Ask The Broker: What is a Zestimate and can you trust it?
If you have searched for a home online, you have probably seen something called a Zestimate. Zillow’s estimated value of nearly every property in the country.
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.
WHAT REAL ESTATE PROFESSIONALS EXPECT IN 2026
What do real estate professionals, economists, and bankers predict will happen to the housing market in 2026?
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.
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 […]
Mill Farm is For Sale for $90 Million: History is Being Made in the Hudson Valley
All photography accompanying this article is courtesy of Joel Petra of DDREPS and Bailey Roubos of Drone Hub Media.
History is taking place in the heart of Ancramdale, which straddles the southern border of Columbia County in New York. For the first time ever, a 2,150-acre farm, Mill Farm to be precise, is being offered […]
Mahar Real Estate: Offering a local, client-focused real estate experience that’s here to stay
Mahar Real Estate, founded in August of 2024 and based in Hudson City Centre in Hudson, NY, is operating with the polish and purpose of a well-established firm. After years in the industry, founder Daniel “Dan” Mahar launched the company to offer a grounded, client-focused experience rooted in local knowledge.
“Too many brokerages have become […]
Porches are popular: Real estate on the front porch
Above: Grassland Dessert Café in Lakeville, CT, renovated the former enclosed porch of a vacant Chinese restaurant to provide extra outdoor seating for enjoying an ice cream cone. Photo by Christine Bates.
Maybe it started during COVID, when it seemed safer to see friends outside and have groceries delivered, or maybe it was the increasing square-foot […]