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This week's Title Wise News 

Just when you thought it couldn't get weirder, homeowners in Toms River may have to pay an average of $116 more a year in their property taxes. The increase is due to the COVID-19 pandemic. This represents an increase of 7% from 63.9 cents to 68.1 cents. This increase...

Ocean County's confirmed cases of coronavirus hit 954 as of Sunday with 10 reported deaths. Lakewood accounted for 399 cases, Toms River 127 and Jackson 90. As of Monday, on Monday, Ocean County will have a test site opening at Ocean County College. Access is by...

Bergen and Essex counties reported marked increases in both the number of closed sales and median prices for single family homes during the month of February. What continues to plague these counties is the inventory shortage for Bergen and Essex to just 3.4 months...

Morris County Single Family Homes for February Key Metrics   2019  2020 Change New Listings  668    743 + 11.2% Closed Sales 253  265 + 4.7% DOM*            80   69  – 13.8% Median PX $415K $425K + 2.4% % of PX      96.5% 97.1% + 0.7% Inventory     1,870  1,564 –...

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Monmouth County   Single Family Homes for February Key Metrics 2019 2020 Change New Listings 901 922 + 2.3% Closed Sales 373 355 – 4.8% DOM*      77    73 – 5.2% Median PX $410K $450K + 9.6% % of PX 96.0% 97.1% + 1.1% Inventory 2,672 2,196 – 17.8% Months Supply 4.6...

As we progressed through February, the actual and expected impacts of COVID-19 continued to grow, with concerns of economic impact reaching the stock market in the last week of the month. As the stock market declined, so did mortgage rates, offering a bad news-good...