Home Purchase Applications Increased 6% Last Week, Despite Higher Rates
The refinance share of mortgage activity decreased to 55.6% of total applications from 57.0% the previous week.
The refinance share of mortgage activity decreased to 55.6% of total applications from 57.0% the previous week.
The plan is expected to produce roughly 4,350 income-restricted homes—enough to house more than 10,000 New Yorkers.
While environmental groups praised the law, natural gas and construction and home building trades organizations, including the New York State Builders Association and the AFL-CIO— railed against the all-electric mandate and filed a federal lawsuit to block the legislation from going into effect.
Houlihan Lawrence Commercial reported recently the addition of eight new brokers to its staff. The new brokers are Barbara Ann Adamson, Kevin Coleman, Tracey Di Brino, Margaret Farran, Josh Goldberg, Lindsey Green, Mark Paragon and Shelley Sheridan.
Barbara Ann Adamson
Kevin Coleman
Tracey Di Brino
Margaret FarranAdamson comes to the Commercial Group from Houlihan Lawrence’s Bronxville office. She has also worked in Houlihan Lawrence brokerage offices in New Rochelle and Mount Vernon. She serves as Assistant Professor and Chair of Computers and Technology for Westchester Community College’s Educational Opportunity Center in Yonkers. Prior to joining Houlihan Lawrence, Coleman was a reporter at WBZ in Boston covering all local and national news. A resident of Ridgefield, CT, Coleman earned a journalism degree from Curry College. Di Brino was previously with Houlihan Lawrence Scarsdale brokerage where she worked since 2015. Prior to that, she was a broker at Better Homes & Gardens. She has held management positions with Stark Office Suites, Serendipity Labs, Carr Workplaces and Regus.
Josh Goldberg
Lindsey Green
Mark Paragon
Shelley SheridanBefore joining Houlihan Lawrence, Farran held management positions with Con Edison in New York City including compensation manager and customer service manager. At Con Edison she received the Customer Excellence Awards. Goldberg was most recently with Houlihan Lawrence Residential and Property Development in New Rochelle. He previously was an administrator for The Wealshire and held customer service positions with Point Click Care and Smartlinx Solutions. Green, who received her real estate license in 2020, worked at Compass for two months and then moved to Houlihan Lawrence’s Chappaqua office in 2021. Prior to that, she was self-employed working in event management since 1998. She received her Commercial Investment Real Estate Certification in 2021. Prior to joining Houlihan Lawrence, Paragon was owner and broker of Mark Paragon Real Estate Co. which covers the Bronx and Westchester counties. The company handles sales of apartment buildings, retail taxpayers, industrial buildings, and vacant sites for development. Sheridan joins the Commercial Group after having been with Houlihan Lawrence’s Darien brokerage since 2020. In addition to real estate, her background is in software sales, marketing and client services.
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