IN THE ZONE. INVESTIGATE ZONING RESTRICTIONS BEFORE YOU BUY
Do a town’s zoning regulations allow you to put up a garage or install a swimming pool on the property you are considering buying?
STARTER HOMES STILL EXIST
Starter homes are not grand weekend estates with acreage, new modern builds perched on hillsides, or cosmetic flips. Starter homes are the houses that initiate people in homeownership.
HOW TO GROW A SEED COMPANY
With Spring just around the corner, Christine was able to catch up with Doug Muller of Hudson Valley Seed Co to talk all things plants and seeds.
WHAT REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS EXPECT IN 2026
What do real estate professionals, economists, and bankers predict will happen to the housing market in 2026?
CUSTOM WEDDING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Main Street Magazine spent several hours with Jane Buck, the voluble English artist of Hudson Valley Letterpress, in her ground floor studio in the heart of Hillsdale, NY.
Matthew Larkin of Black Barn Farms and the Chairman of the Berkshire Botanical Gardens: Historic landscape designer & topiary creator
Christine recently caught up with the multi-talented Matthew Larkin of Richmond, Massachusetts. She learned all about Matthew’s Black Barn Farms, his topiary work, as well as his role as the chairman of the Berkshire Botanical Garden.
Do school rankings impact real estate values? What to know in northeast Dutchess County
When buying real estate, in addition to other considerations, like view, condition, privacy, style, acreage, or a bedroom on the first floor, school district rankings can be a factor in the buying decision, as are property taxes. Both can be important to buyers. But just how important?
Give me shelter: What’s new with garages?
Garages are a relatively new addition to real estate, a new word in the English language with the advent of cars in 1902. By the mid 1920s, Ford was selling over two million Model T’s every year in the United States, and real estate agents at the time reported that the first question asked by home buyers was about the garage.
Community Banker: George Whalen III, president and chairman of the board of Bank of Millbrook
On a gray Wednesday morning, George Whalen III invited me into the conference room of the Bank of Millbrook’s newest branch in Millerton, NY. Whalen may look like a banker, with a starched oxford shirt and tie, but his easy manor is spontaneous and genuine. Those who know him well describe him as “a […]
By the numbers: Three-county real estate market in the first half of 2025
The residential real estate market in the first six months of the year for the three counties where Main Street Magazine is circulated, Dutchess and Columbia in New York and Litchfield in Connecticut, posted mixed results in a year to year 2025 to 2024 comparison. Twelve-month median prices at the end of June 2025 […]