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Facebook takes on Twitter with new tools to give TV broadcasters access to its user data | Mt Kisco Real Estate

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Facebook is rolling out a set of tools designed to help media and news organizations better integrate Facebook conversations into their broadcasts, such as displaying public posts in real-time of relevant topics. Starting today, the social network company is making available its Keyword Insights API and the Public Feed API — both are being made available to a small group of partners initially.

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Conversations are certainly happening on Facebook and the company has been paying attention. In data it published today, it was revealed that between 88 and 100 million people in the US were logged into the site during television primetime hours of 8pm and 11pm.

What do these new tools do exactly? Facebook says that with the Keyword Insights API, news organizations can aggregate the total number of posts relating to a specific term within a given time frame. It can also display results based on gender, age, and location — and all done anonymously.

The Public Feed API gives access to a real-time feed of public posts for a specific word. Only those posts made public from Pages and Profiles with the “Follow” option enabled are available with the API.

Facebook is certainly mimicking what Twitter is already doing with news and media organizations. Just watch any show on networks like NBC, CBS, ABC, USA, Comedy Central, and the likes and you’ll see that they’re already integrating social media content, specifically tweets.

With Facebook launching hashtag support to unify topical conversations, along with testing trending topics, it wouldn’t be far-fetched to believe that producers would dive in to integrate discussions that people are saying right into their shows. For some, importing user comments from Facebook might be better than on Twitter — there aren’t any character limitations, opening it up hearing more significant discussions instead of trying to interpret the statement based on 140 characters.

 

 

http://thenextweb.com/facebook/2013/09/09/

Home prices hold steady in August | Mt Kisco Real Estate

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The median price of homes for sale on realtor.com held steady at $199,900 in August from July, but were up 6.39 percent from August 2012, according to a monthly real estate trends report from realtor.com.

Inventory stood at 1.98 million in August, a 2.5 percent dip from a year ago and a 0.93 percent increase from July’s number, realtor.com data showed. Homes were on the market for a median of 92 days in August, down 8 percent from a year ago, but up 8.24 percent from July.

“Where we have seen significant volatility in many markets, including double-digit declines in inventory as well as increases in median price for both yearly and monthly views, we are now looking at a housing market that much more closely resembles ‘normal,’ ” said Steve Berkowitz, CEO of realtor.com operator Move Inc., in a statement.

 

Source: realtor.com

 

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Marketing Plan that Delivers Ongoing Results | Mt Kisco Realtor

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Are you happy with how you are using LinkedIn?

LinkedIn offers companies multiple marketing opportunities, but which ones are right for your business?

In this article I’ll show you five different ways to use LinkedIn to market your business.

How do you do start?

You’ll want to develop a comprehensive and consistent LinkedIn marketing plan for your business to achieve long-term, sustainable success.

It doesn’t matter if you’re a large corporate brand or a small business, you can build a comprehensive LinkedIn marketing strategy on a scale that suits your needs and objectives.

Social Media Examiner strategy on LinkedIn includes updating the business page regularly.

In order to have success with LinkedIn, you’ll need to make a long-term commitment to your plan. A strategy that delivers results requires ongoing management, monitoring, analysis, and adjustments.

Remember to assess your resources first and determine what you’re willing to commit with regard to people, time and dollars. An ongoing commitment to your strategy ensures you stay on track toward achieving your company goals.

Here are 5 LinkedIn marketing ideas your business can integrate into your comprehensive marketing program.

#1: Build a Robust Company Page on LinkedIn

To create a business presence on LinkedIn and gain access to additional features that enhance your visibility, you must build a LinkedIn company page.

Think of your LinkedIn company page as an extension of your business website within LinkedIn and use it to display compelling graphics, add products and services, even include job opportunities.

Invite existing employees, clients or customers, vendors and partners to follow your page, and showcase it to relevant LinkedIn members and encourage them to follow by using LinkedIn’s paid targeted advertising.

If it’s appropriate and/or allowable, ask key clients or customers to recommend your products and services on your LinkedIn company page. These recommendations show up on your page for everyone to see, and serve as powerful testimonials for your business.

Filling your LinkedIn company page with compelling and interesting status updates about your industry or business requires ongoing management, but it’s the most effective way to grow followers for your page and increase your company’s visibility. As you grow your following, remember to segment your members and target them with more relevant updates.

HubSpot, a marketing software company for medium-sized businesses, has amassed a company page following of over 40,000 people on LinkedIn as well as 272 product recommendations from members. Those are some powerful stats.

Each time HubSpot shares an update on its LinkedIn company page, it has the potential to engage over 40,000 people who further amplify the company’s visibility on LinkedIn!

 

 

 

http://www.socialmediaexaminer.com/linkedin-marketing-plan/

Time on Market Falls to 8.6 Weeks | Mount Kisco Real Estate

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Houses are selling faster in America than they have in three and a half years, the height of the homebuyer tax credit, as the recovery continues to roar through the summer months despite predictions the torrid pace of sales will slow.

New HousingPulse data show that three key barometers of the health of the housing market – time on market, number of sales offers, and the sales-to-list price ratio – all remained very strong for non-distressed properties in July. Non-distressed properties are the largest and fastest segment of this year’s housing market, according to the latest Campbell/Inside Mortgage Finance HousingPulse Tracking Survey results.

In the important time on market measurement, the average nationwide fell to a three-and-a-half year low of 8.6 weeks (based on a three month moving average) for non-distressed properties, HousingPulse found. That was not only way down from the 12.1 weeks seen in December but also down from 9.2 weeks in May.

On a regional basis, the average time on market for non-distressed properties sold in July ranged from a low of just 4.5 weeks in California to a high of 11.3 weeks in the Industrial Midwest (MO, IL, IN, OH and MI), HousingPulse data showed.

In terms of number of offers received, the July results also were very strong. Nationwide, HousingPulse recorded an average 2.3 offers for non-distressed properties sold in July. That was the fourth month in a row the national average has been at a three-and-a-half year high.

California once again led the nation in this category with an average 4.1 offers received on every non-distressed property sold in July. The Farmbelt (ND, SD, NE, KS, MN, IA and WI) was at the other end of the spectrum with an average of just 1.4 offers on every non-distressed property sold.

In the key sales-to-list price ratio category, a measure of how close a property’s sales price came to the listed price, July set a new high watermark, according to HousingPulse. The average sales-to-list price ratio for non-distressed properties nationwide hit 98.0 percent last month. That was up from 95.6 percent in December and 97.6 percent in May.

On a regional basis, California topped all other areas with an average sales-to-list price ratio of 101.8 percent in July. That meant that on average non-distressed properties in California sold for more than their asking price – a sign of a very hot housing market. On the other end, Florida had the lowest average sales-to-list price ratio in July for non-distressed properties at 95.0 percent.

 

http://www.realestateeconomywatch.com/2013/08/time-on-market-falls-to-86-weeks/

 

Mount Kisco’s Farm Closes Its Doors For Good | Mt Kisco Real Estate

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A Mount Kisco institution formally closed its doors this week.

The Farm, located at 21 S. Moger Ave., announced in mid-July it was closing, after being in business for more than 25 years. The store was a a popular destination for Mount Kisco residents and also people in Pleasantville, Chappaqua and Bedford.

The Kim family, which owned the store, blamed the economic recession for the closure.

“We’ve experienced big drop-off every year since the recession,” George Kim said back when the closure was first announced. “Business has simply not been good. There’s no other reason to it.”

Kim said the store had experienced drops in business before, but has usually recovered. Kim said he will miss his customers the most.

“It’s sad we are closing,” Kim said. “People are upset we are leaving. We feel we have been a small part of their families.”

Kim remembers meeting some of his customers as children and then watching them grow up, get married and have their own children.

Kim said other factors including inadequate parking and not enough attractions in Mount Kisco led to the closure.

“There are 17 banks in the village,” Kim said. “Why do we need so many? That doesn’t really draw customers into town.”

Skyrocketing rent costs and other expenses, along with competition from supermarkets, have made it almost impossible for mom and pop fruit stands to compete, Kim said. He also noticed people are just not cooking as much.

“Mom and dad, once their kids leave the house, prefer to go out to dinner,” Kim said. “We can’t keep raising our prices. You can only raise prices so much for certain things.”

Kim said Mount Kisco used to be a nice town, but over the last 20 years, it has changed, with small businesses getting squeezed out.

“Every time there’s an empty space, a bank goes in,” Kim said. “They are the only ones willing to pay all that rent.”

Despite being forced to go out of business, Kim said he will miss Mount Kisco and its people.

 

 

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Post-Reno, Bernie Madoff’s Former Duplex Asks $17.25M | Mt Kisco Real Estate

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Location: New York, N.Y.Price: $17,250,000The Skinny: In 2010, less than a year after Bernie Madoff, the mastermind of a Ponzi scheme considered to be the largest financial fraud in this country’s history, was sentenced to 150 years in federal prison, the United States sold off his longtime penthouse on Manhattan’s Upper East Side for $8M. Despite giving the pad a much-needed upgrade (Madoff bought the place in ’84, a fact demonstrated by its floral valances and salmon walls), the buyers are ready to unload the duplex, now asking $17.25M for the 4,000-square-foot unit. What attracted the the current owners, Patsy Kahn and her husband, Alfred—the man who’s credited with bringing Pokemon to the U.S.—in the first place? Possibly the apartment’s 11-foot ceilings, library, or chef’s kitchen, but Patsy insisted in 2010 it was the wraparound terrace, which won them over despite Alfred’s worries, uh, “about the karma.”

 

 

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ARM loans back in fashion as mortgage rates rise | Mt Kisco Real Estate

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About 1 in 5 mortgage loan applications received by Quicken Loans are from borrowers seeking adjustable-rate mortgage (ARM) loans, Crain’s Detroit Business reports.

Rates on 30-year fixed-rate mortgages averaged 4.4 percent with an average 0.7 point for the week ending Aug. 8, according to Freddie Mac’s latest rate survey.

Rates on five-year Treasury-indexed hybrid ARM loans averaged 3.19 percent with an average 0.5 point, and one-year Treasury-indexed ARMs averaged 2.62 percent with an average 0.3 point.

Quicken Chief Economist Bob Walters points out that homeowners move every seven to 10 years on average, and “all that security they’re paying for with a higher rate generally isn’t used.”

Source: crainsdetroit.com.

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Mount Kisco NY Real Estate Weekly Report | Mount Kisco NY Homes

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Mt Kisco   NY Weekly Real Estate Report8/22/2013
Homes for sale45
Median Ask Price$599,000.00
Low Price$280,000.00
High Price$3,950,000.00
Average Size3091
Average Price/foot$328.00
Average DOM124
Average Ask Price$1,072,287.00

Housing inventory rises in July | Mt Kisco Real Estate

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Inventory of U.S. homes for sale rose 1.41 percent in July from June and was down 5.27 percent from July 2012, marking the second consecutive month that year-over-year inventory percentage declines were in the single digits, according to a realtor.com report released today.

The median list price of homes for sale remained unchanged from June at $199,900, and homes took 6.25 percent longer to sell in July than in the previous month, the report showed.

“The recovery is entering a new phase where inventory shortfalls are no longer the driving force behind changes in housing prices in many markets,” said Steve Berkowitz, CEO of realtor.com operator Move Inc., in a statement. ”Larger inventories, especially in the hotter markets that experienced rapid price increases in the spring, are expanding buyers’ choices and helping to moderate price increases.”

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Mount Kisco Diner Begins Expansion | Mount Kisco Real Estate

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The Mount Kisco Coach Diner, Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s favorite hangout, has begun construction on its expansion.

The diner is adding 1,250 square feet and 13 new parking spaces, along with providing a terrace for outdoor seating.

The project was approved by the planning board earlier this year after the Mount Kisco Village Board approved a zoning change in 2010.

Recently, the Paul Power’s structure, which exists south of the diner, was demolished, which was the first phase of construction.

Harry Georgiou, whose family owns the diner, said it will be much larger and more convenient for customers.

“We wanted to provide more space for clients and a nicer atmosphere,” Georgiou said. “We wanted to modernize the restaurant. It was time to expand.”

Plans for expansion have been in the works for five years. During that time, despite the recession, the diner’s business has remained steady, giving Georgiou confidence expansion was the right idea.

Georgiou’s father, Frank, a Somers resident, purchased the diner 18 years ago. Harry Georgiou, who lives in Queens, said it is in the family’s blood to provide service, hospitality, and good food.

“We’re very meticulous and we have very high standards,” Georgiou said. “We strive for perfection. We strive to the have the best service and the best quality food. We are open 24 hours, so no matter what time you come, you will have a great experience.”

Georgiou said he loves working in Mount Kisco and meeting all the nice people. He said many customers have become part of his family.

The cuisine is thought up by Michael Lombardi, who crafts exotic or unique specials daily, along with his burger of the week. The restaurant has an organic menu and Georgiou recommends the short ribs, prime meats or lobster rolls.

“We’re not your standard diner, we’re an upscale diner,” Georgiou said.

Cuomo, a Mount Kisco resident, named the diner his favorite hangout spot after he was elected governor and regularly stops by when he’s in the area. Singer Rob Thomas also is a regular.

During construction, the restaurant will be closed for two weeks, as it adds new booths, new tables and a new exterior. If all goes according to plan, the restaurant’s expansion will be finished before the new year.

The Mount Kisco Coach Diner has become an institution in the community and Georgiou said they get customers from all over Westchester and even Greenwich and Stamford. Georgiou said many customers from out of state will come via Interstate 684, and come back every year as a tradition.

“We get people from all over,” Georgiou said.

 

 

Mount Kisco Diner Begins Expansion | The Chappaqua Daily Voice.