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OPEN HOUSE at The Legends! Sunday, August 14th between 1-4pm.

Categories: Available Homes, Energy Star, Home Buying, Open House, Rieger Homes, The Legends, Uncategorized | Posted: August 12, 2011

A NEW HOME at The Legends is waiting just for you!  Come and visit us at The Legends at Beekman Country Club in Hopewell Junction, New York This Sunday, August 14th between 1-4 pm.  You could be living in this gorgeous home in only 60 days!

This 4 bedroom, 2 ½ bath, 2800+ sf Energy Star qualified home resides on 1+ acres.  It includes such great features as formal living & dining rooms and eat-in kitchen with granite countertops, center island with overhang for stools and stainless steel appliances.  The welcoming family room boasts a gas fireplace while the spacious master bedroom showcases a luxurious master bathroom with tiled shower, two grand walk-in closets and private sitting room.  It surprises you with an added touch of metal spindles combined with wood handrail on the main staircase.  Relax on the front porch overlooking in the breathtaking mountain vistas.   

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If Sunday does not work for you, please contact The Legends to schedule your private showing. The Legends

The Mayfair on Homesite 197 - ViewsThe Mayfair on Homesite 197 - ViewsRieger Homes is your Dutchess County new home builder of choice.  We have been a leading home builder in the Mid-Hudson Valley for over 50 years.  A family owned company under its second generation of leadership, we are committed to building a successful relationship between our family of professionals and your family.  Our goal is to assist you and your family in building a new home of your dreams.  We hope that your home purchase is an exciting and memorable event. If you already know your future neighborhood in Dutchess County, Orange County or Ulster County, New York, we would love to be your builder!  Please check out our beautiful neighborhoods and exciting homes and floor plans.  Happy home shopping!

NOW Is the Time to Buy a House! Here’s why…

Categories: Finance, Home Buying, Rieger Homes, Uncategorized | Posted: July 26, 2011

The Lenox Home Style, New England ElevationToday’s historically low mortgage rates are a prime reason why now is a great time to purchase a home.  Low interest rates make the cost of borrowing money very inexpensive.  Today’s low rates are not expected to last much longer, with interest rates expected to increase significantly when the economy in general improves.  There is no reason to wait to purchase your new home!

Many prospective purchasers are worried that home prices may not be at their absolute bottom, while most experts believe that the bottom is here or not far away.  But, timing the market is very difficult.  Prices are very low today and the interest rates are very low today.  Even if you do not catch the absolute bottom of the market, lower interest rates will more than offset the difference in purchase price, resulting in a lower monthly payment.  Now is the time to buy while you have a larger selection of homes to choose from.

In a special report titled “NOW Is the Time to Buy a House! Here’s why… “ published in the July 15th edition of Bottom Line/Personal, Mike Castleman, Sr., CEO and cofounder of Metrostudy, a company which maintains the largest database of housing market information in the U.S., writes, “Mortgage rates currently are so low that locking them in likely will offset any remaining real estate price declines, assuming that you intend to live in the home for five years or longer.  Let’s say you decide not to buy a home this year because you are afraid that real estate values will continue to decline… and let’s say you’re right, and prices drop by another 10%.  If today’s extremely low interest rates climb by just one percentage point, your monthly mortgage payment on a 30-year fixed-rate loan won’t be any lower despite the 10% lower purchase price.  If interest rates climb significantly more that one percentage point, your monthly mortgage payments will be higher – even if you are correct and home prices do continue to fall.”  Almost no one expects a 10% fall from today’s low prices, so the argument is very powerful.

Why put off the joy and contentment of homeownership?  NOW is the time to buy!

If you would like to read the full article, it can be found at NOW is the Time to Buy a House.

Rieger Homes is your Dutchess County new home builder and Orange County new home builder of choice.  We have been a leading home builder in the Mid-Hudson Valley for over 50 years.  A family owned company under its second generation of leadership, we are committed to building a successful relationship between our family of professionals and your family.  Our goal is to assist you and your family in building a new home of your dreams.  We hope that your home purchase is an exciting and memorable event. If you already know your future neighborhood in Dutchess County, Orange County or Ulster County, New York, we would love to be your builder!  Please check out our beautiful neighborhoods and exciting homes and floor plans.  Happy home shopping!