THIS MONTH’S FEATURED REAL ESTATE ARTICLE
Antique Houses and Their Passionate Owners
There is a community, a bond, a passion that some describe as an addiction, among the buyers and preservers of antique houses. They are not flippers or investors but regard themselves as guardians of architectural and community history, who share techniques and stories of their homes and structures built before indoor plumbing and electricity arrived.
What qualifies as an antique house?
Is any old house an antique house? The answer depends on whom you ask. An antique dealer’s definition of over 100 years does not fit. Architectural […]
There’s Something About Rhinebeck: Real Estate in the Village of Rhinebeck, NY
Some real estate agents have remarked, “If clients can’t afford Rhinebeck, they buy in Millerton,” due to the similar character and structure of these two Dutchess County villages, the latter being smaller in scale, size, and population. Over the last ten years, all walkable villages and hamlets with an active center have become more sought after, exceeding the general increase in median home prices. Single-family residences in Rhinebeck, NY, have risen 200% in the last ten years from a median price of $288,000 in […]
Sharon, CT Real Estate Market
What’s happened in the last five years
Exactly five years ago, Main Street Magazine looked at the Town of Sharon and its real estate market. Today, we wondered if anything had changed in this New England town. Was traditional Sharon the same place post-COVID? Had Sharon maintained its character and quiet demeanor? Did anything change in the real estate market?
First, we looked at the basic trends contained in Connecticut Town Profiles reports, Connecticut Department of Public Health, school district, and census numbers, reasoning that those changes […]
Pick Your Own Real Estate: Orchards & Agrotourism
The Hudson Valley is orchard land. Ulster County on the west side of the Hudson River is the second largest apple producer in New York and the second biggest apple-growing state in the United States, which is the second biggest producer of apples after China. The Hudson Valley, according to Elizabeth Ryan, owner of Breezy Hill Orchard, offers perfect soil, rolling hills with good drainage, and most importantly, proximity to the Hudson River, which is large enough to moderate temperatures, and to metro New York […]
Milan, NY – Real Estate in an In-Between Town
Some towns are drive throughs or fly overs. You don’t know exactly where they are, where they begin, or where they end. There’s no center, no bank, no traffic light, no school – sometimes there’s not even a post office.
Milan, NY, is one of those in-between towns on the way to the Taconic Parkway or Millerton. It is bordered by Rhinebeck and Red Hook to the west, Pine Plains to the east, Stanford to the southeast, Clinton to the south, and Gallatin in Columbia […]
