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Halloween in New Jersey 2020

MONMOUTH COUNTY, New Jersey ALLENTOWN The Allentown Business Community Association has set “Witches Night Out 2020” for 5:30 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 29. This is a paid admission event. ASBURY PARK The city has scheduled a Halloween drive-thru event outdoors at city...

Morris & Middlesex Counties Sales

Morris County   Single Family Homes for September Key Metrics        2019    2020     Change New Listings        772      809     + 4.8% Closed Sales       390      612     + 56.9% DOM*                  58        51       - 12.1% Median PX       $445K   $516K     +...

Essex and Union County Sales

Essex County   Single Family Homes for September Key Metrics        2019    2020     Change New Listings        749      784     + 4.7% Closed Sales       393      623      + 58.5% DOM*                   53        36      - 32.1% Median PX       $429K   $5255K   +...

Monmouth & Ocean County Sales

Monmouth County   Single Family Homes for September Key Metrics        2019    2020   Change New Listings         934   1,063     + 13.8% Closed Sales        529      849     + 60.5% DOM*                   59        52     - 11.9% Median PX       $440K   $565K    +...

NJ Closed Sales Soar 30%

Strong buyer activity has continued into the fall, which is normally the start of the seasonal slowing of the housing market. With stronger buyer activity in the market this year and the continued constrained supply of homes for sale, speedy sales and multiple offers...

Housing Shortage Shutting Out First-Time Buyers

While Low Mortgage Rates Drive Home Prices to Record Levels Everyone knows that the residential real estate market is hot; but not all buyers are happy about it. First-time buyers have less inventory to choose from than at any other time in recent memory. The...

Keeping Connected with Your Neighbors

Just a few weeks to Thanksgiving. Once the cold weather hits, it will feel like the entire neighborhood goes into hibernation mode. One of the things you can do to ensure connectivity with your neighbors, and this is assuming that you have a good relationship, is to...

Different Types of Title Insurance Policies

Owners Policy: the owners policy insures and owner of any type of real property against loss by reason of those matters covered under the policy of insurance for as long as they own the property. There are several versions of each policy. You should consult with your...

New Home Sales Soar

Finally it appears that the construction industry is moving ahead at full steam. It was reported that new home sales grew to a new high, reaching an annual rate of 1.01 million units in August 2020. This represents a 43.2% increase from just one year ago in 2019,...

The Impact of COVID on Commercial Real Estate

The problem with a cliff is that once you accidentally fall off one, there is not much to grab onto. The current condition of New York City commercial real estate is probably looking at a cliff scenario. The pedestrian and retail traffic is just not coming back to the...

Rebuilding Your Networks After COVID

Many of the networks that we relied upon for business, friendship and referrals don’t exist anymore, or at least they have demonstrably changed. The old coffee shop, the breakfast place where you used to meet. All of the old geographies, the emotional geographies we...

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