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From Application to Approval – How Your Mortgage Gets Approved
Purchasing a new home is an exciting time. From checking out new potential homes and exploring new neighborhoods in TOWN, it’s an experience to remember. Securing a mortgage is an essential step in helping make your New York home buying dreams come true. Here are the basic step...
The 6 Essential Steps to Helping a Loved One Transition to an Adult Community
Deciding it’s time to transition. This might be the most sensitive part – making the decision. It will likely be the easiest on everyone if your family member comes to this conclusion on their own. More likely, though, you’ve reached a decision and your family member ini...
Renovate or Relocate? How to Help Your Elderly Family Members Decide
If you have elderly family members, you may already be thinking about how suitable their living situation will become in the next few years. A top question on the minds of folks in this situation is whether to remodel their current home to fit their needs or to downsize to a smal...
Featured Listings of the Week in Manhattan
1235 Park Avenue, 16AB Price: $6,395,000 City: Upper East Side MLS ID: 17638467 Description: Fully renovated 10 room apartment in one of Carnegie Hill’s premier pre-war condominium buildings. Expertly designed by renowned architect Sant...
Pro’s and Con’s of FHA Mortgage Loans
If a conventional New York City home loan isn’t an option, you may be wondering if a Federal Housing Administration (FHA) loan would be suitable for you. The FHA is a Federal government agency that was created by the National Housing Act of 1934. The FHA loan program insures lo...
7 Essentials to Consider When Choosing a Paint Color
Color can be highly personal, especially when it lines the walls of your New York City home! Pouring over paint chips when trying to choose wall colors can be one of the best parts of moving into or freshening up your home—it can also be the most frustrating. With so many choic...
Conventional Mortgages – Are They Right For You?
Long-considered a standard in the New York City mortgage industry, a conventional home loan is just what it sounds like, a “standard,” or “normal” loan. Conventional mortgage loans are the most common loan that home buyers secure when purchasing a new home. If you’re t...
This Weeks Top Featured Listings in Manhattan
17 Cowdray Park Drive Price: $19,500,000 City: Manhattan Sq Ft: 19,387 MLS ID: 16545345 Description: Located in the exclusive private enclave of Conyers Farm, this palatial limestone estate sits on over ten exquisite acres on bucolic Co...