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Underwater Domestic Properties Decrease By 1.4 Million

Biggest Year-over-Year Drop in Number of Seriously Underwater Since Q2 2015; Share of Equity Rich Properties Increases to New High of 26 Percent Irvine, CA – Nov. 16, 2017 ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest multi-sourced property database, today...

Counsellors Title Opens New Monmouth County Branch Office

FREEHOLD, NJ - Counsellors Title Agency, Inc., www.counsellorstitle.net, is pleased to announce the opening of its newest location at 54 Hudson Street, Suite 201-B, Freehold, NJ 07728.   The borough of Freehold, as of the 2010 United States Census, had a population of...

October Ocean and Monmouth County Sales

OCEAN COUNTY OCTOBER 2017 The new listings for single family homes jumped in October by 9.6%. The days-on-market metrics are showing that more buyers are snapping-up what is out there, while the median price received climbed by 9.8%. Inventory continues to be a major...

NJ October Real Estate Sales Out-Perform National Averages

For residential real estate in 2017, the news has continued to provide a relative sense of calm for both buyers and sellers. The national unemployment rate registered in at 4.1% for October 2017, which means that joblessness has not been this low in the U.S. since...

Thanksgiving Ideas – Visit a Museum

New Jersey is filled with a vast array of museums, at least 25. Thanksgiving weekend is a great time to plan a day trip and visit one or two. New Jersey Museums Northern New Jersey Museums Aviation Hall of Fame Dr. William Robinson Plantation & Museum Franklin...

November Home Builders Confidence Hits New High

The National Association of Home Builders [NAHB] reported that the nation's home builders are seeing more buyers in the market, which in turn is fueling more confidence. The monthly home builder sentiment rose 2 points to 70 in November. This followed October’s...

October New Housing Starts Climb to 1.3 Million

■  It was reported that U.S. housing starts totaled 1.290 million in October vs 1.185 million ■  October U.S. home building jumped to a one-year high ■  Communities in the hurricane-hit regions began replacing houses damaged by floods ■  Housing starts surged 13.7% to...

3rd Quarter Quarter 2017 Commercial Originations Jump 21%

PRESS RELEASE Mortgage Bankers Association's (MBA) Quarterly Survey of Commercial/Multifamily Mortgage Bankers Originations, reported third quarter 2017 commercial and multifamily mortgage loan originations were 21% higher than during the same period last year and 8%...

Agents Maintain Strong Position in Sales

Most buyers search for homes online...and use a real estate agent. The National Association of Realtors' survey showed that the Internet (95%) and real estate agents (89%) are the top two sources of information when it comes to the purchase and sale of real estate....

Flippers Find New Jersey Home Sweet Home Pt 6

Making $34K Per Year Marketwatch reported that, “Some Americans who bought their homes between seven and nine years ago have made up to $235,000 over that time selling their home, or $34,000 per year, making a final return on their investment of 78%. That’s the median...

First-Time Homebuyers Lose Ground

Currently the first-time homebuyer is wrestling to cross the threshold into homeowership,  contending with market forces including low inventory, rising prices, ferocious buyer competition and typically high amounts of student debt. Currently the share of first-time...

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