New manager at Houlihan in Katonah

Houlihan Lawrence has announced that Brendon DeSimone, manager of its office serving Bedford and Pound Ridge, also will be managing the company”™s office in Katonah. Houlihan Lawrence has 66 agents in its Bedford/Pound Ridge office and 43 in Katonah.

Katonah manager Roselyn Harburger is retiring after 17 years with the company. 

In DeSimone”™s first year as manager in Bedford/Pound Ridge, sales volume rose 15 percent and the office went from No. 9 to No. 6 in sales volume among all Houlihan Lawrence offices. 

“Northern Westchester, unlike the rest of the county, is still catching up from the 2008 housing market collapse,” DeSimone said. “High demand and our lack of inventory should eventually lead to higher prices.”

DeSimone writes a weekly syndicated real estate column and has been a featured guest on Bloomberg, CNBC and ABC”™s “Good Morning America” among others.