Stats show Chenango home sales down more than 30 percent
NORWICH - The number of homes sold in Chenango County dropped 34.1 percent over the last year, according to statistics from the New York State Association of Realtors. Sales decreased 10.3 percent nationwide and 13.6 percent in the state, comparatively.
The figures were based on sale comparisons between May 2006 and May 2007.
Norwich Realtor Bruce Beadle blamed a stagnant business community for the real estate market’s slow pace. “People aren’t going to go out and upgrade or buy new when they are insecure about what their future employment situation is,” he told members of the Chenango County Planning Committee July 10. Last month’s pending sale announcements of OSG Norwich Pharmaceuticals and P&G Pharmaceuticals haven’t made the area’s business climate any brighter, he said.
“I think that municipalities around here ought to consider giving not just tax abatements, but just forgoing real estate taxes entirely for someone who might be willing to bring 100 to 200 jobs into the area. We need the jobs and the people who have those jobs pay taxes,” he said.
Beadle also pointed to high property taxes and utility costs and an outdated infrastructure. Making state Route 12 a four lane highway should be the first priority of legislators in not only Chenango, but also in Oneida, Madison, Broome and Herkimer counties, he said.
“We need to make it easier for people to get here from some interstate and bring our infrastructure into the 21st century.”
Two other realtors in the county say the statistics don’t reflect their businesses. Gretchen Walsh of Peggy Parker Real Estate in Norwich and Dick Thomas of Thomas Real Estate in Greene don’t believe the climate is as depressed as the figures indicate.
“I don’t see it,” Thomas said. “I am surprised by them (the statistics). Maybe we are somewhat insulated in and around Greene. We are getting a larger market share than we have in the past.”
Walsh said her agency experienced a record year in 2006 and is only six transactions off that pace so far this year. Inventory is down in the $75,000 to $150,000 range she said, but interest from downstate buyers seeking second homes continues.
Thomas said he has experienced a bit less interest from downstate. Each has experienced only one potential buyer who turned away from a deal because of the New York Regional Interconnect power line threat. “Which is, frankly, quite surprising,” Thomas said.
“It (NYRI) is a concern,” Walsh said, “but it is not causing people to move in another direction.”
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The figures were based on sale comparisons between May 2006 and May 2007.
Norwich Realtor Bruce Beadle blamed a stagnant business community for the real estate market’s slow pace. “People aren’t going to go out and upgrade or buy new when they are insecure about what their future employment situation is,” he told members of the Chenango County Planning Committee July 10. Last month’s pending sale announcements of OSG Norwich Pharmaceuticals and P&G Pharmaceuticals haven’t made the area’s business climate any brighter, he said.
“I think that municipalities around here ought to consider giving not just tax abatements, but just forgoing real estate taxes entirely for someone who might be willing to bring 100 to 200 jobs into the area. We need the jobs and the people who have those jobs pay taxes,” he said.
Beadle also pointed to high property taxes and utility costs and an outdated infrastructure. Making state Route 12 a four lane highway should be the first priority of legislators in not only Chenango, but also in Oneida, Madison, Broome and Herkimer counties, he said.
“We need to make it easier for people to get here from some interstate and bring our infrastructure into the 21st century.”
Two other realtors in the county say the statistics don’t reflect their businesses. Gretchen Walsh of Peggy Parker Real Estate in Norwich and Dick Thomas of Thomas Real Estate in Greene don’t believe the climate is as depressed as the figures indicate.
“I don’t see it,” Thomas said. “I am surprised by them (the statistics). Maybe we are somewhat insulated in and around Greene. We are getting a larger market share than we have in the past.”
Walsh said her agency experienced a record year in 2006 and is only six transactions off that pace so far this year. Inventory is down in the $75,000 to $150,000 range she said, but interest from downstate buyers seeking second homes continues.
Thomas said he has experienced a bit less interest from downstate. Each has experienced only one potential buyer who turned away from a deal because of the New York Regional Interconnect power line threat. “Which is, frankly, quite surprising,” Thomas said.
“It (NYRI) is a concern,” Walsh said, “but it is not causing people to move in another direction.”
e-mail: melissad@evesun.com
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