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04/18/2024
Many Realtors went up to Albany on March 27-28. This was our yearly pilgrimage and ritual to discuss and have a dialogue concerning proposals for new laws and regulations and their effect on real estate. It was also the chance to explore current laws and ways to enhance and upgradethem for the
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04/08/2024
Philip A Raices -April 8, 2024 In the current real estate market, purchasing a co-op has been challenged by the rules and regulations that go hand in hand with completing the required board application and successfully passing the interview. Acceptable income, credit, and debt-to-income ratios
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04/08/2024
Share Tweet Pin Email Share If you haven’t seen or read the recent news, I will tell you the two colossal stories. The National Association of Realtors settled its case with the Justice Department concerning the “supposed” fixing of commissions. It was a whopping $418,000,000. However, B
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03/30/2024
It’s time to start thinking about the exterior of your home as we have been somewhat cooped up inside during the winter months and have longed for the warmer days ahead. But based on my gas bill, it’s been a fairly mild winter and it wasn’t as cold as one would have anticipated. Thanks to global
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03/24/2024
By Philip A Raices - March 11, 202410,543 shares It appears that we may have missed another real winter with milder weather, less than 7 inches of snow, far fewer broken pipes, and probably fewer accidents and broken bones from falling on black ice. However, property sales increased in January
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03/11/2024
February 23, 2024 Well, we are now into 2024 and interest rates have come down from the high of 8%+ in 2023, and now according to https://WWW.NerdWallet.com, 30-year fixed rates w/full doc loans are vacillating in and around 7%-7.9% APR depending on one’s income, credit and debt/income ratios a
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02/23/2024
Our Global Committee had an excellent networking and celebration on February 12, 2024, for the Lunar New Year, Year of the Dragon event @LOL Barbecue 66 Middle Neck Rd Great Neck NY 11021 (516) 708-1682. This was the first time that I had ever eaten Korean Cuisine and was curious as to the diff
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02/19/2024
Part 2This is the second part of the column on my 2015 search as a Nassau County Realtor for a summer rental for a mystery client who wanted what at first appeared to be the impossible — a tub in the master bathroom.We kept looking high and low for that special place to call home for our well-hee
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02/17/2024
Part IOn June 3, 2015, I received a call from a gentleman who was inquiring about assisting him in tracking down a rental for August for his client. His client was coming to New York for a project he was involved with, but he was clandestine and very secretive about the project. I thought maybe t
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02/09/2024
