June Closed Sales Soar for Ocean and Monmouth

OCEAN    Single Family Ocean County June 2017 Metrics                2016     2017      Change New Listings      1,172    1,273      + 8.6% Closed Sales          746       821      + 10.1% Days to Close          85         80       – 5.9% Median Sales Px $287K $294K ...

The Rental Generation Part 2

Inventory Shortages Make 2017 The Year of the Seller CoreLogic reported that 2017 is having the best sales market since 2007. One unusual metric came from CoreLogic which reported that 23% of homes’ contract price sold above their listing price and 18% of homes sold...

The Rental Generation Part 1

The Number of Renters Grows By Over 7 Million According to the Pew Research Study, homeownership rate has fallen to about its 1994 level. This means that the number of renters has increased. Unfortunately for the renters, residential housing market value has only...

New Jersey Real Estate Red Hot

June Real Estate in New Jersey Although sales have been robust locally, there has been a general slowdown in sales across much of the country, and this cannot be blamed on negative economic news. Wage growth, though nothing to overly celebrate, has held steady or...

NJ Median Home Value Hits $305K

According to Zillow, the New Jersey median home value climbed to $305,400. Over the past 12 months, values have gone up 4.8% and they are projected to increase another 1.1% according to reports published on Zillow.  Zillow Home Value $305,400 4.8% 1-year change 1.1%...