HGAR’s Orange County Day featured a Legislative Power Hour with County Executive Steve Neuhaus, who addressed a packed room with his trademark energy.
New York’s housing ecosystem is at an inflection point. Affordability pressures, development bottlenecks, small-property owner challenges, regulatory changes, and aging housing stock are all converging at the same time.
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.
Fitch expects annual home price growth to be flat in 2026, slowing from 1.5% in 2025 and 4% in 2024.
Burlington will occupy a 30,483-square-foot location at Post Road Plaza.
Murawinski earned his real estate license in 2003 while working as a detective with the Jersey City Police Department.
For the first time, the budget also provides for the sharing of a modest portion of sales-tax revenues, estimated to total about $2.3 million in 2026, with all Putnam County towns and villages.
Recent estimates indicate tariff actions will add approximately $11,000 to the cost of building each new single-family home.
One of the most important process improvements in the agreement involves the ability to increase the use of commercial title insurance in certain instances.
Jenkins blamed rising costs along with lower-than-expected sales tax revenue are the chief contributors to the significant budget gap the county is contending with.
“Home sales have struggled to gain traction, but prices continue to rise, contributing to record-high housing wealth,” said NAR Chief Economist Lawrence Yun.
The rally underscored our industry’s leadership in advancing housing policy and demonstrated the collective strength of Realtors when we unite around a common cause.
Technology continues to lead in private-sector job cuts as companies restructure amid AI integration, slower demand, and efficiency pressures.
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