David Knudsen Licensed Associate Broker Catskills Buyer Agency — Sullivan County Real Estate
On the New York side of the Delaware River, there are only a few stretches in Sullivan County where riverfront houses don't either have State Route 97 between the house and river or just behind the house. One of those stretches is River Road, running north from Callicoon along the river. River Road is a…
DetailsThe price was just dropped on this renovated farmhouse on 25 acres to $349K, putting it at the top of my 'great deal' list. It's head scratching to me why this one hasn't sold. It's set back off of a quiet country road, with some nice fields and paddocks, has a great view and the…
DetailsI jus posted my monthly current market conditions report for Sullivan County real estate. For the past few months, my monthly report has been sort of boring, because there haven't been any dramatic moves. Since the beginning of the year, the same summary could be used for most months — sales volume down, median price…
DetailsIt caught me a little by surprise that hunting seaon (deer rifle, the main hutning season) opened yesterday, Nov. 15th. It came a little earlier this year, usually opening the weekend before Thanksgiving. The deer rifle season runs through Dec. 7th.
The Berman Estate in the Town of Fallsburg is being auctioned with 'no reserve' (no floor price) on Nov. 6th. The 170 acre property includes a 9.000+ sq. ft. main house, a carriage/guest house, a caretaker house, inground swimming pool, tennis courts, horse paddocks and a mile of frontage on the Neversink River. The property…
DetailsI just posted my Current Market Conditions Report for Sullivan County Real Estate for October. Another mixed bag month, with sales volume for the latest 3 month period down from 2013, but an uptick in the median sales price. Interestingly, total 2014 Y-T-D sales volume is on par with 2013. How so, if year over…
DetailsThe mid-upper ($500K-$750K) and upper end ($750K+) of the market has been very sluggish here over the past few years. But it's starting to show some signs of life. In the past few months, there have been 3 sales at Chapin in the $1M top $3M range, and I've heard through the grapevine that the…
DetailsFall is traditionally a strong selling season for second homes here in Sullivan County. It may seem counterinuitive, because most people think summer is the big selling season. Summer is the big looking season, but many of those summer shoppers don't decide to take the plunge until the fall — after the back to school…
DetailsI just posted the September Market Conditions Report for Sullivan County Real Estate. Sales volume is off 10% from the previous year (better than last month's 15% year over year drop), and prices showed some recovery from last months year over year drop. Check out the full report here.
Some houses just scream 'adorable', and this one is the curl up kitten of country cabins. It isn't large, just 875 above grade square feet, and given that there are 3 bedrooms, everything is 'cozy sized'. But there's a huge screened in porch that essentially is a summer living room. A bonus is a stream…
DetailsThere aren’t a lot of Dwell style prefab modern houses around, so it’s rare when one is on the resale market. It’s even rarer when one comes on at a great price. But that’s the case with this house near Hankins, north of Callicoon. The owners just slashed the price to $269K to move it…
DetailsSub-$200K lake houses with good lake frontage are few and far between, so took notice when the price was cut on this little gem at Wanaksink Lake to $195,000 (down from $219,000, and originally listed at $254K.) The house is small, 2BR/1BA, 920 sq. ft., and is on a small lake parcel (50' wide), so…
DetailsOne of the largest and most dramatically sited homes on Toronto Reservoir at the Chapin Estate is slated to be auctioned on Tues. Sept. 9th. The 11,000+ sq. ft., 6 bedroom home sits at the end of a peninsula jutting into the lake and is designed to encompass the spectacular views. I had the opportunity…
DetailsIf you've driven along Shandelee Road towards Livingston Manor this summer, you probably noiced that the venerable but long in the tootl Lanza's Country Inn has been rechristened "The Arnold House". It was bought by Kims and Kirsten Foster, former proprietors of the popular Lazy Beagle restaurant in Livingston Manor (which burned down last year),…
DetailsSullivan County's third craft brewery, the Catskill Brewery, is now open in Livingston Manor. The brewery has been long in planning and construction, and is housed in a stunning LEED certified building on Old Route 17 just north of the Manor. (672 Old Rte. 17, Livingston Manor, NY 12758 United States 845-439-1232) Facebook page. Update…
DetailsI was getting together with a couple of local foodie friends for dinner tonight, and they said "Let's go to the bowling alley." The bowling alley? For dinner? Yup. It's smokin' hot, and I mean that literally. Forget chicken wings and velveeta nachos. These folks are smoking up some GREAT barbeque. I had ribs, and…
DetailsThe Pig Mountain Pig Roast and Veggie Fest is this Saturday, Aug 23rd from 5 to 9PM in Narrowsburg. 15 pigs, 15 NYC chefs, great event. http://pigmt.com/
I just posted my Current Market Conditions Report for August 2014 for Sullivan County real estate, with closed sales data through July. It's not an upbeat report this month, with the volume of closed single family sales for the 3 month period ending July 31st down 15% from the same period a year earlier. But…
DetailsOver the past couple of weeks, a handful of new lakefront listings have come to market that caught my eye. All are on non-motorboat lakes. Two are next door to each other on Wolf Lake, MLSs 39440 ($450K) and 39443 ($550K), are owned by the same family and go together as a family compound, which…
DetailsCongrats to Chuck Petersheim and the Catskill Farms team for designing and building the 2014 Country Living House of the Year. This particular Catskill Farms house is over in Ulster County, but the builder has its roots here in Sullivan, with these cozy charmers appeqaling to home buyers here for the past deacde. (Don't worry…
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