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New Home Sales Hit 16-Year High
The National Association Home Builders reported new single-family home sales hit a seasonally adjusted rate of 1.01 million, an increase of 4.8% over the July 965,000 number. This is the strongest adjusted annual rate since September of 2006. New home sales based upon...
Existing Home Sales Continue Upward Trajectory
August's existing home sales continued its upward trend. This momentum was reported for all four regions, Northeast, Midwest, South and West. Sales increased year-over-year by 10.5% from 2019, on target to hit 6 million transactions, up from 5.43 million reported the...
Mortgage Rates Continue Their Slide
Nationally Freddie Mac reported that mortgage rates have stayed below 3% for 11 consecutive weeks. This has clearly had an impact on the robust housing market. The average US mortgage for a 30-year fixed loan fell one basis point to 2.87% this past week. The fixed...
Happy Columbus Day
Wishing All of our Friends, Clients and Associates a Great Columbus Day! We look forward to a record finish for the fourth quarter of 2020! HOLIDAY OFFICE HOURS The Office is Closed Monday, October 12th. We will reopen: Tuesday, October 13th, 8:30 a.m.
September Title Wise News
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Counsellors Title – Title Terms
The first title insurance company, the Law Property Assurance and Trust Society, was formed in Pennsylvania in 1853.
National Median Price Soars 12 Percent
Median listing prices grew at 12.4% from 2019. The 20th consecutive week of increasing price growth. Low mortgage rates are helping buyers offset this increased cost. New listings fell 6%. Total inventory nationwide was fell 39 percent from 2019. Days on Market fell...
Wire Fraud Checklist
In a time when we’re all trying to get through the COVID-19 pandemic, cyber criminals are seizing upon it as an opportunity to attack. Reports of fake emails, texts, phishing, robocalls, dangerous links and more are already emerging related to COVID-19. Counsellors...
NYC Exodus Invades Union and Essex Counties
Finally, the numbers are bearing the exodus out! Essex and Union counties reported their August sales, and both counties blew the numbers out of the water! They both reported significant increases in the median sales price, in new listings, closed sales, and...
Carl Demoon
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Housing Market Update
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NJ – Bergen & Passaic County August Sales
Passaic County Single Family Homes for August Key Metrics 2019 2020 Change New Listings 337 479 + 42.1% Closed Sales 337 355 + 5.3% DOM* 51 45 - 11.8% Median PX $355K $400K + 12.7% % of...
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