A number of Florida’s home insurance carriers have reduced or ceased offering new homeowners insurance policies in Florida recently. Key examples include Farmers Insurance, Bankers Insurance, and Lexington Insurance, a subsidiary of AIG, who have all voluntarily...

Hudson County Single Family Homes for June Key Metrics         2024       2025     Change New Listings        111          110     – 0.9% Closed Sales        51           48     – 5.9% DOM*                    230        36     + 20.0% Median PX        $615K    $707K ...

The financial pressure from high property taxes appears to be taking its toll on Garden State homeowners. A recent study by Property Shark revealed a troubling 23% year-over-year increase in first-time foreclosures across the 12 New Jersey counties in the metropolitan...

Despite Recent Declines, Rent Remains Out of Reach for Many Americans After more than a year of declining rental prices, many Americans might expect some relief from the housing affordability crisis. Unfortunately, the reality is more complex. While rents have indeed...

Bergen and Passaic Counties Bergen County Single Family Homes for June Key Metrics         2024       2025     Change New Listings        742          718     – 3.2% Closed Sales        527        507     – 3.8% DOM*                    29         27     – 6.9% Median...

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From Sandcastle to Bedrock: Leveraging New Jersey's Own Assets Like a sandcastle at high tide, New Jersey's current fiscal foundation crumbles with each economic wave. But rebuilding requires more than just copying other states' playbooks. Benchmarks from fiscally...

Where Real Economic Liquidity Exists It's not going to be summer forever, and New Jersey leaders need to see this an act.  The cost of living in this state is becoming untenable for middle class families.  To move beyond a sandcastle economy, New Jersey needs leaders...

by: Anthony DiMaio  Some economies look impressive from a distance—polished, intricate, even admired by onlookers. But up close, their foundations tell a different story. They are built on sand. And sand, no matter how carefully shaped, is the least stable of all...

Two Earthquakes, Two Responses Recently, New Jersey experienced a mild 3.0 earthquake. No one was hurt, and no damage was reported. Mother Nature reminded us that some forces are beyond our control—geological shifts that we must simply endure and recover from. But...

Second Quarter 2025 Prepared for Counsellors Title Insurance Agency Serving Toms River, New Jersey and Surrounding Communities Market Sentiment Rebounds Strongly The commercial real estate finance sector is experiencing a remarkable turnaround, according to the latest...

Morris and Middlesex Counties Morris County Single Family Homes for June Key Metrics       2024       2025     Change New Listings       486        514     + 5.8% Closed Sales      372        374     + 0.5% DOM*                 23          23        0.0% Median PX   ...