YORKTOWN, N.Y. – Clearing fallen trees in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Sandy last October didn’t faze Jim Pulvermiller. The owner of Top Notch Tree, Inc. in Yorktown has seen all forms of Mother Nature’s devastation in his 30 years in the business. “As much damage as there was, if that had been a category 2 or a category 3 hurricane, we’d still be cleaning up from it,’’ Pulvermiller ...

Existing home sales, just what does that mean? What do the numbers tell us? Let’s look at home sales as reported by the National Association of REALTORS and compare January of 2013 vs January 2012. Look below at the National numbers for the U.S. – Units up 9.1% and average price up 12.3%.  That sounds pretty good, but look at the regional data. Unit sales are down 5.7% in the West and ...