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I was reading a blog entry about Woodbury Junction on Morgan Carey's blog and in the comments I found a piece written by Sid Cohen who apparently attended the private viewing event of Woodbury Junction in early September and had a very disappointing experience. See Sid Cohen's original comment below: "I was at the Woodbury Junction opening in september and was prepared to make a purchase. It was the worst presentation I have ever witnessed. No actual models, no info on taxes or association fe... Read Full Post

STOP! *kicking and screaming* * drops to the floor and rolls around* IT'S NOT FAIR! What does that sound like? A child's temper tantrum? Close. Towards the middle of September I received a snarky phone call from the sales manager of Woodbury Junction who was very upset that I had written a community profile about her community and posted it on my website alongside other community profiles of both new and resale neighborhoods. She then insisted that I remove the community profile and noted tha... Read Full Post

It's a hard knock life for home builders these days. According to the National Association of Home Builders about 71 percent of home builders used incentives to draw in prospective buyers to their communities in June. Orange County, NY real estate hasn't been immune to this trend and incentives are spread far and wide on certain communities but the area is still prime for new development with new communities like Woodbury Junction and Encore Palisades opening their doors this Fall. After lear... Read Full Post

It's amazing to me that only about ten years ago the internet was a slow, fuddy duddy 56k gateway to brochure websites and news. The local board of Realtors and Greater Hudson Valley MLS have tried valiantly to keep up with the breakneck pace of internet and technology which I give them much credit for but their efforts just aren't adequate anymore. My local Orange County NY real estate peers might disagree with what I'm about to say since our MLS recently upgraded to MLXChange 3.0 which affo... Read Full Post

The real estate market may be going through turbulent times but that hasn't stopped many builders, local and national alike, from forging ahead and creating a dynamic new home market in Orange County, NY. From the high $200s to the $1 million mark, Orange County real estate now offers a new home selection unmatched by many other NYC metro markets. The list below will go in order of lowest starting price for Orange County, NY new homes in active adult communities and continue by price range un... Read Full Post

Brighton Green is a community of 154 townhouses set among 25 beautiful acres in the Town of Newburgh and offers a low maintenance lifestyle for residents of the community including maintenance of all common areas, sidewalks, garbage removal and resident exclusive clubhouse. The community clubhouse is 3,100 sq.ft., sits near the center of the community and features an outdoor swimming pool, billiards room, fitness center, lounge with kitchen and outdoor tot lot. All of the homes in Brighton Gr... Read Full Post

Brighton Green is a community of 154 townhouses set among 25 beautiful acres in the Town of Newburgh and offers a low maintenance lifestyle for residents of the community including maintenance of all common areas, sidewalks, garbage removal and resident exclusive clubhouse. The community clubhouse is 3,100 sq.ft., sits near the center of the community and features an outdoor swimming pool, billiards room, fitness center, lounge with kitchen and outdoor tot lot. All of the homes in Brighton Gr... Read Full Post

Once you start house hunting there is no doubt one of your first stops will be at a new homes website or community to see what they have to offer in the area you would like to live in. In fact, new homes have stepped up to win the hearts and minds of homebuyers for the better part of the past decade where we’ve seen an unprecedented explosion in new home construction and buying. What was once considered a luxury reserved for the rich and famous, new construction has opened the door to all p... Read Full Post