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The Hamptons Real Estate

With the recent onset of many foreclosures in the real estate market, and the total chaos of the stock market, one might think that the Hamptons Real Estate market would be bearing its own brunt of problems. The Hamptons, however, are as alive and thriving as ever. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that a small collection of wealthy people are paying large premiums in order to have their homes erected in an astoundingly short time. One house, which boasted a 10,000 square foot living area, is expected to be built in 10 months or less. This makes it very evident that the Hamptons Real Estate market is thriving possibly better than it ever has. Whatever problems that the general real estate market seems to be having, is apparently not evident in the Hamptons. Many would-be home owners are finally beginning to realize that the real estate bubble is not going to burst any time soon.
Most buyers in the the Hamptons Real Estate market are laying down more than 40% of the home’s price for a down payment. In fact, some home buyers buy for cash. All the depressing talk about the recent turmoil in the real estate market, the raging foreclosures, the dissolution of mortgage companies, added with the increasingly high interest rates, have set a gloomy perception to many of the current stability of the real estate market. However, home buyers are finally figuring out that the real estate market is not going to burst. After all, it hasn’t yet, and it probably never will.
The biggest question in the minds of people checking out the Hamptons Real Estate market is whether or not the market will hit bottom. In the second or third quarter of 2008, it is expected to be below that of 2007, and median prices by the end of 2007 are expected to fall by 2%. This will, indeed, fuel the onset of people who are looking to purchase their haven in the Hamptons.
Even with the pricing of homes in the Hamptons, many are still looking to get into the community, and pay the dues of living in this upscale area. The average price of a home is well over $1Million, and while that may seem extravagant to the rest of the country, it is at the bottom end of the price listing in the Hamptons. You know what they say, “As the rich get richer, the richer buy a home in the Hamptons.”

Susan Breitenbach
The Hamptons Real Estate

http://susanbreitenbach.com

The Hamptons Real Estate

With the recent onset of many foreclosures in the real estate market, and the total chaos of the stock market, one might think that the Hamptons Real Estate market would be bearing its own brunt of problems. The Hamptons, however, are as alive and thriving as ever. The Wall Street Journal recently reported that a small collection of wealthy people are paying large premiums in order to have their homes erected in an astoundingly short time. One house, which boasted a 10,000 square foot living area, is expected to be built in 10 months or less. This makes it very evident that the Hamptons Real Estate market is thriving possibly better than it ever has. Whatever problems that the general real estate market seems to be having, is apparently not evident in the Hamptons. Many would-be home owners are finally beginning to realize that the real estate bubble is not going to burst any time soon.
Most buyers in the the Hamptons Real Estate market are laying down more than 40% of the home’s price for a down payment. In fact, some home buyers buy for cash. All the depressing talk about the recent turmoil in the real estate market, the raging foreclosures, the dissolution of mortgage companies, added with the increasingly high interest rates, have set a gloomy perception to many of the current stability of the real estate market. However, home buyers are finally figuring out that the real estate market is not going to burst. After all, it hasn’t yet, and it probably never will.
The biggest question in the minds of people checking out the Hamptons Real Estate market is whether or not the market will hit bottom. In the second or third quarter of 2008, it is expected to be below that of 2007, and median prices by the end of 2007 are expected to fall by 2%. This will, indeed, fuel the onset of people who are looking to purchase their haven in the Hamptons.
Even with the pricing of homes in the Hamptons, many are still looking to get into the community, and pay the dues of living in this upscale area. The average price of a home is well over $1Million, and while that may seem extravagant to the rest of the country, it is at the bottom end of the price listing in the Hamptons. You know what they say, “As the rich get richer, the richer buy a home in the Hamptons.”

Susan Breitenbach
The Hamptons Real Estate

http://susanbreitenbach.com

Hamptons Real Estate

For the largest part of a century, Hamptons real estate has been a popular market for the rich and famous from near and far. The wonderful sandy beaches and country roads serve as a haven for rich and richer who are willing to pay large parts of their fortunes for homes in the prestigious Hamptons.
With the onslaught of the housing turmoil, and the booming foreclosures in practically every section of the country, you might think that the real estate market in the Hamptons would have suffered. That simply is not the case. More and more blue bloods are willing to lay down their large chunks of change for homes of phenomenal size and value, just for a chance to call this area home. Even with the problems in the real estate world this past year, the Hamptons, as well as a large part of Manhattan, did not falter in the market. It stands to reason that if the economy in Manhattan and New York City are doing well, then the high end market will do just as well. The high end market would definitely include the Hamptons real estate sector.
Even the rental market is thriving, as prices have jumped significantly on rental homes. Many of the elite choose to rent their summer home, and some of these homes rent for upwards of $200,000 for a 4,500 square foot home. There are some of the more extravagant homes that will bring in $750,000, but these are the exceptional homes, and are few. Of course, when rental prices climb that high, it makes much more sense to buy a home than to rent, and there are many people who are opting to buy their home in the Hamptons. Even with the general real estate problems, the Hamptons have been as crowded as ever.
What better way to spend your fortune than to invest in Hamptons real estate? After all, you must spend all that money somewhere, and there just really are not a lot of places to lay down over a million dollars at once. Retiring baby boomers are becoming a very popular group of homeowners as well. What better place to retire than in an upscale and quiet area of the country?

Harald Grant
Hamptons Real Estate

http://haraldgrant.com

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What are the costs of smokers in the workforce?
Smokers are estimated to cost UK businesses about £5 billion per year, however is this figure real and what are the costs for an individual business? Estimates have ranged from £400 to £1800 per smoker per year and higher.

Employer costs fall across a few simple categories:
Direct costs including: productivity costs due to extra sick leave due to smoking, productivity costs due to time taken for smoking breaks and increased health insurance premiums

Indirect costs including: Impact on customers with smokers representing your company, impact on other workers with smokers in the workplace, increased fire risk, impact on general company image and loss of key personnel through illness or death

Individual Costs
Of course the individual has costs too – not only the cost of buying cigarettes, which for an average smoker adds up to about £1800/year, but also for an average £676/year for  additional costs like increased insurance, breath freshners, dry cleaning, special toothpastes etc. So over 40 years of smoking an average smoker will easily go through £100,000 without taking inflation into account!

Hidden Costs: Lost Opportunities
However it is the hidden cost of lost opportunity that is biggest story here. Employers lose out not only on the direct costs of estimated 25-40 minutes per day that an average smokers takes in extra break - but the lost productivity will drag the business down. Employers expect a return on investment of several times the cost of hiring someone, so if smokers on the workforce are losing 30 minutes a day in productivity it will have a significant impact in terms of lost business opportunities. Similarly individuals lose opportunities in terms of time, money, professionaly and socially.

Effective Solutions
Willpower and cold turkey are effective for about 6% of the time. Nicotine gum and patches will roughly double your chances to 12%. Drugs like Buproprion and Champix raise your chances to 16%-22%. But if you really want to stop then hypnosis to stop or quit smoking is probably the most effective with success rates of 28% up to 80%.

Modern Clinical Hypnosis
However there are many different types of hypnosis. The most modern approach, which has been well studied and also ties in with modern cognitive psychology, uses a package of techniques based on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Hypnosis. Research shows these modern approaches to hypnotherapy for stopping smoking reach success rates of 60% to 80%. Some therapists practicing hypnotherapy in London claim success rates of 95%. Unfortunately these are likely to prove highly optimistic. It is not quite this easy. As Mark Twain said “Giving up smoking is easy. I know because I have done it thousands of times.”