http://www.margarethobbie.com/ The latest site updates from the Margaret Hobbie website. en-us Sun, 20 May 2012 14:56:29 GMT http://www.margarethobbie.com/rss CakePHP info@ancientwisdompro.com http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/recommended-reading.html Under the Surface: Fracking, Fortunes, and the Fate of the Marcellus Shale by Tom Wilber, published by Cornell University Press. The author, formerly with the Binghamton Press and Sun-Bulletin, h... Sat, 12 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/recommended-reading.html http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/historic-ithaca-annual-meeting.html Historic Ithaca's Annual Meeting is coming up on Thursday May 3 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm at the Finger Lakes Wine Center on South Cayuga Street. This is always an enjoyable and inspiring event, with t... Tue, 01 May 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/historic-ithaca-annual-meeting.html http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/new-york-repeat-buyers.html The typical repeat buyer in New York is 52 years old and has a median household income of $97,500. The top three reasons for moving were to find a larger home, to be closer to family and friends, ... Wed, 18 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/new-york-repeat-buyers.html http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/new-york-home-sellers.html According to New York Realtor Magazine, the typical New York home seller has been in their home for nine years. 88% used a real estate agent to market and sell their home, and 94% advertised on th... Tue, 17 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/new-york-home-sellers.html http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/new-york-buyers-and-sellers.html New York State Realtor Magazine recently published a profile of the "typical" New York first-time homebuyer. That theoretical person is 31 years old and has a median household income of $73,200. ... Mon, 16 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/new-york-buyers-and-sellers.html http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/spring-is-here.html In most years, our local real estate market gets really busy at the beginning of April and continues that way until around Memorial Day. This year though, because of the warm weather, home buyers ... Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/spring-is-here.html http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/foreclosures-down.html According to RealtyTrac, New York State foreclosure sales in the third quarter of 2011 decreased from the previous quarter and from the third quarter of 2010. There were 1809 foreclosed home sales... Tue, 07 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/foreclosures-down.html http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/snapshots-from-the-2011-audrey-edelman-statistics-book.html The median residential selling price in 2011 (in Tompkins County) was $184,000, up from a low of $170,000 in 2009 and just under the peak of $185,000 in 2007. In 2006 there were 823 residential cl... Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/snapshots-from-the-2011-audrey-edelman-statistics-book.html http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/radon-awareness.html January is National Radon Action Month. No matter where you live, you should know more about this odorless, colorless radioactive gas that creeps into our houses and apartments from the soil. It ... Thu, 19 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/radon-awareness.html http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/william-henry-miller.html Don't miss the exhibit "Built to Last: The Architecture of William Henry Miller" now on view at the History Center and Significant Elements through March 2012. Miller was one of Ithaca's most fam... Mon, 16 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/william-henry-miller.html http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/contract-cancellations.html As the new year progresses we are starting to evaluate the year just past. Much of the news is positive (more on this in upcoming entries), but one disturbing trend to emerge is that the rate of c... Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/contract-cancellations.html http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/pellentesque-purus-nisi-pulvinar-in.html I am frequently asked about the state of the Ithaca real estate market, and I am happy to report that it is doing well, especially in comparison to many other parts of the country. We have a lot t... Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/pellentesque-purus-nisi-pulvinar-in.html http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/existing-home-sales-continue-to-climb.html Existing home sales rose again in November and remain higher than 2010. Completed transactions including single-family homes, townhouses, condominiums and co-ops increased 4.0% to a seasonally adju... Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.margarethobbie.com/news/story/existing-home-sales-continue-to-climb.html