OCEAN COUNTY SEPTEMBER 2017 The median sales price for single family homes jumped by 9.1% from September 2016. Ocean County sales of single family homes also grew by 3.7% year-over-year this September. New listings continued to climb with a bump of 1.9% year-over-year...

Fright Fest Through October 31 at Six Flags Great Adventure, off Route 537, Jackson. 732-928-2000 or sixflags.com/greatadventure. Well known for its scary attractions, Fright Fest also offers "Thrills By Day," with kid-friendly, zombie-free hours before "the...

Even Goldman Sachs is Getting into the Game of Flipping Another good sign that home flippers are going to be around for a while is the recently announced purchase of Genesis Capital by the slick and savvy Goldman Sachs. Genesis got its start at the right time, back in...

New Jersey September 2017 Monthly Report Every market is unique, yet the national sentiment has given rise to the notion that housing markets are stalling. Although desirous buyers are out on an increasing number of showings, there remains a limited number of...

Black Knight's Reports September 2017 Mortgage Data    Hurricanes Irma and Harvey Drive Surge in Past-Due Mortgages Nationally, the number of non-current mortgages (those at least 30 days past-due or in active foreclosure) jumped by 214,000 (+9 percent), driven...

Schneider's Restaurant was gutted by a fire early Saturday morning. The restaurant is owned by Johann and Beverly Schneider, a family-run business which began back in Newark New Jersey in the 1960's. When the Schneider family moved its digs to Avon-by-the-Sea in 1970,...

Review: 13 Things Mentally Strong People Don’t Do

According to a published story on CNBC, housing confidence rose in September to match the all-time high set in June. The Big Take-Aways ■ A big jump in the share of current renters surveyed saying now is a good time to buy ■ The percentage of those respondents saying...

The competition for Amazon’s new headquarters

Even though the return on investment and time may not be as strong as it has been for a few of the past quarters, those people who have bought and sold real estate over the last 7 years have killed it! Making $34K Per Year Marketwatch reported that, “Some Americans...

Home prices have continued to increase, but annual wage growth outpaced home price appreciation in 48% or 193 of the 406 counties studied

Nationally, the year over year home price changed by 6.9%. Most states experienced increases, except West Virginia