POUGHKEEPSIE – The City of Poughkeepsie housing market has seen “appreciable improvements in the key metrics of ‘number of sales’ and ‘time-on-market’,” Mayor Robert Rolison said on Monday.
“Local housing sales data is a leading economic indicator for us and clearly a robust local housing market is important news for our homeowners and taxpayers who have seen values decline significantly over the last 10 years,” the mayor said.
Rolison said city officials are keeping local real estate professionals up-to-date regularly and listening to their ideas and concerns.
“Improving access to information, streamlining application processes, and making local government easier to work with are all important objectives at City Hall,” he said, pointing to planned improvements to the city’s water and sewer plants, the city’s investment in the police and fire departments, and in the sanitation division.
Sandy Tambone of the Mid-Hudson Multiple Listing service said, “There is growing optimism on the part of sellers, and increasing interest on the part of buyers and clearly the city is an increasingly attractive market.”
