Ways Real Estate Agents Must Navigate the New Market Reality Across New Jersey, a major shift is taking place in the housing market—one that every real estate agent needs to recognize, understand, and adapt to. The moderately priced single-family home, once the entry...

The Erasure of the Middle Class in Real Time Property taxes in New Jersey are paid at the local level and fund the infrastructure of daily life — roads, libraries, local government, and most significantly public schools, which account for 52% of the average property...

 Homeowners Are Paying More  There is a financial principle that has governed American investment law for decades — you do not pay taxes on gains you have not realized. If your stock portfolio doubles in value but you have not sold a single share, the government...

Putting the Best Practices To Work At Counsellors Title Agency, we recommend these precautions: Before Wiring Funds • Verify wire instructions by phone using a trusted number • Confirm recipient name and account details • Ask if instructions have changed • Be...

Buying or selling a home in today’s market involves more than negotiating price and signing paperwork. It also requires a knowledge of the potential ways that 'bad players' seek to intercept wire transfers and title access. Such growing threats are now expanding to...

Hudson County Single Family Homes for February Key Metrics       2025       2026     Change New Listings       107         102      – 4.7% Closed Sales       51           40       – 21.6% DOM*                  38           41       + 7.9% Median PX       $604K   ...

Bergen County Single Family Homes for March Key Metrics         2025       2026     Change New Listings        619         622     + 0.5% Closed Sales       300        317     +  5.7% DOM*                   38         47     + 23.7% Median PX        $823K    $851K   ...

This Week's Title Wise Newsletter  

  Where to Watch for Opportunity: This is where your “attention muscle” comes in. The opportunity isn’t just “film is growing.” —It’s where that growth touches housing. Areas Near Studio Development • Fort Monmouth • Bayonne • Newark These are not just...

Opportunities Like This Are Rare  While much of the country is seeing a slowdown in film and television production, one state is quietly moving in the opposite direction: New Jersey. Filming activity across the U.S. declined in the first quarter of the year, with...

Not So Fast AI – Part 4 Where AI analysis can go wrong: • Inaccurate property records feed into flawed valuation outputs — garbage in, garbage out • AI can produce confident-sounding estimates for properties with limited comparable sales data, where confidence isn't...

Morris and Middlesex Counties Morris County Single Family Homes for March Key Metrics       2025       2026     Change New Listings       439        423        – 3.6% Closed Sales      228        191     – 16.2% DOM*                   36          33       – 8.3%...