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18 Jul 2024

Jeremy Jones Senior Business Executive Launches PatchMaster Franchise in Rochester, New York PatchMaster is the ideal platform to fulfill my entrepreneurial aspirations. It aligns perfectly with my vision of delivering exceptional service and a higher standard for customer experience.”— Jeremy Jones, Owner, PatchMaster Rocester South VISTOR, NY, UNITED STATES, July 18, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ — PatchMaster, ...

PatchMaster Welcomes Jeremy Jones as New Franchise Owner in Rochester
Steve Marcinuk
02 Dec 2025

New York State leads the nation in historic tax credit utilization, processing more projects in the last decade than another other state. At the center of this activity is Preservation Studios, a Buffalo-based firm that has managed over half of the state’s historic tax credit projects over the past ten years, representing $1.4 billion in total ...

Downtown Buffalo has the key ingredients for successful office-to-residential conversions, including vacant buildings, transit access, and proximity to major institutions. Yet, despite these advantages, many projects remain stalled. Michael Puma, Principal and Project Manager at Preservation Studios, attributes the delay not to regulatory or financial issues but to a structural coordination problem: potential developers and ...

Heather Hook
24 Sep 2026

Second-home buyers searching in Lake Placid, New York, often assume that a higher price means a slower sale. Recent market data tells a different story. According to Chase Jermano of Tina Leonard Real Estate, LLC, two price bands in Lake Placid are moving within weeks, while the ranges on either side of them are sitting ...

Heather Hook
24 Sep 2026

Buyers purchasing second homes in the Adirondacks get the best long-term results when they choose a lake based on how they actually plan to use the water, rather than a town’s reputation alone. According to Chase Jermano of Tina Leonard Real Estate, LLC, aligning buyer activity preferences with lake characteristics is one of the most ...

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Alejandra Rodriguez
24 Sep 2026

Six months ago, homes in and around Jamestown, New York were moving fast regardless of price. That’s no longer the case. A clear divide has emerged: properties listed under $150,000 are still attracting quick offers, while homes above that threshold, including rural listings with acreage that would have sold rapidly earlier this year, are sitting ...

Heather Hook
24 Sep 2026

A mechanics lien in New York can freeze a property’s title with surprisingly little paperwork, but according to Alexander Paykin, Esq., founder of Paykin Law, a New York real estate and commercial litigation firm, that ease of filing is exactly why so many liens fall apart once they’re challenged. Paykin says the pattern he sees ...

Eden Godinez
22 Sep 2026

Roughly one-third of residential inventory in Manhattan does not sell on its initial listing and instead cycles through multiple brokers, according to Nikolay Afanasyev, Founder and CEO of City Sphere Property Group, a boutique brokerage covering Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. Afanasyev attributes the pattern primarily to sellers pricing properties above what the market will ...

Steve Marcinuk
02 Dec 2025

Manhattan’s retail landscape continues to evolve in ways that challenge conventional wisdom about the future of brick-and-mortar shopping. While shopping malls struggle nationwide and e-commerce dominates headlines, certain micro-markets in New York City are experiencing renewed vitality, driven by unique economic dynamics and consumer behaviors that challenge traditional retail assumptions. Peter Weisman, Principal at Weisman ...

Steve Marcinuk
24 Nov 2025

Manhattan’s luxury real estate market is undergoing a significant adjustment as higher interest rates and escalating construction costs force developers to pause or reconsider new projects. This slowdown is shifting buyer attention to the outer boroughs and altering what affluent buyers prioritize in their home searches. As the most expensive housing market in the country ...

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Alejandra Rodriguez
14 Sep 2026

The gap between Houston’s residential market and its coastal neighbor shows what happens when short-term rental speculation meets a correction. Harris County, Texas, currently has roughly six months of housing inventory – enough to classify it as a balanced-to-soft market where sellers need to price carefully and present homes in strong condition. But the sharper ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
14 Sep 2026

The U.S. rental market built aggressively during the pandemic era, particularly in Sunbelt cities like Nashville, Austin, and Dallas. Now much of that new inventory, especially high-end apartments, is sitting partially empty, competing for renters whose budgets have tightened considerably since construction began. The disconnect is straightforward: developers built expensive Class A apartments in markets ...

Alejandra Rodriguez
09 Sep 2026

In most American markets, holding a property for ten or twelve years builds a cushion of equity. In Manhattan, that assumption no longer holds across large segments of the market, according to Nikolay Afanasyev, Founder & CEO of CITY SPHERE Property Group, a boutique brokerage covering Manhattan and parts of Brooklyn. Rising building carrying costs, ...

Steve Marcinuk
09 Sep 2026

For buyers waiting on the largest purchase of their lives, the appraisal process is one of the last black boxes in a home purchase. Turnaround time isn’t a single number; it’s the sum of scheduling, inspection, report production, quality review, and any revision cycles that follow, and thin appraiser panels and uncontrolled revision cycles are ...

Steve Marcinuk
28 Jul 2026

The company has already published over 5,000 articles in collaboration with over 1,800 market experts across all 50 states, powered by a tech-forward approach to research and reporting. MIAMI, FL – July 28, 2026: KeyCrew Media, the expert-sourced real estate news network, today unveiled KeyCrew Local, a network of local real estate news sites and ...

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