Real Estate: Figuring Out the Worth of Your Home

How much is my home worth?  It is interesting that we check our yearly bank and financial statements, we check our investment portfolio statements, but how often do we check what the value of our home is; most probably our biggest investment?  Investment you say?  Read More …

5 Tips to Prepare for One of Life’s Biggest Milestones

Your parents will always think of you as their little boy or girl. They want to hold you back from growing up – they weren’t quite ready for those first steps, sending you off to kindergarten, and then (what feels like overnight) off to college.  Read More …

Real Estate: Simple Home Maintenance Affects Price, Speed of Sale

We’ve all read articles on what we need to do to prepare our homes for sale.  Anyone who is putting their home on the market may know what the phrase “curb appeal” means.  It is rather self-explanatory.  When driving up to a home for sale, it is Read More …

Real Estate: Why Home Equity Is a Bright Spark in the Housing Market

Given how we have seen more unemployment claims than ever before over the past several weeks, fear is spreading widely. Some good news, however, shows that more than 4 million initial unemployment filers have likely already found a new job, especially as industries such as health Read More …

Adding Your Event to the HuntingtonNow.com Calendar

We are updating our HuntingtonNow.com calendar, which was mostly wiped clean by the Covid-19 epidemic in the last two months. Working with several community organizations, we’re restoring Information about recurring events or opportunities, such as food distribution, hours for food pantries, etc.,  to the calendar. Read More …

Real Estate: What to Expect at Your Closing

The day you have wished for, waited for, and stressed over is finally here!  You are closing on your home! If it is your first home or many homes later, it is a big deal.   Closings often involve big bright conference rooms, lots of people, Read More …

From The Times on World Press Freedom Day: Support Local Journalism

May 3 is World Press Freedom Day and The New York Times is observing it by encouraging readers to support local news organizations, including HuntingtonNow.com Times Publisher A.G. Sulzberger noted the financial pressures on news organizations; weeklies, dailies and digital news sites are all struggling Read More …

Real Estate: Choose Agent Who’s Up on Online Tools

Choosing a real estate agent who is using the most current online advertising tools for your benefit has never been more important than it is now. Our interconnectedness has become virtual.  After having attended family holidays on FaceTime, Facebook Live, Zoom, Google Hangouts, or Instagram Read More …

SPONSORED Tips on Dealing With the Epidemic: Accept Reality, Take Care of Yourself

It’s hard not to worry about the coronavirus — not when you’re at its epicenter. New York is one of the worst hit cities across the U.S, and unsurprisingly, there are lots of anxious residents, not only in Huntington, but all across the country. If you happen Read More …

Real Estate: If You’re Looking for a New Home, Engage a Buyer’s Agent

You are starting your home search online, perusing all the top real estate sites like Zillow or Realtor.com, but do you know who you are inquiring with when you hit the contact agent tab? Do your research and find an agent that you can easily work Read More …