Check out what recommendations Lowe’s has for renovated. 

Home owners select SOLAR NOT STOCKS…

RENTERS IN MINI APARTMENTS

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 The lack of inventory seems to be pushing prices up!  In JacksonHeights as well as other Queens’ neighborhoods there seems to be a lack of houses, co-ops and condos on the market.  Although we are being told by economists that it is a “buyers’ market”,  the lack of good properties on the market has created a buzz with the buyers and the sellers!  

Check out what NYOne’s coverage in northeastern Queens seems to have the same issues as here in Northwestern Queens.  NYONE COVERS Real Estate market.  I thought it was my imagination until I saw this video of Bayside, Whitestone (northeastern Queens).  Judy Markowitz (a Broker in northeastern queens, Flushing, Whitestone, Bayside, Douglaston etc.) is a fine Broker and understands how the markets work.

The properties in poor condition seem to sit on the market for a long time. Doing work and getting estimates seem to be less popular! Properties in good condition seem to be a top priority!  We are also getting multiple offers on select  premium properties.  We are in a “new” economic world with a new type of market!  We all need to be savvy and wise about our financial decisions. Let’s see what the next few months bring our way!

THANK YOU TO ALL OUR LOYAL CUSTOMERS AND CLIENTS

HAPPY HOLIDAYS…ENJOY..I wish you PEACE ON EARTH! 

So what are we expecting to happen in the year 2010?  Will the economy gain strength? Will global warming be a big subject?  Where will we go with Health-care Reform?

So many options this year…like every new year we have great intensions for the start of the new year.  What will be your New Year’s Resolution?  Will it last for a year, a  month, a week, a day or a few minutes?

I am sure we all ask ourselves these important questions.   STOP GLOBAL WARMING! CHANGE MY LIFESTYLE!  Soon and so forth….. here we come 2010. 

I HOPE ALL YOUR DREAMS COME TRUE IN 2010…SEE YOU IN JANUARY 2010…Have a safe Holiday Season…Enjoy!

 HAPPY HOLIDAYS.

• What It’s Like to Live in a City with a Real Winter

  Find out how these homeowners have learned to live with — and love — their wintry cities

  By Shannon Petrie, FrontDoor.com | Published: 11/05/2009

  Living in a city with a real winter presents obstacles as well as opportunities for fun.

  For some, chilly weather and a heavy snowfall are a welcome treat once — maybe twice — a year. School is cancelled, down jackets and scarves are excavated from the backs of closets, snowmen are built, and hot chocolate is sipped by the warmth of a fire. The snow melts, and life goes on.For others, below-zero temperatures and several feet of snow on the ground are the norm for many months of the year. Members of the former group might ask the latter: How do you survive?

  “I think the answer is simple: It’s what we know as normal,” says Steven R. Buck, city manager of Caribou, Maine, the most northeastern city in the United States. During the winter of 2007-2008, the city received a whopping 198 inches of snow.

  Not only have residents of cold-climate cities learned to adapt to their wintry weather, some have even come to embrace it.

  “We refer to our winter as one of our biggest celebrities,” says David Holder, president of the Syracuse, N.Y. Convention & Visitors Bureau. “Come February, we’re going to be on the Weather Channel at least once.”

  In International Falls, Minn., often listed as the coldest city in the contiguous United States, Mayor Shawn Mason says residents fondly refer to their city as the “Icebox of the Nation” — a title they had to fight for when Fraser, Colo. challenged the trademark in 2007. The Minnesota city officially won the title in 2008.

  Thanks to Fargo, the 1996 film by Joel and Ethan Coen, some people think Fargo, N.D. experiences winter 12 months a year, says Cole Carley, President/CEO of the Fargo-Moorhead Convention & Visitors Bureau (even though none of the scenes in the movie were actually filmed in the North Dakota city). Despite promoting a not-entirely-accurate perception of Fargo, Carley says the movie brought a lot of welcomed publicity to the city. “I wish they had made a sequel,” he says. “We had a lot of fun with that. We used to give copies of the movie away to meeting planners.”

  Along with the fun side, living in a place with a harsh winter comes with its fair share of challenges. If you’ve ever wondered what it’s like to live in a place where shoveling snow, weatherproofing your home and playing winter sports are all in a day’s work, read on for stories from these four residents of cities with real winters.Find out how these homeowners have learned to live with — and love — their wintry cities.

Come one and all bring the children to JH Annual Holiday lighting Ceremony in front of the Post Office on 37th Avenue Jackson Heights.

This year come for the festivities and music with laughter and singing.  Starbucks will be giving out hot chocolate for all the children.  JHBG will sponsor and organize this event.