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.
Ellis Sotheby’s International Realty of Nyack recently announced the appointment of industry veterans Maiken Nielsen and Laura Weintraub as Associate Brokers. Nielsen and Weintraub will serve New York’s Rockland, Orange, Westchester and Ulster counties, as well as Bergen County, New Jersey.
Nielsen most recently served as a top-producing Associate Broker, founding member and co-owner of Weld Realty in Nyack, where she started her real estate career in 2005. She brings more than 18 years of industry experience and a wealth of talent from multiple disciplines to her new position. She spent years as a professional decorator and restorer of old houses, yachts and antique furniture, including her work on Pretty Penny, the historic former home of actress Helen Hayes and one of Nyack’s most iconic estates. Born and raised in Rockland County, Nielsen is a graduate of Bennington College in Vermont and earned a master’s degree in decorative art history at New York’s Fashion Institute of Technology.
Laura Weintraub
Weintraub joined Weld Realty in 2011 as an Associate Broker and became part owner and co-broker of the firm in 2017. She started her real estate career in 1988 when she founded MLW Homes, a successful renovation, construction and home-staging business. A highly accomplished agent, her experience in New York real estate has deep roots. She has purchased, built, renovated and sold homes, land, farms and commercial properties for hundreds of clients, as well as personally owning and managing multiple local investment properties.
A graduate of Parsons School of Design with a degree in graphic design, Weintraub has served as an interior designer and decorator for some of Nyack’s finest homes.
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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