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.
Jennifer Maher, a partner at J. Philip Real Estate, will become the firm’s first-ever Growth Coach. In this position, she will oversee the brokerage’s agent expansion as well as production growth for seasoned agents. Additionally, Maher will focus on agent and other ancillary support services.
Maher will remain as an active partner, but she will be stepping down from her position as Chief Operating Officer, a role she stepped into in May 2020. During her tenure as COO, she improved the company’s onboarding process and established advanced training, lead generation and organizational systems for agents. She also increased the brokerage’s agent count by more than 20% from the fourth quarter of 2021 to the second quarter of 2022.
In addition to her role as Growth Coach at J. Philip Real Estate, Maher has launched her own coaching business, “Success in Real Estate,” for all Realtors.
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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