THIS MONTH’S FEATURED REAL ESTATE ARTICLE
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 were unchanged in Litchfield County but increased 14% in Columbia County and declined 3% in Dutchess.
Plenty of buyers are still looking and competing for homes although bidding wars are […]
