Skaneateles Real Estate - October's Bright Blue Update

What a gorgeous month to live in Central New York!  Last weekend the boys and Alex and Rachel came up (aka ARLO) for a whirlwind 48 hours.  We started at Tim's Pumpkin Patch as we had last year - a slightly shorter drive (they made it in 4 hours!) and a very active, much-needed break.  Liam and Papa went on the hayride out into the fields; Ollie and I checked out the goats.  Both boys played in the barn with other kids. The rest of the weekend Bob and I took them as much as possible into our woods and out into the cornfields behind.  We also apple-picked with good friend Robin.  A glorious weekend!  Much thanks to Gary at Rosalie's for helping Alex and Rachel to celebrate her birthday Sunday night, too!

But what is happening in Skaneateles?  Currently there are only 82 single family listings in the Skaneateles area of the multiple listing service.  Of these, 28 are in the Village and 11 (only!) are considered waterfront. As mentioned last time, this is a disparity rarely seen.  Certainly at this time of year more waterfront should have appeared, and fewer Village homes should still be available.

Ten are new listings (actually only one of these is a re-list).  Five are in the Village and one is waterfront. There are 35 properties waiting to close or at least under contract.  Fifteen of these are new since my last update of September 20th.  Three are Village and one is waterfront.  (I love it when the numbers are consistent and form a consistent pattern!)

And for the grand news:  There are 100 sold and closed single family homes so far this year.  As of the 15th, when I compiled these stats, that was the number.  How much fun is that!  Should all the under contract homes close by the end of the year - and that's a reasonable assumption even with the new mortgage rules and regs - it will have been a record year for Skaneateles.  But hey - there's still time to add another home! May I suggest 24 State Street?  You could be in by Dickens!