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Marketing Psychology of Home Sellers and Home Buyers Pt.1
Marketing Psychology: Building Affinity with Home Sellers and Home Buyers In an increasingly competitive real estate market, understanding the principles of marketing psychology can give you a significant advantage. By utilizing psychological factors, you can...
This Week’s Title Wise
This Week's Title Wise News
A Look at the NJ Real Estate Market
On The Move Nationwide, 25% of homebuyers searched to move to a different metro area between Aug '23 - Oct '23. The top 5 states homebuyers searched to move to were Florida, North Carolina, Tennessee, South Carolina, and Maine while California, New York, Illinois,...
Edison Reports 21 Sales for Week Ending November 12th
Sales in Edison Week Ending Nov. 12, 2023 108 Merrywood Drive. $365,000. 119 Wagner St. $580,000. 17 Ridge Road. $500,000. 1732 Waterford Drive. $340,000. 182 Grandview Ave. $630,000. 231 Wood Ave. $675,000. 240 Garfield St. $470,000. 25 Irving St. $470,000. 26...
Netflix Production Facility to Begin Building at Fort Monmouth
The Governor projects that this new facility will create thousands of union jobs. OCEANPORT – Governor Phil Murphy today joined Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos, State officials, and labor representatives to highlight the benefits of New Jersey’s growing film and...
Happy Veterans Day from Counsellors Title Agency
Mortgage Applications Increase
Applications for mortgages increased last week as a result of the drop in mortgage rates. According to the American Bankers Association, total mortgage application volume grew by 2.5% last week, as compared with the prior week. The average 30-year fixed rate mortgage...
New Jersey Wage Wars
Wage Wars Starting with the good news: the New Jersey corporate tax surcharge is set to expire at the end of 2023. That change would reduce the state's top corporate tax rate from 11.5% to 9%. But other factors continue to erase some of the benefits of living in the...
Title Wise Newsletter
This Week's Title Wise Newsletter
NJ – Unaffordable, Unavailable, Overtaxed, Unsustainable Part 2
But what is equally disturbing is the average sale price of a home sold in New Jersey in the month of September 2023 was $670,000. With the average salary in the state, according to ZipRecruiter, at $58,333, the housing is not only unavailable, and unaffordable, but...
Counsellors Title Halloween Celebration
The costumes were amazing. The thought and creativity that went into them was awesome. We had a tour guide and tourists. There was some monkey business going around the office. We had the time travelers Lucy and Ethel make an appearance. The stay puff marshmallow...
NJ – Unaffordable, Unavailable, Overtaxed, Unsustainable Part 1
The evaporation of available existing housing is unbelievable. Back in September 2018 there were over 41,000 homes available on the market in New Jersey. Today that number is less than 14,000, plus the average price for a New Jersey home has climbed to $670,000. This...
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