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The New York metropolitan area is predicted to be among the hottest 25 real estate markets in 2017 — No. 23, to be exact — according to realtor.com. The forecast for sales in the New York metropolitan area is expected to increase 6.5%, as compared to 2.6% nationally,...

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Purchase contracts reported for September 2016 mark the strongest since 2005. According to the Otteau Group, September contract purchases by homebuyers exceeded the same month in the prior year for the 25th consecutive month. The month reflects a 12% increase over...

Your LinkedIn profile is not a resume. A well-defined profile should project you and your services above the opportunity horizon. It shouldn’t focus on what you have done but rather what you are capable of doing. Part of every profile should present the cultural...

Quick Takes + Tight supply and affordability issues will ease. + Housing starts will increase by 5.3% in 2017 to 1.22 million. + To catch up to demand, 1.5 million new homes are needed. + Projections of new single-family home sales to total 570,000 for 2016. +...

The National Association of Realtors reported that the median list price of properties “nationwide zoomed to a new record for the month of October, reaching $250,000.” October’s benchmark is 8% higher than 2016. Evidence shows a stronger-than-usual appetite coming...

According to the September 2016 National Foreclosure Report, the number of completed foreclosures increased monthly for September 2016, but total foreclosure inventory actually decreased. The national foreclosure inventory decreased by 31.1% annually in September and...

Middlesex County, New Jersey will get a big economic boost with the grand opening of a new ShopRite. The launch of the new 80,000-square-foot store in South Plainfield will bring 300 new jobs to the borough. The market is located in the Golden Acres Shopping Center at...

Mortgage rates shot up last week after the election. The Wall Street Journal reports they may be moving faster than anyone thought likely. The remaking of U.S. politics also is likely to upend the nation’s mortgage market. There are two reasons why: interest rates and...

It looks like Gov. Chris Christie's administration was granted the authority to immediately seize control of financially distressed Atlantic City. This was the result of the state Local Finance Board voting 5-0 to approve a five-year state takeover of the local...

According to ATTOM Data Solutions, foreclosures jumped 27% in October from September’s 129-month low. The increase in foreclosures was the largest monthly increase since August 2007. The report indicates that there were a total of 105,481 foreclosure filings, default...

CBRE says in a report that "the future looks bright for industrial development in New Jersey, particularly in the central part of the state." CBRE's 3rd Quarter New Jersey Industrial MarketView Report speculated "that the Trenton/Route 295 and Princeton markets will...