A Championship House Hunt in Westchester County for the New York Knicks 🏆

We’re back like the NBA Champion New York Knicks! 🏀

I took a brief hiatus to rebuild the website behind this newsletter (there’s a ton of free tools now), but managing 11 sales, 136 home tours, and a few minor heart attacks during the Knicks extraordinary playoff run, pushed the build timeline back a bit.

Now that you know where I’ve been, let’s get back to it with this New York Knicks inspired edition of the Ragetté Report.

Trivia: Which Knicks player has 19 dogs? Find out below

Here’s Today’s Topics:

House Hunting with the Champs
$1 Million Starter Homes
Vanessa Williams Accepts an Offer on her Estate
Mortgage Rates Hit Lowest Level in Over a Month

Westchester County House Hunting for the Knicks 🏆

The Knicks just won the NBA Finals, drenched the Larry O’Brien Trophy in champagne, and celebrated with a parade through the Canyon of Heroes (I was there, and it was insane). Now that the confetti has settled, there’s only one move left: call me, of course, and find a new home in Westchester County!

Here are a few options I would suggest for the champs:

Country Club Living on Five Acres, Purchase

Gated entry, manicured grounds, a custom brick Colonial, in one of Westchester’s most coveted communities. Inside: formal entertaining rooms, library, designer kitchen, primary suite with dual baths, steam shower, wellness area, gym, game room, wine and tasting room, golf simulator space, and summer kitchen. Outside: heated pool and spa, stone waterfall, pavilion with outdoor kitchen, pizza oven, basketball court, pond, and putting green.

Josh Hart.

The space is social, practical, and a little chaotic in the best way. Basically, a compound for the Knicks’ ultimate glue guy.

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The Daymark at Edge-on-Hudson, Sleepy Hollow

A newly built condo with Hudson River views and five-star amenities. Think rooftop pool overlooking the river, spa, yoga studio, movie screen room, lounge, library, community kitchen, fire pit, barbecue area, and concierge service — all within the larger Edge-on-Hudson community, just steps from the waterfront promenade.

Mikal Bridges.

It has the calm, connected feel that suits Bridges perfectly: adaptable and quietly high-level, just like his game.

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Gated Estate with Indoor and Outdoor Pools, Bedford

A private compound. Inside: 6 bedrooms, grand entertaining spaces, 20-foot family room with floor-to-ceiling stone fireplace, formal dining room, renovated chef’s kitchen, teak office/library, media room, elevator, and a primary suite with fireplace, sitting room, enclosed porch, and dual dressing rooms. Outside: pool and spa, air-conditioned pool house with full kitchen and bath, indoor pool and spa, clay tennis court, stone terraces, gated entry, and turnkey updates throughout.

Karl-Anthony Towns.

It’s big, polished, private, and built for someone who likes comfort at an All-NBA scale.

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High Above the Hudson with Views of NYC, Croton-on-Hudson

This architectural masterpiece offers nearly 7,900 square feet of soaring ceilings, floor-to-ceiling glass, terraces, and seamless living spaces create a quiet but dramatic retreat. Upstairs, five ensuite bedrooms include a primary suite with 28-foot ceilings, two full baths, and oversized walk-in closets. The garden level adds a gym, media room, recreation room, cabanas, entertainment kitchen, covered terrace, and private pool.

OG Anunoby.

Total calm. 14 acres of space to recover and reset. A work of art for a player who makes winning plays without ever begging you to notice.

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Stone Manor in Wrights Mill Estate, Armonk

Set on nearly three gated acres this hand-cut stone manor brings serious stature with more than 12,000 square feet of classic architecture, refined entertaining spaces, a private wellness level, club-style lower level, guest wing, pool, spa, terraces, and eight garage bays. It’s grand without feeling chaotic, luxurious without losing purpose, and built for someone who leads the room the second he walks in.

Jalen Brunson.

It has franchise-player energy and captain-level polish: composed, commanding, and unmistakably refined.

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Ralph’s Take

If any of you are friends with any of the Knicks, please feel free to forward them this newsletter. 😉 Just know that a few years ago, I received a call from a now-former member of the team about a listing, and the conversation was roughly 20% real estate, 80% basketball. I think I’m ready for a very small role on the Westchester Knicks coaching staff.

Westchester Weekly Market Tracker 📈

Coming Soon: 21 ↓-10
New Listings: 225 ↓-15
Price Reductions: 105 ↑+37
Pending Sales: 195 ↓-35
Closed Sales: 165 ↓-25

↝ See my projections for the next 4 weeks

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Starter Homes Hit $1M in 242 Cities — 63 in NY Metro

The Knicks set a few records during their postseason run, including hitting the most three-pointers ever in a single playoff game with 25. Unfortunately for homebuyers, Zillow is reporting that the housing market just set a record of its own: 242 U.S. cities now have starter homes valued at $1 million or more. That’s nearly triple the 80 cities that reached that mark before the pandemic.

The typical U.S. starter home is worth $198,649, up 1.7% YoY.
California leads with 105 cities, followed by New York (41) and New Jersey (26).
26% million-dollar starter-home cities are in the New York metro area (63).

Ralph’s Take

Zillow isn’t talking about luxury homes here. They define a “starter home” as one in the lowest third of local home values, which makes the numbers even crazier. They points to the obvious culprits: pandemic-era price gains, persistent housing shortages, and limited new construction in high-demand markets. Prices ran up quickly, supply never caught up, and the most desirable markets became even harder to break into. That doesn’t mean buying is impossible, but it does mean buyers have to be more strategic than ever.