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Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino: Roads are passable, but dangerous | Pound Ridge NY Homes
News 12 spoke on the phone with Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino about today’s winter storm.
Astorino said that the roads were passable, but still very dangerous, and that crews are trying to clear them as fast as they can.
He says he is thankful there were minimal outages during the storm, which was due to the lighter, fluffier snow that fell.
Read More: Westchester Top Stories
The Bee-Line bus system is suspended until further notice, which he says is to ensure the safety of the drivers and passengers.
http://westchester.news12.com/news/westchester-county-executive-rob-astorino-roads-are-passable-but-dangerous-1.6721359
Dirt Bonds Lead Market in 2013 as Housing Rebounds: Muni Credit | Pound Ridge Homes
Stop throwing away awesome prospects and start nurturing them | Pound Ridge Realtor
Let’s start this out with a single truth: A lead is the name and contact information for someone who is potentially a future client. That’s it. It’s not something fancy. There are no semantics (although lots of “experts” will make you think so). If you have a single way to contact that person, then that is a lead. Some “gurus” define leads as having a full name, a phone number (at minimum), and have expressed interest in your services. Sorry, that’s wrong. Especially with the advent of the Internet. A lead is sometimes even JUST an email address. No name. No phone number. Sometimes it’s even Mickey Mouse or Arnold Schwarzenegger (you know, those fake-name sign-ins who give you a real email address). Now, don’t get me wrong, you definitely want to move the lead along, get them to become a prospect, then a client, then a closed client. That’s typical. But don’t make the mistake of thinking a lead is “dead end” or not viable because you have only an email address. All leads that have a legitimate way to contact them are viable. Every. Single. One. Even the ones that are only an email address. Even the ones that say “no.” –
Maintain market relevance by writing ‘timeless,’ hyperlocal posts | Pound Ridge NY Realtor
We all know that having posts that are timeless is important. You know the ones that people will find year after year and are still relevant, regardless of the topic.
You do know that, right? Well, now you do, if you didn’t already.
There are a number of reasons for doing timeless posts. Here are a few:
- They are relevant and informative for years if written appropriately.
- They continue to get views over the years and potentially drive more traffic to your website.
- They show you are a knowledgeable real estate professional in the area and on that topic.
- You can use them in lots of ways.
Timeless posts can be about a variety of topics: the larger community (Carlsbad); neighborhoods (La Costa); subdivisions or master-planned communities (Bressi Ranch); condo communities (Sanderling); and community amenities including parks, tourist attractions and recreation, and to some extent shopping and dining. Those places do go out of business on occasion, so they may not truly be timeless.
Community and similar localism posts tend to get a lot of traffic. I have a bunch with more than 15,000 clicks since they were first written
– See more at: http://www.inman.com/next/maintain-market-relevance-by-writing-timeless-hyperlocal-posts/?utm_source=20131213&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=dailyheadlinesam#sthash.BdrHAetU.dpuf
Housing market: Frustrated homeowners rejoice | Pound Ridge Homes
California Contemporary in Beverly Hills Asks $5.25M | Pound Ridge Homes
82 Years of the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree, In Photos – ‘Tis The Season | Pound Ridge Homes
Beckham Wants To Build His Soccer Stadium At PortMiami | Pound Ridge Real Estate
Soccer superstar David Beckham reportedly wants to build his Major League Soccer stadium over on 25 acres at the southwest corner of Dodge Island, where the port has been planning to develop condos, hotels, retail, and a megayacht marina. This is according to the Miami Herald. This works because, although Beckham has been wanting to build the stadium in an urban locale all along, now he’s planning a hotel and retail to go along with it too. Hotel Beckham? Sleep with the dreamy soccer stud, metaphorically?
Anywho, as far as just how big the stadium is going to be, the Miami Herald reports that it will be 25,000 seats “with expandable seating for different events”. Meanwhile, the UK’s Daily Mirror says Beckham wants “to build [a] 75,000 seater.” If the thing really does triple in size, that’s one hell of an expandable stadium. · Beckham group considers Soccer stadium site at PortMiami [Miami Herald] · David Beckham To Build ‘75,000 Seater Stadium’ In Miami [Daily Mirror] · PortMiami coverage [Curbed Miami] · Soccer Stadium coverage [Curbed Miami
Housing, the next train wreck for Obama? | Pound Ridge Real Estate
As the Obama administration continues to absorb body blows over its implementation of the Affordable Care Act, another potential crisis looms ever-larger, according to Barron’s: housing.
By trying to protect consumers from the excesses of the run-up during the 2004-2006 period, the administration is set to deliver a gut punch to mortgage markets:
Inadvertently, they are assuring that fewer Americans will qualify for home mortgages. This promises to speed-shrink the housing market, which constitutes an estimated 15% of the nation’s gross domestic product, versus 18.6% prior to the Great Recession. This, in turn, will ensure that the recovery remains anemic into the foreseeable future, with an average of about 190,000 or fewer jobs created each month — far short of the 300,000 required to make up for recession-related losses.
Crucial parts already are flying off the train. Banks are exiting from the mortgage business in large numbers, primarily because of the high operating costs and heightened litigation risks imposed by the Dodd-Frank financial-reform law.
Source: Barron’s