Title Insurance Premiums Hit Record $26 Billion

Record Premiums in 2021 Title insurance premiums for 2021 skyrocketed to $26.2 billion, representing a 35.9% increase over 2020 premiums. The $19.2 billion generated in 2020 was also one of the biggest years ever. The income for the industry also soared by 33.4%...

Mortgage Apps Hit 22-Year Low

  Inflation, inventory, and higher prices are creating a bottleneck for new home buyers to step into this fluid real estate market. According to the Mortgage Bankers Association, mortgage application volume fell for the week of June 3rd by 6.5%, representing the...

June is National Homeownership Month

Truly, homeownership is one of these American phenomena. Mortgages only became generally available after the U.S. banking system came into being after the 1860s through the National Bank Acts. Another milestone was reached when Congress passed the Fair Housing Act of...

Union and Essex County Sales

Union & Essex Counties  Union County Single Family Homes for April Key Metrics       2021       2022     Change New Listings       661         563     – 14.8% Closed Sales      387         349     – 9.8% DOM*                   38           33      – 13.2% Median...