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Rental Market Making a Strong Case for Housing
From a homeownership perspective, the total number of renter households is dropping, but there is economic pressure being placed upon those who continue to rent as average rent nationwide rose 3.6% over the last year.
Ocean Grove Celebrates 150th Anniversary
Ocean Grove is celebrating its 150th anniversary this weekend.
Happy 4th of July from Counsellors Title Agency
We wish all of our friends and clients a fantastic, safe and happy 4th of July. Celebrating the Greatest Country in the World: The United States of America Counsellors Title Agency will be closed Thursday, July 4th and Friday, July 5th. We will reopen Monday, July 8th.
NJ 4th of July Happenings
Atlantic Highlands Marina Fireworks Friday, July 5, 2019: The Atlantic Highlands Firemen's Fair takes place July 2nd to July 6th and the Borough of Atlantic Highlands Independence Day Fireworks display will be held on Friday, July 5th. Avalon Independence Day...
National New Home Sales Fall
New Jersey’s median sales price for single-family homes has increased year-over-year from May 2018 by 6% to $330,000 and the average sales price for single-family home has also increased by 4.6% from $393,000 to $412,000.
May National Existing Home Sales Rebound
Nationally, the median sales price for previously-owned homes climbed in May to $277,700, representing a 4.8% annual price increase, the 87th straight month of annual price increases.
Morris and Middlesex Counties
The most dramatic shift in Middlesex County’s single-family sales came by way of the 9.6% surge in closed sales for May year-over-year.
Title Wise from Counsellors Title
Read this week’s Title Wise.
Monmouth and Ocean County May Sales
Monmouth County single-family sales remain stable for the month of May on a year-to-year basis. Even though clothes sales dropped by 5.5% the number of new listings increased from 1263 to 1265 year of the year. Median sales price also increased but only by 1.1% to...
NJ May 2019 Numbers
At this point in the year, we are getting a good sense for how the housing market is likely to perform for the foreseeable future. And although it is not a particularly exciting forecast, it is a desirable one. Markets across the country are regulating toward a middle...
Housing Starts Fall 4.7 Percent
Privately‐owned housing starts in May were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,269,000. This is 0.9 percent (±12.9 percent)* below the revised April estimate of 1,281,000 and is 4.7 percent (±8.9 percent)* below the May 2018 rate of 1,332,000.
Summer is Officially Here
June through September marks the busiest time for tourism in New Jersey. Here are 7 of the most popular summer tourist destinations:
New Listings
51 Lions Head Blvd South, Brick, NJ
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9 Edgewater Dr, Toms River, NJ
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