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Section 8 housing, Low-income housing, Affordable housing, Mixed income housing, Working class housing!. Changing the name doesn’t change the outcome. Politicians, Developers keep changing the name of the housing in the hopes that the public won’t notice that they all mean the same thing. Some are going as...
Oswego County real estate: 10 most expensive homes sold, April 6-12
A house in Granby that sold for $285,000 tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Oswego County in the past week. In total, 16 residential real estate sales were recorded in the county during the past week, with an average price of $127,188, $87 per square foot.
Oswego neighbors frustrated after an increase in property taxes
OSWEGO, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Homeowners in the City of Oswego are fired up after finding out their home assessments will skyrocket. Frustrations are fuming in the city of Oswego. “If I have to choose between feeding my family and paying my mortgage, that’s an easy choice,” said Gary Thompson, a neighbor in the City of […]
‘I almost fell out of the chair’: Oswego residents fire back over property evaluations
OSWEGO, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Oswego homeowners had Monday’s Common Council meeting circled on their calendars for the last week. Neighbors have been receiving astronomical property assessment value increases in the mail. Click here if you are an Oswego resident and want to grieve your assessment “My house assessment went from $175,000 to $328,000. A $153,000 […]
House of the Week: Owner has run her Merriam Vincent Guest House at this ‘perfect’ Oswego house
OSWEGO, N.Y. – No sooner had Joy Vincent-Moody crossed the threshold of the Italianate style home at 124 East Third Street in Oswego, in 2018, she knew it was perfect. The Tupper Lake native had dreamed for years of opening her own bed and breakfast and this six-bedroom house, built in 1850, seemed just right.
Developer proposes a 170-apartment complex in Lysander with views of Seneca River
Lysander, NY — An Onondaga County developer wants to build 170 higher-end apartments overlooking the Seneca River in the Radisson community. Robert Shanahan of Greentree Realty Capital LLC is proposing to construct 17 three-story apartment buildings at 8850 River Road in the Radisson planned unit development in Lysander. If...
House of the Week: Seller made it her ‘personal mission’ to save one of Onondaga County’s last octagon homes
PLAINVILLE, N.Y. – Since her childhood, after her family made the short move from Baldwinsville to Plainville in the late 1980s, Katie Rice Allen has been enamored with the small hamlet’s most interesting house. She “loves all the little stuff about” the Octagon House at 8012 Plainville Road....
$847.5K home in Lysander: See 115 home sales in Onondaga County this week
The Onondaga County Clerk’s office registered 115 home sales during the week of November 27 through December 1. The most expensive home sold was a 6-bedroom, 4-full and 2-half bath colonial on 6.71 acres in the Town of Lysander that sold for $847,500 according to Onondaga County real estate records. (See photos of the home)
Report: Mortgage rates continue to rise, but home sales fall
ROCHESTER, N.Y. (WROC) — A new report shows that interest rates continue to go up as home sales keep dropping. According to the latest report from the New York State Association of REALTORS, interest rates on a 30-year fixed mortgage peaked in October at 7.79%, higher than the 7.20 average in September. In terms of […]
Oswego rises to challenge of housing shortage with thoughtful solutions (Your Letters)
Oswego is raising the bar for high-quality affordable housing production in Upstate New York and setting an example of how municipalities can address New York’s housing crisis and support some of the community’s most vulnerable. Recent projects in the city are exactly the kind of investment we need, especially as housing demand shifts from the downstate region.
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