Homes For Sale
Posted on 16. Feb, 2009 by Joshua Ferris in Blog
Searching our database of homes for sale (below) is completely free and registration is strongly recommended but not required to view search results.
What are the benefits of registering with HouseMeetsOwner.com?
By registering to use the HouseMeetsOwner real estate search you will be able to:
- Write and save personal notes for individual properties.
- Create a list of favorite homes so you can refer back to it later.
- Receive custom, instant home search updates by email or RSS.
- Build and save custom home searches which means you don’t have to keep typing in your home needs every time you want to search.
- Use all of the above features on our neighborhood sites including MeadowGlenatMonroe.com, HarborsatHaverstraw.com and LiveinBrigadoon.com.
Homes For Sale in Monroe NY
Posted on 05. Feb, 2009 by Joshua Ferris in Blog
Searching our database of homes for sale (below) is completely free and registration is strongly recommended but not required to view search results.
What are the benefits of registering with HouseMeetsOwner.com?
By registering to use the HouseMeetsOwner real estate search you will be able to:
- Write and save personal notes for individual properties.
- Create a list of favorite homes so you can refer back to it later.
- Receive custom, instant home search updates by email or RSS.
- Build and save custom home searches which means you don’t have to keep typing in your home needs every time you want to search.
- Use all of the above features on our neighborhood sites including MeadowGlenatMonroe.com, HarborsatHaverstraw.com and LiveinBrigadoon.com.
Meadow Glen at Monroe
Posted on 03. Jul, 2008 by Joshua Ferris in Blog
Meadow Glen at Monroe Homes For Sale
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Price: $
349,900
MLS# 479764 |
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BARR n/a, NY Meadow Glen |
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square Ft: 1700 |
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Price: $
359,000
MLS# 474357 |
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BARR n/a, NY MEADOW GLEN |
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square Ft: 1883 |
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Price: $
369,900
MLS# 481557 |
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BARR n/a, NY Meadow Glen |
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square Ft: 1877 |
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Price: $
385,000
MLS# 472959 |
83
BARR Monroe Town, NY Meadow Glen |
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square Ft: 1958 |
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Price: $
385,000
MLS# 473087 |
83
BARR n/a, NY Meadow Glen |
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square Ft: 1958 |
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Price: $
389,900
MLS# 473601 |
24
FORD n/a, NY Meadow Glen |
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square Ft: |
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Price: $
415,000
MLS# 477401 |
116
BARR n/a, NY Meadow Glen |
Bedrooms: 3 Bathrooms: 2 Square Ft: 2076 |
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Meadow Glen at Monroe Real Estate
Meadow Glen at Monroe is made up of six townhouse models ranging from 3 bedroom, 1 or 2 car garage homes to 4 bedroom, 1 car garage end homes. Meadow Glen is unique in that it is one of only a handful of communities to offer a fourth bedroom option in some of their homes.
About Meadow Glen at Monroe
Meadow Glen at Monroe is a gated community of 198 townhouses offering a diverse home collection by renowned national homebuilder K. Hovnanian. Located in Monroe New York, homes in the community are mostly three bedrooms although there are a few four bedroom homes; a rare find in townhouse communities.
NYC commuters will enjoy the various mass transit options like the Shortline Bus and Harriman train service into Manhattan (Penn Station). Interstate 87 is also available with quick access to the Tappan Zee Bridge and Westchester County. For those seeking a more direct route to the George Washington Bridge, the Palisades Parkway is about ten minutes away from the community.
Meadow Glen at Monroe features a luxuriously appointed clubhouse with lounge, fitness center, swimming pool and nearby tennis court. Minutes away from the community are shopping (Woodbury Common, Woodbury Centre, Harriman Commons), mass transit to New York City (Learn more about commuting to NYC with our NYC Commuter Guide), and the Monroe-Woodbury schools. Other nearby leisure hot spots include Crane Park — the centerpiece in the Village of Monroe, Mansion Ridge golf course and Round Lake.
The first residents of Meadow Glen at Monroe moved into the community in 2004 and the last of the first homeowners moved in towards the end of 2006. Resale homes are priced from the high $300s to the low $500s with many factors affecting asking price including end unit configuration of a home, location in the community and number of bedrooms in the home.
Contact us today toll free at 1(888) 218-8468 for more information on Meadow Glen at Monroe homes or inquire using the form below.
Top 7 Advantages of New Construction Over Resale Homes
Posted on 27. Jun, 2008 by Joshua Ferris in Home Buying Guide, Orange County, Rockland County
Once you start house hunting there is no doubt one of your first stops will be at a new homes website or community to see what they have to offer in the area you would like to live in. In fact, new homes have stepped up to win the hearts and minds of home buyers for the better part of the past decade where we’ve seen an unprecedented explosion in new home construction and buying. What was once considered a luxury reserved for the rich and famous, new construction has opened the door to all price ranges and styles including luxury high-rise condominiums, townhouses, active adult communities and single-family homes.
There are a tremendous number of benefits to owning a new home including the ability to customize the home to your liking, meeting all the new neighbors as they move in and substantial savings in utility costs with new homes now being built to a higher, more energy efficient and green standard.
It’s your house. No, REALLY your house. – When you buy a resale home you are purchasing a home that someone else crafted to suit his or her lifestyle. Sometimes it’s just perfect and exactly what you are looking for but more often than not there are a few “Why did they do that?” issues with a home that you will have to renovate or remove when you move in to fit your lifestyle. When you build a new home you will be able to choose exactly what you want and where you want it so you can move in and not have to touch a thing.
Everyone else is new too! – Resale communities are great because you can see the neighborhood, how people care for their homes and everything is already established but those same benefits can prove to be cons when you are the only new neighbor on the block. Moving into a new home grants you the privilege of meeting the neighbors when they are also looking to meet new people and settle into the community. There won’t be any pre-established social circles to work your way into and you will be discovering new things about your neighborhood at the same time everyone else does.
Newer homes are more attractive when you resell. - Life happens. You might have to relocate or you make a lifestyle change a couple short years after you move in. The good news is that newer homes are more attractive to prospective homebuyers because it’s their opportunity to buy a newer home without the price premium associated with new construction. Better yet, you’ve already purchased all the appliances and upgrades for the home and many parts of the home are still under warranty making the home a great inclusive value. This will compare favorably to older resale homes that may require renovation or updating to make it livable for the modern homebuyer.
Location, Location, Location! YOU choose! – When you shop for resale homes the homes you find are obviously fixed to their current location. How many times have you seen a great resale that would be absolutely perfect if it were a little closer to the community clubhouse or offered a larger back yard for the kids to play? New homebuilders typically offer a range of model homes to choose from and you can usually place that model on a lot of your choice. Now you can have the home of your dreams in the cul-de-sac you’ve always dreamed of!
In the current market new homes may be a better deal than resale homes. – That’s right, the market shift has turned the tables. Now buyers have the market in the palm of their hands and can get some really outstanding deals on homes but you have to know where to look. Resale home owners may be willing to deal but in the past thirty days I have been able to successfully negotiate $69,117 off the asking price of a new home for a client and then shortly after located a home for another client and negotiated $91,000 off the asking price and we are still in negotiations to get even more from the builder. By the way, these home prices included upgrades! I have never met homeowners who were willing to accept a substantial reduction on the price of their home to the tune of more than $60,000. As a matter of fact, many homeowners have overpriced their homes on the market because they owe more than the home is worth and they cannot afford to go lower in price.
Buying Tip: To score a new home deal you can’t walk in and offer builders $400,000 under what they are asking for the home. Fantastic deals can be found however if you find the right buyer’s agent who specializes in new homes because their experience, relationships with builders and negotiating ability will help you save thousands of dollars.
That brown carpet and tiny kitchen? Soooooo 1970s! - Kitchen big enough for one? Small closets, shower only bathrooms and carpet everywhere? Not for today’s homebuyer! The modern lifestyle is drastically different from what it was even ten years ago and resale homes often lack the oomph and space to satisfy. Today’s homebuyer wants a bright, open kitchen with breakfast bar and high-end appliances. We now do most of our living in the kitchen! Soaking tubs in the master suite and walk-in closets are now considered standard staples of the modern home. New homes often feature these amenities as a part of their standard offering and are even starting to prepare homes for the future including the addition of whole house networking and walk-out basements that can be finished as future living space.
New homes save money with efficiency and green building techniques. – Many new homes are taking advantage of the Energy Star standard which sets forth a number of requirements that products like windows and doors must adhere to in order to achieve an Energy Star rating. In addition to Energy Star many builders are now offering green building and living options like the installation of solar panels on the roof of a home to harness the sun’s energy and convert it to electricity. If you install enough solar panels you may just have the electric company paying you for the electricity you are producing! These features are often very costly to retrofit a resale home with if it wasn’t initially built to these standards.
The next time you start searching for homes be sure to consider all of your options including new construction. When buying new construction you should take into account the fact that most new homes take approximately four to six months to build. You will also devote more of your personal time to building the home as you will need to choose home upgrades and work with your agent through the inspection and financing processes.
Happy hunting!
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Buy a Home
Posted on 26. Jun, 2008 by Joshua Ferris in Rockland County
Buying a home should be a refreshing, enjoyable experience that changes your life for the better. Whether it’s your first or fifth, here are three common steps you should take as you prepare to purchase a home.
1) Narrow Down Your Search Area – Examine your search area and locate towns, villages and cities that compliment your lifestyle. Cover all the bases — Food shopping, gyms, child care, transit to work, recreation etc. Once you have decided on an area you would like to live in, proceed to step two.
2) Contact a Lender for a Pre-Approval – You’ll want to get pre-approved prior to looking for homes so that your agent can provide you with an accurate idea of what homes are available to you in the neighborhood of your choice. This step is crucial and you’re only setting yourself up for heartache in the future if you look first and get financing later.
3) Find an Agent that Meets YOUR Needs – Step three is also the most important step because everyone is different and REALTORs are not created equally. When looking for an agent, consider the type of home and neighborhood you would like to be in. Also consider the methods of contact you prefer. For example, if you’re looking for a townhouse in Meadow Glen at Monroe and you prefer to work with your agent by email rather than phone, you’ll want an agent who has represented many buyers in the community and is net savvy.
Is Joshua Ferris the right agent for you?
Joshua Ferris, the Associate Broker behind HouseMeetsOwner.com, works almost exclusively with clients searching for townhouses or new homes in the Orange and Rockland County New York area. With more than four years of experience working exclusively as a buyer agent, Josh knows the area, real estate conditions, and the best ways to get a great deal on your next home.
How does he keep in touch?
Josh’s preferred methods of contact are primarily email and phone though he freely text messages clients who prefer that method instead. Emails are responded to within a few hours, though sometimes faster but phone is still the easiest way to contact Josh immediately. He can be reached toll free: 1-888-218-8468.
We might be a good fit but what if I would rather rent a home instead?
There’s a world of possibilities out there and this might be one of them. If you would rather rent a home in Orange or Rockland County please visit our Lease a Home page for more information on how renting a home through a broker works.
If you would like to start looking for homes for sale in Orange & Rockland County New York, please contact Josh below and he’ll be in touch shortly.