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J Philip Faranda

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Patch's House & Home

Selling Your Home? Get it Inspected Before You List

Don't wait for the buyer to tell you the house has high radon or another potential problem.

Making Sense of all the Ways to Value Your Home (in Ossining-Croton-on-Hudson Patch)

How much is my house worth anyway?

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April Westchester Real Estate Market Shows Surprising Muscle

Westchester's real estate market showed some surprising improvement in April.

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The Best Way to Ruin Your Real Estate Deal Is...

Ossining-area Broker Phil Faranda writes about why you should get a pre-approval before you look at houses.

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Croton & Ossining: A Call to Extend the Mortgage Debt Relief Act (in Ossining-Croton-on-Hudson Patch)

Ossining-Croton area Real Estate Broker Phil Faranda writes about why extending the Mortgage Forgiveness Debt Relief Act is the right move no matter who you are.

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The Illusion of Spring Real Estate Abundance

Westchester Real Estate Broker & Blogger Phil Faranda writes about how the busy real estate season does not translate into a true recovery.

Is a Tappan Zee Greenway Even a Good Idea? (in Ossining-Croton-on-Hudson Patch)

Would the Proposed Tappan Zee Greenway have problems we haven't considered?

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Westchester Real Estate Prices Down 8.4%

Median price in Westchester is down from a year ago, but there are some encouraging signs.

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Buying a Westchester Home with Parental Help? Get Them Involved Early

How to keep the in-laws from scuttling your real estate deal.

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Emotions: The Biggest Challenge in Real Estate

Understand stress and how it affects real estate transactions.

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