NY Daily Record Since 1908

ALBANY — The state can require companies to return polluted Superfund sites to pre-industrial conditions, the New York Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in a win for environmentalists. The court said the state Department of Environmental Conservation may require polluters ...

Tagged with: court of appeals

Finding a new place to live is easier for consumers who can now browse apartments on their smart phones. Apartment Finder/ApartmentFinder.com has launched a free Android app to make looking through photos, maps and more information a better experience for ...

Housing prices aren’t evaporating everywhere. The average pied-a-terre in bustling Delhi, India, will now cost you 22 percent more than it did a year ago. That’s according to the just-released third quarter stats from UK-based Global Property Guide, which tracks ...

Tagged with: home prices

The city of Rochester has begun mailing 2012 re-assessment letters to city property owners. The mailing will continue through the end of December. The re-assessment is an update to the assessments that were established during the 2008 re-assessment. The 2012 ...

Tagged with: City of Rochester property owners

Over 30 percent of contracted home sales nationwide don’t make it all the way to closing, the National Association of Realtors reported last month. Lender-ordered appraisals of short sale and foreclosed homes are often mentioned as a common cause, but ...

Tagged with: closings home sales National Association of Realtors

WASHINGTON — U.S. home prices are falling again in most major cities after posting small gains over the summer and spring, the latest evidence that the troubled housing market won’t recover any time soon. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller index released ...

Tagged with: survey

The removal of Amherst-based Steven J. Baum PC from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac foreclosure cases means other firms will be picking up the work. Baum’s firm handled a large portion of the state’s foreclosure cases, and experts predict more ...

Tagged with: Fannie Mae Freddie Mac Law firms

ALBANY — The New York State Court of Appeals on Tuesday cleared the Attorney General’s Office to pursue allegations that First American Corp. and its former subsidiary eAppraiseIT, inflated property appraisals under pressure from client Washington Mutual. Then-Attorney General Andrew ...

Tagged with: court of appeals

On Wednesday, the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development announced grants totaling over $91 million to nonprofit organizations across New York state for the development of affordable, accessible housing for seniors. In Rochester, the Bishop Sheen Ecumenical Housing Foundation ...

Tagged with: grants HUD

The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development has awarded $2.85 million to the Urban League of Rochester Economic Development Corporation for affordable senior housing for 20 senior citizens in their supportive community in Henrietta. “Goose Landing Senior Apartments Phase ...

Tagged with: grant HUD

Nothnagle has added a feature to search properties and view “guided tour” videos on its Facebook page. Consumers can go to www.Facebook.com/NothnagleRealtors and select “Property Videos” on the left-side of the page. Similar to Nothnagle.com, a consumer can conduct a ...

Tagged with: Facebook Nothnagle Realtors social media

The Lakeville office of Nothnagle Realtors in Livingston County will be merged into the expanded Geneseo office. In the past year, the Nothnagle Geneseo office, which began as a two-room satellite office in 2008, increased its sales volume by more ...

Tagged with: Nothnagle Realtors