Capital Region housing market lucrative for sellers, tough for buyers | The Daily Gazette
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June 6, 2021
Robert Szymczak sits outside his late father s house on Lake Hill Road in East Glenville on Wednesday, June 2, 2021. The house sold for more than asking price just three days after going on the market.
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In the words of a veteran Realtor: “COVID has made ‘home’ more important than it ever was.”
This, and the circumstances surrounding COVID, have lit a fire under the Capital Region housing market, where houses are selling much more quickly and for much more money than before the pandemic.
“Selling was kind of a crazy experience,” said Emily Paulsen, formerly of Delmar. “We actually had people driving past our house 30 minutes after it was listed.” The money in the eventual sale deal was great but the stress was high.
Places and Spaces By Leigh Hornbeck on May 26, 2021 at 11:28 AM
7 Spring Road, Schenectady (Glenville) Photo by MHF Photography)
This week’s selection is a gorgeous stone mansion with one glaring flaw: the replacement windows. I’d love to see a picture of the house with its original windows.
Built in 1911, the house at
7 Spring Roadin Glenville (Schenectady address) was designed by the famous and prolific Marcus T. Reynolds, known for the former D&H Railroad building at the bottom of State Street in Albany, now the SUNY administrative building. Each bedroom has its own balcony. The house is 4,648 square feet and sits on 17 acres ribboned with a brook and stone walls. There are wood floors throughout the house, antique chandeliers, six bedrooms and three and a half bathrooms, all updated, as is the kitchen. French doors open onto a large flag stone veranda supported by square columns. Three steps lead to an in-ground pool. There are extensive gardens on t