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10 Tips to Sell Your Long Island Home for the Highest Price

10 Tips to Sell Your Long Island Home for the Highest Price

Do you know how to get the highest selling price for your home? At Team Rita, we keep our finger on the pulse of the local real estate market to earn sellers top dollar for their homes. Discover our top ten tips to sell your Long Island home for the highest price and contact us […]

Suffolk County Homes: The Perfect Storm, Panic Buying, and Patience

Suffolk County Homes: The Perfect Storm, Panic Buying, and Patience

A confluence of factors created the perfect storm to supercharge Suffolk County home prices over the past two years. COVID disrupted supply chains and ignited a work from home movement. Many homeowners moved closer to family and to more affordable areas as others flocked to sunshine states like Phoenix, Tampa, and Miami. The opportunity to […]

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Rising Mortgage Rates and the Suffolk County Housing Market

Rising Mortgage Rates and the Suffolk County Housing Market

There’s no shortage of theories about how (and when) the Suffolk County housing market boom will end. We thought a return to the office would slow the wave of remote workers splurging on more spacious suburban homes. We expected demand to pull back along with stimulus aid. We predicted inventory would rise after the end […]

Suffolk County Real Estate: The Frenzy Continues This Spring

Suffolk County Real Estate: The Frenzy Continues This Spring

Entering 2022, the consensus was clear: the spring housing market—Suffolk County real estate’s peak season—would fizzle out the frenzy we saw last year. After all, over 70% of home listings saw a bidding war in 2021—so how could the story get any worse for buyers? We thought the record-low housing inventory would begin to normalize […]

Is 2022 a Good Time to Buy a Long Island Home?

Is 2022 a Good Time to Buy a Long Island Home?

A new Fannie Mae survey shows only 25% of respondents believe now is a good time to buy a house—a new record low. (On the flip side, 69% of respondents believe now is a good time to sell—a record high since 2010.) The sentiment suggests now is just about the worst time to buy. But […]

How Much Will Long Island Homes Cost in 2030?

How Much Will Long Island Homes Cost in 2030?

Astronomical price growth defined the Long Island real estate market over the past 18 months. Homes sold for way above market value under the extraordinary circumstances of the COVID-19 pandemic, where flocks of residents migrated from densely populated NYC apartments to spacious, suburban Long Island homes. In fact, 14.6% of migrating Manhattan dwellers landed right […]

How to Prepare for the Long Island Housing Market in 2022

How to Prepare for the Long Island Housing Market in 2022

“Normal” is one of the last words to describe the Long Island housing market—and life in general—over the past two years. However, we’ll be a little closer to normal in 2022, especially as the busy season in real estate—the spring—rounds the bend. Buyers can still expect an uphill battle—just not as steep as in 2021 […]

The Inside Scoop on Centereach Homes for Sale

The Inside Scoop on Centereach Homes for Sale

The 38th largest community in New York scattered with 38 zip codes, Centereach is a medium-sized town with a population of 31,778 including a diverse mix of white- and blue-collar workers. And there are fabulous reasons for you to explore Centereach homes for sale. Centereach at a glance A great place for families to call […]

2022 Long Island Housing Market Starts with a Surge

2022 Long Island Housing Market Starts with a Surge

Today, Long Island homebuyers must spend more, move faster, and select from a vastly smaller roster of listings than a decade ago. The median sale price for a Long Island home rose 60% from $350,000 in 2012 to $560,000 in 2021. The average home stayed on the market for 54 days last year, which is […]