Data shows that from 1996-2021, the Hudson Valley region lost a net total of 146,763 people to out migration, which calculates out to 5% of the Hudson Valley’s population.
Elected officials, seeking to appease vocal constituents, frequently uphold restrictive zoning laws that favor single-family residences over more diverse housing options.
In 2023, the Rockland County Office of Consumer Protection investigated 617 complaints and returned $66,000 to homeowners.
Houlihan Lawrence recently announce this year’s recipients of the annual Emerald Awards, a prestigious honor awarded to the company’s top agents in recognition of exceptional sales results over the past calendar year.
Individuals were recognized from across the firm’s offices in Westchester, Connecticut and the Hudson Valley. The top agent in the company by total volume, Pollena Forsman, exceeded $100 million in sales volume in 2019 and is recognized as the number one agent in Westchester for the sixth year in a row.
Emerald Award recipients by brokerage are as follows:
Ardsley: James J. Mulvey, Jr., Debra Tricarico; Armonk: Amy Singer; Bedford: Angela Kessel; Brewster: Linda Rae Finn; Bronxville: Sheila Stoltz, Susan Kelty Law; Croton-on-Hudson: Nancy Kennedy; Darien: Janine Tienken; East Fishkill: Dianne Minogue; Greenwich: Ellen Mosher, Amanda Miller, Julie Church, Marie Young (BK) Bates, Barbara Wells, Joy Metalios; LaGrangeville: Nicole Boisvert Porter, Ryan Christopher Schwarz, Lori Rheingold; Larchmont: Pollena Forsman, Mary Gail Barry, Linda Filby; Millbrook: Margaret Santamorena; Rye: Christine Hazelton, Lisa Murphy, April Saxe, Joan O’Meara; Scarsdale: Laura Miller, Susan Greenberg, Joan Frederick, Tian Ying Xu; Somers: Donna O’Connell; White Plains: Biagio (Gino) Bello, Tony Murphy, Lauren Zaccaria, Renata Douglass; Yonkers: Deborah Valentino and Yorktown – Jefferson Valley: John Kincart, Kathleen O’Driscoll, Douglas Dill.
Today, she is affiliated with Coldwell Banker in Katonah as an Associate Broker and is an Independent Certified Coach.
The Anne Freyvogel Hanna Legacy Award is named after Anne F. Hanna, who co-founded Howard Hanna Real Estate Services with Howard Hanna Jr. in 1957.
Real estate coach Brian Buffini provided practical advice on how agents can thrive in challenging conditions and use change as a lever for growth, drawing on his extensive experience in training over three million professionals in 37 countries.
Swarthout is one of 111 leaders across the United States, and the third in New York State, who have devoted their careers to the land title industry and earned their designation.
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