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Happy Holidays!

12-21-08
Carol Culkin
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With Warm Wishes for a New Year Filled with Joy and Prosperity.

have a safe and joyous holiday season...

Carol Culkin

Associate Broker ABR, SRES

Houlihan Lawrence Dutchess County, New York
845.227.4400 Ext. 358
cculkin@houlihanlawrence.com

Dutchess County News: Carol Culkin Joins Houlihan Lawrence

12-11-08
Carol Culkin

I am excited to announce that I have joined Houlihan Lawrence Realty

Houlihan Lawrence is #1 for Westchester, Putnam and Dutchess Real Estate.

We are the area's largest independently owned company with 34 offices and over 1000 agents focused on Westchester County, Putnam County and Dutchess County.

When you list your home with one of our top sales professionals, you will receive the best there is to offer in customer service throughout the entire transaction. No one sells more area homes than Houlihan Lawrence.

We have a full service website showing 100% of all Westchester and Putnam Real Estate MLS listings in New York. We have an award-winning Relocation division marketing your home nationwide. With 34 offices throughout Westchester County, Putnam County and Dutchess County, your listing will be serviced by a branch office in or near your community.

Houlihan Lawrence is a Licensed New York Real Estate Broker specializing in Putnam, Dutchess and Westchester Counties.

Houlihan Lawrence Realty, Trust, Integrity For Over 100 Years.

Dutchess County - Christmas Holdiay Family Fun

12-06-08
Carol Culkin

Now, here is a one of a kind family holiday event! The 4th annual Holiday Spirit Festival is like no other event in Dutchess County, offering your family a place to make new memories and relive old ones. Come enjoy some good old fashioned fun and make the Holiday Spirit Festival a truly magical family holiday experience!

Fun for all ages include: Santa's Workshop and an opportunity to visit with the jolly old guy, Jingle and Jangle - the comical elves, Winter Wonderland - a walk through tunnel of animated scenes and magical places, Journey of the Gingerbread Boy© in the all new giant Candy Castle, The Lionel Polar Express indoor train and village display, Feliz Navidad display of Christmas in Mexico.

For More info click here http://holidayspiritfestival.com/index.html

Bowdoin Park 85 Shaefe Rd. Wappingers Falls, NY

children 2-10 $6.00 Adults  $10.00

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Poughkeepsie - Holiday Entertainment

11-25-08
Carol Culkin

Scrooge returns to the Bardavon 1869 Opera House for another holiday tradition in Poughkeepsie! A Christmas Carol, by Charles Dickens - is one of the most popular and enduring Christmas stories of all time! Ebenezer Scrooge, a mean old miser, is given a second chance to do right after being haunted by three ghosts on Christmas Eve in this Dickens classic. Sunday December 7, 2008 3:00 pm.

Purchase your tickets in person at the Bardavon Box Office, 35 Market Street, Poughkeepsie: (845) 473-2072 $34 Adult, $31 Senior/Student, $28 Member

Bardavon 1869 Opera House
35 Market St.
Poughkeepsie, NY 12601

http://www.bardavon.org/ev_dir/sub_preview.php?id=34

The Bardavon

Perhaps Prices Might Just Stop Falling!

11-24-08
Carol Culkin

Buyers! Here you have it! ...Do you think home prices might continue to fall? Well, nobody can predict this, not even the leading analysts. Are you willing to wait and take a chance? I am providing some fascinating statistics from the Mid-Hudson MLS. Just look at the average prices - this year, compared to last!

You decide....

Perhaps prices might not fall much more, maybe soon we'll start to see the market bottom out. If you wait too long the prices could go up. Nobody really knows for sure. But, maybe it's time to stop guessing and start recognizing the value in today's market! There's never been a better time to buy a home in Dutchess County!

OCTOBER 2007 OCTOBER 2008 YEAR CHANGE

Current Average Selling Price

403,797

305,897

24.2%

Y-T-D Average Selling Price

404,700

357,056

11.8%

Current Median Selling Price

345,000

275,000

20.3%

SMART INVESTORS RECOGNIZE A VALUE WHEN THEY SEE ONE!

SMART INVESTORS TRUST THEIR INSTINCTS! Carol Culkin, Associate Broker
www.dutchesshomefinder.com Century 21 Anita Ferri Realty
845-297-7707 ext 39
845-430-6543 cell phone