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The employment landscape and wages have both improved over the last few years, allowing for more people to participate in the home-buying process. When the economy is in good working order, as it is now, it creates opportunities in residential real estate, and right...

What money can buy, a defective title can take away. You should know that not all title companies are created equal. Every real estate purchase involves the filing/recording of the title or deed with the local municipality. Once this is submitted and registered, the...

Transwestern issued a report confirming that New Jersey industrial space continues to be in very high demand. Transwestern reported, "Ten leases greater than 150,000 square feet were signed during the first quarter, including five new leases, four of which are in...

National Association of Realtors® expects that housing starts in 2017 will top 1.27 million

Bradley Beach Memorial Day Weekend Festival Saturday, May 27 - Sunday, May 28, & Monday, May 29, 2017; Rain or shine! Contact: 732-776-2999 Ext. 1050 The Annual Memorial Day Parade will start on Saturday at 10am on Ocean Avenue and Bradley Blvd.  The parade is the...

The Importance of a Secured Title The last thing a buyer wants to discover is that what they bought isn’t theirs technically. This is called a defective title. One of the items purchased during the closing process is title insurance. If you have a mortgage on the...

The continuation of this robust seller’s market creates certain dynamics that buyers need to factor into their home purchasing process. Competition for properties is very real in most markets. In February 2012, the number of homes for sale in New Jersey was 48,526 the...

Probably the first key to negotiation is to speak last. Just because you speak last doesn't mean that you get what you wanted, but it usually points to the fact that speaking last reflects how the negotiation was resolved. A negotiation coach will instruct you to get...

CoreLogic Analysis Shows US Mortgage Loan Performance Health Continues to Strengthen The Delinquency Rate Decreased 0.5% Points Year Over Year The Foreclosure Rate for February Was 0.8% Early-Stage Delinquencies Remained Steady in February CoreLogic® announced its...

New forms of the closing/settlement statements are being used when calculating the financial accounting of the sale.  When a buyer is obtaining a new loan, some of the information previously found on the HUD-1 Settlement Statement is now being found on the Closing...

The tenth of a percentage point decline in the unemployment rate in April pushed it down to 4.4%, the lowest level in almost a decade. In May 2007, it was also 4.4%, and the rate hasn't been lower than that since May 2001. The rate fell last month because the number...