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February Sales for Bergen & Passaic Counties

Bergen and Passaic Counties Bergen County Single Family Homes for February Key Metrics         2023       2024     Change New Listings         473        446     – 5.7% Closed Sales        265        251     – 5.3% DOM*                    59         40     – 32.2%...

January Sales for Monmouth & Ocean Counties

Monmouth County Single Family Homes for January Key Metrics       2023       2024      Change New Listings      459        438      – 4.6% Closed Sales      318        325      + 2.2% DOM*                  49         45        – 8.2% Median PX        $625K    $727K ...

January Single-Family Closed Sales Down Again

U.S. existing-home sales slipped 1.0% month-over-month and were down 6.2% year-over-year as of last measure, while pending sales jumped 8.3% from the previous month, marking the largest gain since June 2020, according to the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR)....

Work Loneliness Becomes an Epidemic

In a recent Inc. article, it stated that employees are incredibly lonely today. They point out that according to the Surgeon General, loneliness is actually a national emergency. The disconnection at work is a huge part of the problem. The Inc. article states, “The...

Raise Your Marketing Game In New Jersey Part 2

Navigating the Economy Pendulum Calls for 7 Strategies for Consistent Lead Generation and Referrals in 2024 1. Leverage Your Digital Marketing: In an era dominated by technology, agents should harness the power of digital marketing to reach a wider audience. Utilize...

Raise Your Marketing Game In New Jersey Part 1

Navigating the Economy Pendulum Calls for 7 Strategies for Consistent Lead Generation and Referrals in 2024 The real estate market, especially in the Northeast, despite experiencing a slight dip in existing-home sales from 2023, represents a challenging landscape from...

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...

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