I think most of the sellers are empty nesters while some are selling because of the high taxes,

Sat Jul 19 2008, 04:51

Dawn,

I find it funny how people who dont live in the area say the coomute is bad to NYC or the schools are bad. I live in the area and quite frankly I feel people in the area are trying to cash in abit. The commute by car to NYC is 1hr, by train is 35-40mins. The school district compared to other districts in the county holds its own and then some. The Taxes vary alot from town to town here but In Yorktown/ Yorktown Heights they are high which may be one reason. Another reason is right now we do have alot of the City Dwellers looking for a surburan area outside the city to live. Lower Westchester (north of Yonkers and White Plains) are prime area's yet very expensive price wise. If you go north of Upper Westchester (putnam/dutchess counties) you'll find good prices but yes more of a commute and very rural compared to the Yorktown area. Hence Yorktown and the Yorktown area between those two choices has the speculation to some as being the perfect choice. House prices are less then Lower Westchester and the Commute to NYC is much better then a Putnam or Dutchess county home. Plus the area has seen massive changes over the years. I moved here in 1995 on the weekends shops on the main drags (routes 6 and 202) used to shut down at 8pm :). Now you have Wal-Mart, BJ's Wholesale, etc etc etc the area is much more built up and vibrant just 10+ years removed.

Fri May 16 2008, 09:36

I noticed that there have been a lot of new constructions up in Yorktown. But the houses are not flying off the shelves because it's far from Manhattan and the school district is not the best in Westchester.

Sat Mar 15 2008, 20:29

Neighborhoods turnover together. You will see that areas were built up at the same time and generally like age groups had a tendency to move in. These people get to a certain age and start to downsize, or get to a certain age and look to move up.

Mon Jan 21 2008, 12:11