Ulster County Real Estate Blog

Data for the month of March revealed a positive direction for the Ulster County Real Estate market.  Although the median price continued to drop, the number of homes sold in march of 2009 was almost exactly the same as 2008.  During most of 2009, there has been a 40-20% decline in the number of h...

I have returned to the brokerage where I first broke into real estate. It was an easy choice to return to John J. Lease Realtors and I look forward to working with our staff of New Paltz New York real estate agents. Not only are the agents at John J. Lease Realtors experienced and professional, ...

  I love this shot of Kingston NY.  It shows Kingston's unique spot geographically and in turn why it's great to own a home here.  You can see that Kingston is basically where the Hudson River, the Rondout Creek and the Catskils all meet.  You can also see where Kingston New York homes are most ...

New Paltz, New York is ideally located about 90 miles north of New York City and is a prime place to work and play. I’d like to share just a few reasons why it’s great to be a New Paltz Real Estate agent and to live in the area. There are opportunities galore to enjoy the outdoors, eclectic busi...

If your a Realtor who's finally come to the realization that it's good to have your own website, you've probably had to face the reality that most obvious and popular real estate domains for your area are already taken. Other web-savvy Realtors have snatched them up or Domain squatters jumped on...

Google announced an update relating to how pay-per-click advertisments will be ranked which will take effect over the next few days for all AdWords advertisers. So what does this mean to realtors who do pay-per-click advertising with Google? The primary change in the update is the way in which Go...

There’s no doubt that buyers prefer to use search engines like Google as the primary method to find and research properties. Here I present some of the basic tools that every Realtor should have at their disposal in order to improve their search engine marketing.   First—I mention the obvious on...

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I read today in the Poughkeepsie Journal that NY Senator Charles Schumer is blasting banks and mortgage lenders who have provided homebuyers with subprime loans.  Mr. Schumer denounced "shocking rate increases and other tricks that leave borrowers...unable to pay.  Most people don't read their mo...

Today I depart a little from real estate topics and dabble into a little bit of introspection.  In my life experience, I've noticed that all individuals seem to fit into one of five categories.  Realtors and customers are no exception to this rule.  Here are the five categories of people:People w...