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.
Weichert Realtors, reports that seasoned sales manager Lydia Hendricks is returning to the firm’s Monroe office.
After starting her career in 2002 as a sales associate in Weichert’s Nanuet sales office, Hendricks began recruiting and training in 2008. She was named manager of the Monroe office in 2010 and won Weichert’s Regional Manager of the Year award in 2010 and 2013. She was tasked with managing the New City office in 2016 and 2017, then the Suffern sales office in 2018.
After leaving Weichert in November 2018 to pursue other opportunities, Hendricks is returning to manage Weichert’s Monroe office once again.
“I am so excited to be back home in Monroe, where I started my managing career,” she said. “My favorite part of being a Weichert sales leader is being a coach for my sales associates―keeping them accountable, helping them set goals, teaching them what to do, and then watching them grow their businesses.”
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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