Consumer Confidence Remains High

A number of recent indexes confirm that confidence levels in future economic prospects remains very strong. The Survey of Consumers conducted by the University of Michigan for July indicates that despite the fact that this figure is 10.1 index points below its January...

Pending Home Sales Climbs in June

National Association of Realtors reported that the Pending Home Sales Index, a forward-looking indicator based on contract signings, increased 1.5% in June to 110.2, up from the upwardly revised 108.6 in May. The PHSI in the Northeast inched forward 0.7% to 98.0 in...

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...