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Brock Family Nursey in Freehold Is Being Sold

Freehold Nursery Sells to Hovnanian The Brock family-owned nursery and garden center in Freehold Township is in the process of selling its 128 acres of land to one of the nation's biggest home-building conglomerates. The land tract is located at the intersection of...

More People Own Homes Without a Mortgage

The number of people in New Jersey who own their home outright has increased dramatically over the last decade or so. According to U.S. Census figures from 2022 the numbers show that 36.7% of homes in New Jersey are owned outright, no mortgage or home equity loan....

Where Are People Moving To?

Where are people moving? Nationwide, 24% of homebuyers searched to move to a different metro area between Nov '23 - Jan '24. The top 5 states homebuyers searched to move to were Florida, North Carolina, Arizona, Tennessee, and South Carolina while California, New...

Single-Family Construction Is Holding Up

Construction: News from the National Association of Home Builders and U.S. Census Though housing starts fell, which includes multifamily and single-family statistics, single-family permits are rising. From U.S. Census Housing Starts: Privately‐owned housing starts in...

New Jersey Real Estate Inventories Vary

Some of the early data hitting the real estate market for January's activity shows that on a comparative basis, half of New Jersey counties posted fewer new listings than 2023. In seven New Jersey counties that number was 10% less than there had been in 2023. The...

Counsellors Title Will Be Closed Presidents Day

Happy Presidents’ Day to our Friends from all of us at Counsellors Title Agency!! Please note that our business offices will be closed on Monday, February 19th. We will resume normal business hours on Tuesday, February 20st. Ralph Aponte and all of the Counsellors...

Monmouth County Facts or Not?

Check the Facts A recent Asbury Park Press article stated that Monmouth County median home listed prices crossed the $800,000 threshold. Back in December 2023, the median sales price for a home in Monmouth County, according to New Jersey Realtor, was $670,000, which...

The Digital Democratization of the Market

It seems that whoever controls the Internet, controls the market. As Gen X’s and Millennials initiate their pursuit of their first home, they will naturally rely upon platforms that they are most used to navigating. For the last few years the primary real estate...

Market Unaffordability Rate Continues to Increase

According to the recent report issued by the National Association of Home Builders, home affordability. is still a major obstacle to home ownership, with inflation, high mortgage rates and inventory shortages keeping buyers at bay. Despite the slowing of the national...

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