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Facebook Hacked – You Don’t Have to Be Too

I keep on telling clients, Email is your most reliable source of maintaining contact with your network and with your prospects. All of a sudden Instagram and Facebook go down. And now 60% up all real estate agents are trying to figure out what do we do now? There are...

New Jersey And a Tale of 2 Markets – Part 2

A while ago we did a blog about the investment banking groups jumping into the real estate market. They understand that the stock market can't be a continual source of investment growth, so they look for other investments that will remain sustainable, with real estate...

New Jersey And a Tale of 2 Markets – Part 1

The recent numbers for New Jersey show a different trend than those in the southern markets, whereas in all 3 categories for single-family homes, sales fell in the state, including new listings, pending sales and closed sales for the month of August. Nationally...

Bergen & Passaic County August Sales

Bergen County Single Family Homes for August Key Metrics       2020        2021     Change New Listings     1,165         871    – 25.2% Closed Sales      979          947    –  3.3% DOM*                  49            32     – 34.7% Median PX       $585K       $646K ...

Morris & Middlesex August Sales

Morris County Single Family Homes for August Key Metrics       2020        2021     Change New Listings        749         587    – 21.6% Closed Sales      711          646    –  9.1% DOM*                   49            30     – 38.8% Median PX       $530K      ...

August Single Family Sales Monmouth & Ocean

Monmouth County Single Family Homes for August Key Metrics       2020        2021     Change New Listings     1,131         849    – 24.9% Closed Sales      872          717    –  17.8% DOM*                  48            31     – 35.4% Median PX       $540K      ...

August New Jersey Sales

The booming U.S. housing market has spilled over to the rental market, which has  seen demand for apartment and single-family rentals skyrocket this year, as high sales prices and an inadequate supply of available housing have forced many prospective buyers to rent...

A Short Glossary of Title Terms 

Here are some key terms specifically used when dealing with property title:  •Deed: A formal written document that transfers a title to a new owner and serves as proof of ownership. Although often used interchangeably with “title,” the term “deed” refers to a physical...

Real Estate Eases into Normal

Normal is Changing If there is anything that we have been forced to accept it is that normal is never normal when your market has encountered any major disruption. What is common, maybe not normal, is the curtailed number of homes for sale, specifically single-family...

Best Time for Buyers – 1st Week of October

According to an article posted on realtor.com, the best time to jump into the home-buying market is the first week in October. (Gentlemen and Gentlewomen, start your engines.) They cited 4 reasons for this determination:  The 2021 home-buying season has aligned with...

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