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            <author>anthony@realestatesiny.com (Anthony Licciardello)</author>
            <title>April's real estate market report for Staten Island.</title>
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If you take a look at the residential sales over the months following Hurricane Sandy, you can see that the storm definitely had an impact on the amount of homes being sold.  In November of 2012, home sales had dropped almost 15%.  The next month seemed to make up for the lack of homes being sold, with 244 home sales—an increase of over 34%.


 




After December, however, there seemed to be a steady decline in the number of homes being sold.  By March of 2013, that steady decline showed up at 20% from the beginning of the year, with only 179 homes being sold. However, this seems to be rather normal for the number of homes being sold in March, though that number has been steadily decreasing over the past four years.

 


 


Looking back at the data from 2011 and 2012, it seems that the months following March follow a trend, where home sales drop in April, but begin to rise over the next couple of months.  If this year continues with the trend, we’ll be seeing that rise in the coming months, but if you look at the other factors, it seems like the opposite may occur.


One of the leading indicators for an improving real estate market is the average listed price to actual closing day sales price.  The good news is that homebuyers were covering a greater percentage of a 


home’s listed price this past March, at 93.96%, as compared to the previous year, where homeowners were paying on average 92.76% of a home’s marketed listing price at the time of contract. This is actually the greatest percentage of list to sell prices paid in March since 2010.The percentage dropped from February of 2012, where homebuyers were covering 94.11% of the home’s list price.  This may not mean much, though, since the percentage of ask-to-sell prices has not moved much over the past few months.


These percentages go hand-in-hand with the average prices for homes being listed and homes being sold, as they are calculated using the two numbers. Both the average listing price and the average selling price rose a little more than 8% from February of 2013, where the average listing price in March was $440,933 and the average selling price was $414,303.




Comparing them to the previous year, the two numbers declined. From March of 2012 to March of 2013, the average listing price dropped almost 5%, while the average selling price dropped over 3%.


The number of homes on the market for March of 2013 was 2260. Not only was this a 23% decline compared to March of 2012, it was also the lowest number of homes we have seen on the market in any given month in many years.


Another number we have not seen in years was that of the average cumulative days on the market.  In March of 2013, that number was 236, the highest it has been in a while. This was an increase of almost 32% from February of 2013, and more than a 14% increase from the prior year. The question remains: Is this a hangover as a result of Hurricane Sandy? Here is what I do believe: On many occasions over the last quarter, banks have ordered reappraisals of not just hurricane effected homes, but all homes in Staten Island that were on their way to the closing table. The delays have Staten Island’s real estate market locked in a holding pattern. The real issue here is whether or not delays to closing are causing a considerable amount of anxiety amongst homebuyers who are looking to lock in low interest rates.


The amount of months it would take to sell the 2260 homes is 12.61, which is considerab


ly lower than in March of 2012, by more than 22%. This number has been increasing since the beginning of 2013, from 9.8 in January, to 10.19 in February.


Putting all of these factors together, you might make the assumption that the market is slowing. However that’s simply not the case. There is such a short supply of houses on the market, so there are less homes being sold.  That’s not just indicative of what we’re seeing locally, but nationwide.  One of the other internal indicators we have inside our office here at RealEstateSINY.com is overall traffic and inquires. Homebuyers’ inquiries are up over 20% over last year at the same time, and it looks like that number will move increasingly higher over the next few months. Positive news continues to improve confidence in the real estate market and for the first time since the 2007, an interest in buying is outpacing available housing.


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            <title>723 Sinclair Avenue - Huguenot - Fantastic 1 bedroom apartment - all hardwood floors, lots of closets, tons of natural sunlght - $950</title>
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            <title>11 Rose Ln - Huguenot.  Gorgeous 1 bedroom bi-level apartment.  Available immediately.  $900</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ This beautiful bi-level apartment is located in a fabulous area in Huguenot.  Fabulous space, lots of cabinetry in this updated and very well kept kitchen.  The formal living room space has a magnificent window allowing for lots of natural light.  The separation between the living room and the kitchen divided by a few stairs gives a more formal feel to the living room space. This apartment's locale is extremely convenient to public transportation, shopping and houses of worship.  Please call me directly to schedule your viewing of this apartment.  Stacey - 347-349-0159. ]]> </description>
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            <author>anthony@realestatesiny.com (Anthony Licciardello)</author>
            <title>Staten Island Top Real Estate Agents Take Home Five Awards</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Since its inception, RealEstateSINY.com has been at the forefront of the technological advancement in the real estate industry. However, at the heart of n company sits the people whom make up RealEstateSINY.com. As Realtors they develop personal and trusting relationships, commitment to the details in putting difficult transactions together, and see to the emotional and financial needs of clients in what will be one of the largest financial decisions everyday people make. We congratulate Valerie Bartalone, Cynthia Dgheim, Elizabeth DelPriore, Kerry Debellis and Annmarie Triolo exemplify their roles as top real estate professionals.  This year marks the second consecutive year for Valerie Bartalone, Cynthia Dgheim, Kerry Debellis and Annmarie Triolo repeating last year's success. In 2012, each reached the SIBOR Top Producer Award for the first time. This year, Elizabeth DelPriore marked her first time as a Top Producer Awardee, at just 27 years old Elizabeth became the youngest realtor on Staten Island to achieve the award this year. When asked about this year success, Elizabeth said, "it's truly an amazing experience, it's nice to know that that work for a company that has as dedicated people working to help agents succeed." Cynthia Dgheim, another top Staten Island Realtor associated with RealEstateSINY.com said; "I have been in the real estate business for the past seven years, and came into it when it was declining, but through hard work, dedication and a tech savvy company like RealEstateSINY.com, I was able to achieve SIBOR top producer award three years in a row. Anthony Licciardello, Co-Owner of RealEstateSINY.com, stated "These associates have been with RealEstateSINY.com since its doors first opened, the great part is they are increasing their business year over year. We are proud of their achievements, and looking to be partners in their success for years to come.  Irena Popilevsky, a Co-Owner who oversees company operations, says; "the achievements of our top producers is emblematic of the great character and perseverance of those who reached and exceeded their personal goals. It was not an easy road to navigate being successful in such challenging financial times, but our agents are beating the odds and barriers to their success. This year is putting RealEstateSINY.com more recent associates in position to achieve success. Both Geralyn Liverani and Susan Frazier who market their first year with RealEstateSINY.com are basically on pace to sell three dozen homes in 2013, Maryann Dimagistris, Nick Papaendrea, Mary Sjeme,  Audry Casso, are also on pace to substantially increase their production this year over last, and are already on pace to achieve awards next year. RealEstateSINY.com in a leading real estate company based on Staten Island and provides both residential and commercial real estate services.  For more information log onto our website, or visit our various social media pages on Youtube, Facebook, Twitter and Pintrest.

 
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            <author>anthony@realestatesiny.com (Anthony Licciardello)</author>
            <title>Huguenot Ponds Park: Huguenot, Staten Island</title>
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Before the mid-nineteenth century the neighborhood of Huguenot was originally known as Bloomingview.  Huguenot got its name from the many Huguenots, members of the Protestant Reformed Church of France that had moved to the area.  The Huguenots were being prosecuted in France for not converting to Catholicism during the mid-to-late seventeenth century, so many of them fled to America.


By 1851, the Huguenots had established and built their first church in Bloomingview, called “The Brown Church” or “The Church of the Huguenots”.  The church had caught on fire in 1918 and was rebuilt on the site that it sits on now, in 1924.  Today, this church is a New York City Landmark and is known as The Reformed Church of Huguenot Park.


By the mid-to-late 1800s, Bloomingview was becoming more of a popular area and the neighborhood’s name was changed to Huguenot, for the early settlers of the area.  The Staten Island Railway had opened up a station in the area around 1860, and the Terra Marine Inn had opened up around 1908.  With the Terra Marine Inn open until 1923, they had many visitors, which brought more attention to the area.


One of the aspects of the neighborhood that drew people to it was the charming woodlands.  Today, Huguenot still has some of the nice woodlands preserved as parks.  One of these woodland parks is known as Huguenot Ponds Park. The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation obtained the land for this park in 1994.


Huguenot Ponds Park is about an acre and a half of land that is split into two separate parcels.  The bigger section of the park is bound by Comely Street, Huguenot Avenue, and Billiou Street. The smaller section is bound by Comely Street, between Huguenot Avenue, Kingdom Avenue, and Deisius Street.


Huguenot Ponds Park received its name simply for being located along Huguenot Avenue and for the two ponds that sit within the park.  The larger section of this park holds a freshwater pond, which takes up most of the area, while the smaller section of the park holds a small freshwater pond and some woods. Though Huguenot Ponds Park may be small, you will still be able to enjoy the natural habitat.
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                     Beautiful colonial in the heart of Tottenville $475,000. 125 butler ave Staten island NY 10307 


MLS 1078880


Home renovated from to to bottom. New kitchen with granite counter tops, S.S. appliances, hardwood floors, 2 new bathrooms, newer heating system. Detached garage. Too much to list.  Call listing agent valerie bartolone 917-733-5240
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            <author>anthony@realestatesiny.com (Anthony Licciardello)</author>
            <title>Kingdom Pond Park: Huguenot, Staten Island a passive park.</title>
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The neighborhood of Huguenot began to be established in the middle of the seventeenth century.  At this time, the area was known as Bloomingview. Pierre Billiou and his wife Francoise were some of the first Huguenots to settle on Staten Island. Huguenots were people that were a part of the Protestant Reformed Church of France.  At that time, their people were being prosecuted for not converting to Catholicism and those who were lucky enough fled their homeland for America.


By 1849, there were many Huguenots living in Bloomingview and, thanks to religious freedom, the Church of the Huguenots was established. Just two years later, the church was built and was known as “The Brown Church” or “The Church of the Huguenots”.  By 1918, the church had caught on fire, but a new church was built by 1924. This church still stands today at the corner of Huguenot Avenue and Amboy Road; it was dedicated as a New York City Landmark and is known as The Reformed Church of Huguenot Park.


Around the middle of the nineteenth century, the area of Bloomingview was renamed as Huguenot. This name came about from the Huguenot settlers that lived in the area. By 1860, the Staten Island Railway was being extended down to Tottenville, where it would pass through Huguenot.  At that time, Huguenot received its own station, called Huguenot Park. It wasn’t until about the 1970s that the train station’s name got changed to Huguenot.


Between 1908 and 1923, there was a hotel known as the Terra Marine Inn that was located by the Huguenot Beach, along the Raritan Bay. This hotel had many visitors while it was in operation and brought more attention to the area. At that time, Huguenot was filled with enchanting woodlands, which many people gravitated towards.


After the 1970s, Huguenot became a popular area to live in and the neighborhood started to be further developed. Today, Huguenot still has a good amount of woodlands in the neighborhood and close by. The New York City Department of Parks and Recreation preserved some of these woodlands by making them parks.  One of these sites is known as Kingdom Pond Park.


Kingdom Pond Park is a little more than four acres of woods.  This park is bound to the north by Jansen Street and to the south by Hylan Boulevard.  It sits in between Huguenot Avenue and Arbutus Avenue, which are its western and eastern boundaries respectively.    The park is separated into two lots on either side of Kingdom Avenue.  Kingdom Pond Park received its name most likely from the street, Kingdom Avenue, which separates the two parcels of land, and for the fact that a pond sits within the park.


When the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation obtained this area, they left it as a natural habitat. Kingdom Pond Park is filled with many tree and plant species, animals that both live in and visit the habitat, and a freshwater pond. This park is a nice place for nature lovers who like to go exploring.
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            <title>Ingram Woods: Westerleigh, Staten Island</title>
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The Staten Island neighborhood of Westerleigh became a popular place a couple of decades after the formation of the Prohibition Party in 1869.  Around the late 1880s, twenty-five acres of the current Westerleigh neighborhood became home to the National Prohibition Campground Association, also known as Prohibition Park.  Prohibition Park started off as a campground with some recreational facilities for its visitors.  Soon, people began to settle there instead of having to visit.


In the early twentieth century, the neighborhood of Westerleigh started to become more a residential area.  As a result, the National Prohibition Campground Association started building homes and transferred some of their land to the City of New York.  By the mid-1900s, Westerleigh had grown to a nice-sized community.  Around this same time, the City of New York began to create city-owned public parks for the residents of the many communities.


In Westerleigh, just above the Staten Island Expressway, there is a woodland park known as Ingram Woods.  This park is bound by Purdy Avenue to the north, North Gannon Avenue to the south, Warwick Avenue to the west, and Ingram Avenue to the east.  When the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation obtained this land for park use, they decided to leave it as a natural area.  Once established, the New York City Department of Parks and Recreation named this area Ingram Woods, most likely after the street that bounds it to the east.


Ingram Woods is smaller than most parks you will find on Staten Island, but it is among the wonderful passive parks in the borough.  The park is only about four acres in size and is comprised of mostly woods.  Within the park, you can find a trail and a garden, which sits along Warwick Avenue at the corner of Purdy Avenue.
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            <author>anthony@realestatesiny.com (Anthony Licciardello)</author>
            <title>A look back Staten Island’s Real Estate Market in 2012</title>
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When you look at the numbers, one thing has become clear: the real estate market locally has stabilized after 5+ years of some of the most tumultuous times in American history.  By no means was it an easy go of it locally—especially after Hurricane Sandy made it to our shoreline back in October of last year.


The impacts of the hurricane were clearly evidenced in home sale numbers for this past November, a month after the storm.  With just 182 home sales, it was a drop of over 14% from the prior month, and a whopping 33% from a year prior.  However, a brighter side emerged after the storm, rebounding a little over 32% in December.


All in all, it was enough to put the market as a whole above 2011 in many facets and it’s the first time the market has seen gains across several key statistics.  It would have likely been even better overall, if not for the impacts of the hurricane.


So let’s take a look at some of the more impressive improvements.  In 2012, median home sale prices were up ten thousand dollars from 2011, moving from $375,000 to $385,000.  Also, the amount of home sales overall jumped slightly—about 2.5 percent overall.


One of the real interesting numbers overall was the amount of total homes for sale on the market, which was considerably lower than Staten Island has seen in the past several years.  In December of 2011, there were 3,018 residential homes on the market, and this past December saw 2,502—a 17% decline.  For home sellers, it might be an indication that on the supply side, demand will leave fewer options for homebuyers, pushing home prices higher.  However, that really hasn’t been the case—at least not yet—as buyers seem to wait on the sideline until they find what they’re looking for.


You may ask how I arrived at that conclusion.  Basically, the percentage of list to sell prices has not really changed from 2011 to this past year.  It went from 93.89% in 2011 to 93.76% in 2012.  Additionally, the homes that remained on the market averaged 155 days this past year, as compared to 2011’s 141-day average.  It’s these numbers that are a more perplexing piece of this puzzle.  However, it’s very possible that the hurricane had some impacts on the average days on the market, as the market was in about a three-week hiatus following Sandy.  It would be the most obvious hypothesis to conclude—at least at this point.


Another sign is just a bit more visual, as homebuyer activity has been increasing steadily since the storm.  Now, it looks like the biggest thaw of a freezing real estate market might be what’s on tap for spring.
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            <author>Valeriebartolone@live.com (Valerie  Bartolone)</author>
            <title>Not All Real Estate Companies Are The Same!</title>
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Not all Real Estate companies are the same.  Here at RealEstateSINY.com we are not just a Real Estate company, we are a media company.  Our company has a proactive approach when listing your home. Most companies have a reactive sit-and-wait-for-the-buyer approach. Here at RealEstateSINY.com we are constantly marketing your home 24/7. We dont have to wait for the buyers; the buyers are using our site to search for homes.


Take a moment and watch this video. If you are thinking about listing your home call me today and I will show you proof not promises.  Valerie Bartolone Cell 917-733-5240 NYS Lic Real Estate salesperson.


Click on the Link Below to watch the YouTube video


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=788xP8CXHc4&amp;list=PLC4M5A8AxYB8SzqUG8oKDM9uSRKz9k7gd


Published on Jan 31, 2013 




http://www.realestatesiny.com | (718) 966-9669 | (part2) An Interview with Anthony Licciardello Co-Owner of RealEstateSINY.com about Staten Island fastest growing real estate agency, The interview is on how the company marketing transcends what most people come to know about how real estate is marketed and why RealEstateSINY.com is distinct among its competition.This video looks at the differences in how ad copy is one of the more important features in selling a home. It allows homebuyers to define the complete experience of a particular home they find online.




 
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