The cards have to be laid on the table. I worry that the project is so massive. They say a six-month planning process, but even that seems too short a time. I wish I would be more hopeful, but I worry that it could be the same old Yonkers.

Although down somewhat, the purchase market continues to benefit from strong job formation and long-term mortgage rates that have remained within range of 40-year lows.

I appreciate the thought that these higher buildings will create a better view of the corridor, but the word is corridor. We'll be looking through a telescope to the river rather than a panorama.

If I'm seen as an impediment to downtown, it's only because I declined to sacrifice my own welfare. I'm not the problem. The city has shown no great inclination to resolve this. They've shown no interest in being creative, which is unfortunate.

Homeowners are taking advantage of the rally by locking in still historically low long-term mortgage rates.

Home sales will remain strong because all the fundamentals remain rock solid. Long-term rates are falling, inflation is falling and employment remains strong.

These things are tools. Is a chainsaw a good thing or a bad thing? If you're cutting down a stand of trees, it's a good thing. If you accidentally chop off your finger, it's a bad thing.

It's critically important that people understand and know what their what their credit score is, ... Even if you're not going to buy a home for a year or two, you need to talk to a mortgage banker you trust. They're going to pull what's called a tri-merged credit report.

That land is worth more than it was two or three years ago.

It's a wide, wide world and you are surrounded by in large, even in the harried times in which we live, you are surrounded by nature. And guess what? We are not we are certainly different than the eagles but in fact, we are as dependant on mother earth as are they.