What’s Brewing
And the Five Star Real Estate Award goes to…
Elisa Bruno-Midili of the Ronald Midili Home Team at McGrath Realty Inc, has been selected as a 2024 Five Star Real Estate Award winner for the 13th consecutive year! Five Star Real Estate Agents are selected based on consumer evaluations, production and business information. Only outstanding professionals who provide quality service and care are chosen to receive this…
Read MorePeaceful and Relaxing Getaway!
Tucked away in the Hudson Valley is Mohegan Woodlands a summer community of cottages. The minute you step onto this 8+ acre compound you can feel a sense of community and belonging. The 29 strategically placed cottages were constructed in the 1940’s to attract city dwellers to the northern suburbs. Mohegan Lake, in the 1920s, was…
Read MoreBreak Biases Together
This song was born from a course that I took called Bias and The Brain. I prompted Chat GPT with all the terms and language to use and asked for it in rap style. Let’s break biases together. ⬇️⬇️⬇️ Yo, let me lay it down, check the facts, let’s rap, ‘Bout the biases we got,…
Read MoreHousing Affordability Solutions
The #1 homebuyer obstacle is affordability followed by discrimination, mortgage access and agent performance according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR) latest consumer survey. Measures are being taken to reduce these barriers by NAR so that the economy can thrive. Affordability in the housing market is of great concern. Rising rates, low inventory and…
Read MoreCafé Realty Joins McGrath Realty Inc to Expand Service and Maximize Talent
Cafe Realty teams up with the Hudson Valley’s most prominent commercial, land development and luxury brokerage, McGrath Realty Inc. After 8 years in business the community focused Cafe Realty will use their strengths, talents and skills to become the new face of McGrath Realty Inc’s residential services. Café Realty will take the new name The Café Residential…
Read MoreReal Estate Inventory Insanity Affects Us All!
What started out as strategic home pricing for sellers to get more than one offer, has exploded into a full scale war involving historically low housing inventory.
Read More1 YEAR LATER: Cafe Realty Emerges Energized for 2021
independent brokerage remains relevant and communicates value to customers and agents alike in a continuously changing environment
Read More2021 A Year to Look Up and Move Forward
Yes, we have had some traumatic experiences getting through 2020…is 2021 your year to make a move? The real estate industry and technology is moving faster than ever before, 5 years worth in the last 6-12 months! Here is a bite from Inman Connect Now, (a series of fully digital events that bring together the…
Read More2020 A Year of Refection
2020 has not been kind but there were lessons learned. We were hurled into covid lockdown in mid March and life was very different from that point forward. A new normal, the next normal, it was not so normal. We learned how to wrap our arms around the world and appreciate life. We learned many…
Read MoreReal Estate and The Crazy Busy Summer with COVID!
How does a pandemic, economic crisis and psychological meltdown define the housing hustle and bustle this summer? Approximately half of the offers that home buyers have placed on homes were in a multiple offer situation in the past 3 months Interest rates are low and may be under 3% for some qualified buyers Buyers are…
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