R.H. BLACKBURN & ASSOCIATES, Inc.,   REAL ESTATE
Main office:  17 Broad Street, Kinderhook, NY 12106
518 758-1788   Fax 518 758-6211  blackburn@berk.com 
Branch offices at Hudson, Catskill and Athens

The Real Estate Reports

The Real Estate Report is our monthly column on country living and the real estate market. Full of insights on how to understand the property market, assessments and taxes, fixing your home, how best to approach the purchase of a home, how to prepare to sell, and much more. It is available by email (see below) or you may pick up a copy of either Berkshire HomeStyle or Capital District HomeStyle magazines at many venues in our region.

Month	Title of column
February 2008	What value? Rational ways for sellers and buyers to estimate property value
January 2008	Thing  which go BANG in the night - the unexpected in property buying
December 2007	The Maze, A buyer's Primer for Purchasing Property
October 2007	Gardening for Dinner and Delight Part II
September 2007	Gardening for Dinner and Delight Part I
July 2007	Who is going where - and for what? Changes in Hudson Valley demographics and homestyles
June2007	Location, Location, Location,  Where you are is what you are
April 2007	Preservation, Restoration and the Muddling of Old Houses
March 2007	2006 Market Roundup
February 2007	Why Architecture Matters - How a house becomes a home
January 2007	Building a Better Way - Construction Management
November 2006	Whither this Market? - to wither?
October 2006	Pearls of Wisdom (finding or creating the ideal home, an architect's ideas)
September 2006	The Picturesque Gothic in the Hudson River Valley
August 2006	From the Broker's Perspective
July 2006	Period Homes, More Substance than Style
June 2006	Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics (what's really happened in the  local real estate market
May 2006	What's the beef? Grieving Tax Assessment
April 2006	Creating the Home
March 2006	Learning from Mistakes
February 2006	2005 Market Roundup
January 2006	What's Worth Fixing, What Pays?
December 2005	Meeting the Ideal Home
November 2005	New Market Trends
October 2005	Steps and Stones of Buying a Home
September 2005	Buyer's Primer
August 2005	Misconceptions in Buying or Selling property
July 2005	Property Taxation Issues
June 2005	Property Tax Assessments, the Issues
May 2005	Market Highlights 2004
April 2005	Market Trends 1968-2004
March 2005	Market Trends 1996-2004

If you would like to see future copies of the Real Estate Report you can pick up a copy of either Berkshire Home Style or Capital District Home Style at many convenient locations, issues are free. Or if you would like a copy emailed to you monthly, please add your name and address below.