year in context […]

New Year, New Real Estate Resolution

New Year, New Real Estate Resolution

Do you like kale? Do you at least like to grow kale? Well Monticello likes to eat and grow kale too, and that’s why we’re launching the 2013 Capital District Community Gardens Initiative. Running a business cannot merely be about maximizing profit or extracting shareholder value at all costs. Building a business is as much about […]