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The Way Escrow Works
To help minimize risks during real estate transactions, the escrow/settlement process was developed to protect the buyer, seller and lender. An escrow account is a temporary holding account that is managed by the escrow holders who is a neutral third party...
New Jersey Ranks as #1 State to Live In
New Jersey Ranks as #1 State to Live In https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UEfFMz8OcuY Most Affordable Alabama 47.52 1 West Virginia 2 Arkansas 3 Education & Health Massachusetts 1 Vermont 2 Connecticut 3 Minnesota 4 New Jersey 5 Safety New Jersey 1 New York 2 New...
Happy Father’s Day – from Counsellors Title Agency
History of Father's Day Father’s Day is celebrated annually on the third Sunday in June in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, India, and a number of other countries around the world. The first known Father’s Day service occurred at the Williams Memorial...
Single-Family Rental Prices Climb
Inventory shortages as well as price increases across the board nationwide are having their collateral impact upon rents for single-family homes. Across the nation, rents for single-family homes have jumped anywhere from 3.9% to 6.1%. The CoreLogic report that tracked...
Fewer Houses and Higher Rates Raise Prices
Initially, it was inventory shortages, and then it was labor shortages, and then it was building supply price increases, but when you come down to it, right now the biggest barrier to entry in this real estate market is inflation. The fed's decision to keep rates...
When Purchasing a Buildable Lot
A checklist when purchasing property without a building. In this kind of market some buyers are willing to purchase a buildable lot if they can't find a house that's right for them. Buildable lots have a different set of checklists that may not be necessary when...
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COVID and Shortages in Building Supplies and Inventory Create a Stressful Market
In many cases there is a great deal of panic out there, which is the result of a historic inventory shortage in the housing supply. Never before have inventory levels fallen into the levels of one month supply. And in addition, the interest rates are slowly creeping...
Future Sustainability of the Real Estate Market Part 2
Percent of Price Received More houses are selling above list price than at any other time since records have been kept on such data. In some cases and in some areas, homes are selling on average in 17 days. Some buyers were so anxious to flee their current urban...
Future Sustainability of Real Estate Market Part 1
Plummeting Inventory The scarcity of available existing homes for sale has been a matter of concern over the last three-and-a-half years. Ever since the housing crash of 2008, builders are highly wary of building before they have buyers in hand. Too many builders took...
Bergen and Passaic Counties April Sales
Bergen County Single Family Homes for April Key Metrics 2020 2021 Change New Listings 430 1,188 + 176.3% Closed Sales 425 637 + 49.9% DOM* 56 48 – 14.3% Median PX $550K $610K + 10.9% % of...
Union and Essex April Sales
Union County Single Family Homes for April Key Metrics 2020 2021 Change New Listings 291 653 + 124.4% Closed Sales 319 383 + 20.1% DOM* 52 37 – 28.8% Median PX $445K $460K + 3.4% % of...
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