Is Hudson Valley real estate entering a new era?

New Yorkers retreat to the Hudson Valley to escape the hustle and bustle of city life. They find refuge in the quieter expanses in a two-hour range of Manhattan, where drool-worthy properties aren’t glitzy high-rise condos, but quaint farmhouses, Victorian mansions and sprawling estates. Historically, the firms trading those properties were boutique mainstays that embrace the pace of small(er) town life.  Enter Serhant.  The five-year-old brokerage set up shop in the region in October with a 10-person team poached from Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices’ Hudson Valley franchise.  The then-four-year-old brokerage was relatively early among its New York City-born competitors in establishing […]This article originally appeared on The Real Deal. Click here to read the full story.