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.
Global Property Systems Real Estate, White Plains, reported that Kevin Brentnall has joined the firm as an associate broker. Brentnall’s name should be familiar to real estate veterans in the Westchester area. His father, Lee Brentnall was a well-known broker in the Hudson Valley, and his grandfather Melvin (Jumbo) Brentnall was a prominent builder.
His father Lee was instrumental in numerous major real estate projects in the Hudson Valley. He represented the Sisters Servants of Mary Immaculate to Radha Soami Society Beas-America, the Sterling Forest Corporation, former NBC President Pierson Mapes, the Henry Poors estate in Tuxedo Park, Good Samaritan Hospital and Hamilton Estates.
Kevin Brentnall has been involved with the real estate industry his entire life, becoming a licensed salesperson at 18. He worked in the Hudson Valley for 30 years as an Associate Broker. Brentnall directed comprehensive business operations for his family-owned multi-million-dollar real estate agency and then continued to successfully sell real estate following its merger with a nationwide firm. He secured real estate sales worth more than $50 million.
Brentnall is also a public-school administrator and adjunct professor. He is a graduate of the University of Maryland and holds a doctorate in Educational Leadership from the College of St. Elizabeth.
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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