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WESTCHESTER: BEST PLACES TO LIVE
From The Big Apple to the Golden Apple
The relocation boom from New York City to Westchester is still going strong. Here’s why so many are finding Westchester County to be the best place to live.
On the banks of the Hudson River, Peekskill offers natural beauty and a thriving arts scene.
Westchester is hot! Driven largely by the ongoing impact of the coronavirus, Westchester County has continued to see an incredible influx of buyers from Manhattan and Brooklyn seeking shelter in the suburbs.
The exodus started shortly after the initial lockdown began in 2020, when many city families with the means to do so hightailed it out of their urban dwellings and flooded the rental market for homes in Westchester and the Hudson Valley. As the lockdown persisted throughout
most of 2020 and virus-related concerns lingered throughout 2021, the real estate market in Westchester remained intense, with limited inventory and bidding wars becoming the new norm.
“We saw a lot of interest in suburban and rural spaces; anything, even up to two hours away from Manhattan, became desirable,” notes Scott Elwell, principal at the SOE Team with Douglas Elliman Real Estate.
The pandemic and its impacts shifted buyers into a new sense of urgency, adds Dawn Knief, licensed real estate salesperson with Compass in Scarsdale.
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