Hartsdale, NY

Hartsdale, New York is a Hamlet in the Town of Greenburgh located mid-Westchester County. Hartsdale is a 35 minute train ride on Metro-North to New York City or you can take an Express Bus. Because of its' central location it is 5 minutes to White Plains with world class shopping and restaurants, 5 minutes to the Village of Scarsdale with boutiques and sidewalks. During the month of October, 2008 here is what is going on with the real estate market.

Active Listings- the lowest price is $349,000 for a 2 bedroom, 1 and a half bath 913 sq ft house and the highest price is $,1372,000 for a 5 bedroom 5 bath, 5000 sq ft house on 1.6 acres.

Averages for Active Listings :
Single Family $661,934 2106 sq ft 128 days on market
Condominiums $390,205 1282 103
Co-Ops $226,153 971 97

46 Active Single Family Homes
20 Condominiums
49 Co-Ops

Sold Listings -averages
Single Family 3# $889,667 2516 sq ft 239 days on market
Condominiums 6 $424,564 1504 183
Co-Ops 7 $213,471 988 192

Cab Calloway lived in Greenburgh, New York on Knollwood Road. His daughter and family are trying to repurchase the familyhome and turn it into a museum. In case you don't know who Cab Calloway is here is a segment from Wikipedia and a You Tube clip of him performing. From the Journal News today:

"The family sold the Greenburgh home after Calloway died in 1994 and has since begun a fundraising campaign to reacquire and renovate it. Calloway's daughter, Ceceila Lael Calloway, will hold a small gathering for friends and family with live music there Sunday to raise money for the Cab Calloway Music, Arts, and Cultural Preservation Foundation"

Cabell "Cab" Calloway III (December 25, 1907 – November 18, 1994) was a famous American jazz singer and bandleader. Calloway was a master of energetic scat singing and led one of the United States' most popular African American big bands from the start of the 1930s through the late 1940s. Calloway's Orchestra featured performers that included trumpeters Dizzy Gillespie and Adolphus "Doc" Cheatham, saxophonists Ben Webster and Leon "Chu" Berry, New Orleans guitar ace Danny Barker, and bassist Milt Hinton. Calloway continued to perform until his death in 1994 at the age of 86.

The following are for zip code 10530 which is for Hartsdale, New York. There are currently 59 active single family houses on the market. The lowest price is $405,000. 3 Houses are pending. 9 co-op's sold.

Active

Average price is $755,923
Median price is $625,000
Average days on the market is 107

Sold

10 Sold in August
Lowest price was $425,000
Highest price was $1,680,000
Average price was $743,500
Median price was $595,000
153 average days on the market

These are all the sold homes through the Westchester Putnam Multiple Listing Service.

Sold homes in the Greenburgh School District, Hartsdale Post Office

If you are thinking of buying or selling a home in Hartsdale or White Plains, I would love to help.

Hartsdale is a wonderful little Hamlet in the town of Greenburgh, NY with a population of about 10,000.

The first house I ever sold was in Hartsdale, and I have always enjoyed the Hamlet. The commute to Grand Central Station in NYC is about half an hour and the train station is on the Scarsdale border, so the trains in this moderately priced community are shared by Scarsdale residents.

The things that I love about Hartsdale are numerous.

• The convenience as a bedroom community of NYC
• The village feeling in the area around the train station.
• The Saturday morning farmer's market.
• The condos and co-ops along E. Hartsdale ave.
• The reasonable priced starter homes
• The Greenburgh Town Park
• Hartsbrook, The old Gillette Estate, now a park
• The Elegant Tudors and Colonials of Manor Woods.

This is a wonderful community just South of Bustling White Plains with Central Ave. shopping running right through the middle.

The single family homes range from $410,000 to $1,569,000 right now.

The Condos range from $270,000 to $729,000

The Co-ops range from $117,000 to $369,000

Hope you are enjoying the wonderful spring weather.

All the best!

Kevin