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One of the most useful bloggers out there is Melyssa Griffin. She has compiled a list of 20 things you can do to re-energize your business. 1. Put something on the calendar: A meeting, an event, a deadline. 2. Reach out to new contacts: Are there a couple business...

The 2018 Outlook for U.S. Housing Markets was framed by the possibility of an erosion of housing affordability spreading to more markets. A central theme for the 2018 housing market will be the continuing erosion of housing affordability, an issue that will permeate a...

Ocean Grove as the Best Neighborhood Award

It also appears that the demand for homes is still there but the price appreciation is not. Some of this can be attributed to the fact that the economy in New Jersey has basically flatlined for about a decade. In addition to that, taxes on real estate had moved up...

Nationally, the housing market has been expanding since 2012. New Jersey was especially hard hit by the Great Recession of 2009. As of the third quarter of 2017, a little more than 163,000 properties with a mortgage in New Jersey were considered “seriously underwater”...

Realtor.com® 2018 National Housing Forecast Next year, home prices are anticipated to increase 3.2 percent year-over-year after finishing 2017 up 5.5 percent year-over-year. Existing home sales are forecast to increase 2.5 percent to 5.60 million homes due in-part to...

The Economist Magazine came out with an article recently indicating that blue-collar wages are surging. In the years following the end of the recession starting in June 2009, wages and salaries rose by only 8.7%. Prices, on the other hand, increased by 9.5%. In 2015,...

Office Rents Climb to Near New Record Highs in New Jersey The Third-Quarter 2017 Office Market Report reported that rents for office space in New Jersey are steadily rising and nearing an all-time high, based upon a published report put out by Transwestern. The...

The new branch is located in Chatham. The office will serve Morris and the surrounding counties. This is the second branch office opened by Counsellors Title Agency in the last 30 days. The other branch office was opened in Freehold, New Jersey, the county seat of...

CoreLogic reported that home equity has grown to a new high. According to the new report issued this November, home equity wealth reached a new nominal high this year, totaling $13.9 trillion at the midpoint of 2017. This represents a gain of half a trillion above the...

September National Home Price Index [HPI] increased 6.2% based upon the data from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller. The HPI came in higher than expected for the month of September, extending the robust trend that has arrested the national real estate market for most of...

Counsellors Title Agency Invites Professionals to Its Triple Play Booth 908. This December, Counsellors Title Agency will again be participating in the Triple Play REALTOR® Convention & Trade Expo, the largest real estate convention and trade show of its kind in...