This website is designed to help you buy and sell real estate – homes, land, multifamily investment and commercial properties in the Capital District –Albany County , Rensselaer County, Schenectady County , Saratoga County and Washington County. On the left sign of the page are links to help you connect to information that will be useful to you. On the right side of the page are pictures of recent listings and links to those properties and similar properties. To search more systematically read the text below. 

The site covers the following topics:

• The Capital District – Its Location, Towns, Schools
• Listing In The Capital District Real Estate Market
• Finding Capital District Property for You
• Negotiating The Purchase of Capital District Real Estate
• Going to Contract On Capital District Real Estate
• Inspections, Mortgages, Renegotiation
• Closing on Capital District Real Estate

THE CAPITAL DISTRICT – ITS LOCATION, TOWNS, SCHOOLS 

New York's Capital District, also known as the Capital Region or Capital Land, refers to the counties surrounding the City of Albany: Albany, Schenectady , Rensselaer , Washington and Saratoga.

The Capital District was first settled by the Dutch in the early 17th century and came under British control in 1664. Albany has been the permanent capital of the state of New York since 1797. The Capital District is notable for many historical and industrial events, including the battle of saratoga and the albany plan of union. Many multinational corporations were founded in the Capital District including New York Central Railroad, American express, General Electric, American Locomotive Company and International Paper. For further info, consult: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_District.

The Capital District serves as primary residence and second home destination to almost 400,000 individuals. The breakdown for population, housing, household income and per capita income are set forth below.

Major employers in the Albany area include the State of New York, General Electric, the U.S. Government, Albany Medical Center, St. Peter's Health Care Service, Northeast Health, Verizon, the County of Albany, Stewart's Ice Cream Company, KAPL, Inc., Key Corp., Empire Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Albany City School District, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, the City of Albany and Seton Health System.

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