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 Beautiful,
affordable, friendly and just 2 hours from New York City
are the reasons more and more New Yorkers are choosing Sullivan
County for their second home getaway. We pretty much have
everything you're looking for — lakes, mountains, rivers,
farms and that friendly, down home country attitude.
Sullivan County has tremendous variety, from in-town fixer
uppers, cozy mountain getaways, classic farm houses, lake
homes and world-class estate quality properties. With so
many options and areas, buyers need good guidance to find
the right property at the right price —
the guidance that Buyer Agency provides.
If you're not familiar with the area, or are just starting
your search for Catskill real estate, I've put together
a lot of information to give you a good feel for the area.
Check out the links on the left — you'll get a good
feel for home prices, up-to-date market trends, areas of
the county, how best to find a house here and listings for
sale. Be sure to read:
If you're looking for Sullivan County New York real estate,
please drop me an email
or give me a call. Or if you'd just like to browse homes for sale ,
check out my free MLS Search for Catskill
real estate in Sullivan County.
Looking for a home or land in Sullivan County? Search the entire Sullivan County Multiple Listing Service , over 1,800 properties! You can search for homes or land, save searches, email listings to friends and even be notified of new listings that meet your criteria, all from one convenient location. And best of all, properties here include multiple photos (instead of the single photo for most properties on Realtor.com.)
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Check out my real
estate blog, with the latest real estate news
from Sullivan County, along with my never-shy opinions,
and also add your comments on what's going on.
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Working Together
Working with a buyer agent doesn't cost you any more
than going from broker to broker on your own. I'm a
member of the Sullivan County Multiple Listing Service,
and can show you virtually any property for sale in the
county through the MLS, as well as homes that aren't
listed in the MLS, including difficult to find "For
Sale By Owner" houses.What
Is Buyer Agency can give you an overview of how buyer
agency works, and how it can benefit you.
Give me a call at 845-468-5710 or drop me an email
at davidk@beechwoods.net
and give me an idea of what you're looking for. I'm happy
to discuss options in your price range, and can email listings
to you that might fit.
Thanks for dropping by. I look forward to talking with
you soon about Catskills real estate.
To reach Judy Siegel, the owner/broker of Catskills
Buyer Agency, click here.
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Looking for lakefront? Be sure to read
my page on Sullivan County Lakefront
Property which is some of the best Catskills
Lakefront Real Estate. Vacationing
in Florida? Check out my New
Smyrna Beach Condo for Rent.
Sullivan County includes the following
areas, villages and townships: Liberty, Monticello, Callicoon,
Jeffersonville, Callicoon Center, Roscoe, Willowemoc, DeBruce, North Branch,
White Sulphur Springs, Beaverkill Valley, Lew Beach ,Narrowsburg,
Lake Huntington, Swinging Bridge, Mongaup Valley, Rock Hill,
Emerald Green, Masten Lake, Wolf Lake, Wanaksink Lake, Forestburgh,
Barryville, Glen Spey, Lake Devenoge, Highland Lake, Eldred, Lake Louise Marie, and Smallwood.
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April Sales Volume Picks Up,
Prices Begin to Settle
(June 2009) May was pretty flat on all measures — both units sold and prices — compared with April. While there has been a noticeable uptick in activity in terms of buyer inquiries, showings and offers, that won't work it's way through to closed sales figures for a month or two.
For the 3 months ending May 31, there were 80 closed single family sales reported in the Sullivan MLS, 21% below the same period a year earlier. The median sales price of $134,400 was 11.4% below May, 2008, while the average sales price of $166,513 was down 15% from a year earlier. The median sales price, which tends to be a more stable indicator of pricing trends than the average (which can be impacted by a handful of particularly high or low priced sales), has been moving in a very narrow range between $132K and $138K since February — neither confirming the doomsayer predictions of a further drop into the $100K to $120K range, nor the bulls hoping for a climb back above $150K.
In looking at April and May's single month data, however, there may be a slight move up in the next month or two into the $140's. However, it looks like that pick up in the median will be tempered by a further slide in the average into the $150's, about the levels we were at in mid 2004. This is consistent with what I've been reporting since the beginning of the year — a trend among buyers to the affordable and moderate ends of the market, and a continuing softness in the upper end. Fewer upper end sales depress the average.
Any analysis of sales data, however, needs to factor in the impact of foreclosure sales. For the 3 month period ending May 31st, 29 of the 80 closed sales, or 36%, were foreclosure sales. In the more detailed Current Market Conditions Report, I discuss foreclosure sales at greater length, and break out pricing data between foreclosure and non-foreclosure sales.
Also notable this month is the continuing softness (read: virtual nonexistence) of lakefront sales, once a bread and butter component of the second home market here. The softness in lakefront (as well as the upper end in general) is likely a function of a combination of demographic and economic trends leading buyers to focus on less expensive properties (which tends to exclude anything lakefront.)
For a more complete review of this month's data, including inventory trends. sales prices and a discussion of the buyer trends I'm seeing, check out the full Current Market Conditions report.
Below are curent Asking and Sale prices
for Sullivan County NY real estate.
Average Home Prices in Sullivan
County, NY |
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Current
Listings |
Closed
Sales
Mar 09 - May 09 |
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All Single Family Homes |
$270,441 |
$166,513 |
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Lakefront Homes |
$532,782 |
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Non-Lakefront Homes on 10+ Acres |
$506,863 |
$292,227 |
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Lakefront sales volume was too low for this period to include as a reliable indicator.
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Licensing and Affiliations
I'm licensed as an associate
real estate broker in NY as well as an independent real
estate broker (in PA) to serve my clients who may want to
consider homes in nearby areas in Pennsylvania. However,
I don't specialize in the Wayne and Pike County, PA area
or work with clients who primarily are looking for property
on that side. I'm a member of the National Association of
Realtors, the Sullivan County Association of Realtors and
REBAC, the Real Estate Buyer Agency Council.
The offices of Catskills Buyer
Agency are located at 3 California Avenue, Liberty, NY 12754.
However, the three of us who work with Catskills Buyer Agency primarily work out of our houses
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Sullivan County Links of Interest
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