Reasons for Selling Family Issues 13.4% Need a Larger House 12.2% Other 11.8% Weather-related 11.8% Retirement 10.8% Changing Neighborhoods 9.4% Lifestyle 8.4% Downsizing 7.7% Job 7.6% Short Sale 3.0% Investment 2.3% Bankruptcy 1.5%

A plateau or a cliff? Many within the housing and real estate markets are wondering whether this market has lost its mojo and is plateauing or if it is about to go over an economic cliff. At one point there seemed to be a never-ending demand for new houses and...

One recent Tampa listing fell so severely that this house listing was reduced by $110,000 in just a few months. In New Jersey: Many other markets are seeing significant falloff from the surge in interest rates and the unaffordable prices of many homes. One such case...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SkJiBmdXhis The numbers are confirming that the active inventory of homes for sale is growing even as mortgage rates surpass 7%. According to the National Association of Realtors, the current trend boasted active listings to above their...

The Importance of Title Insurance  The value of title insurance especially for many homeowners, is the fact that their property is their largest investment—and that’s worth protecting! An Owner’s Policy provides you with a range of benefits, including: Protection for...

If there's one metaphor that can possibly be applied to this housing market, it's one big obstacle course. Now with the prices of homes at all-time highs, and inventories at many times all-time lows, interest rates are now climbing into the 7% range, and with the...

Hudson County Single Family Homes for September Key Metrics       2021       2022     Change New Listings       134         132      – 1.5% Closed Sales        76           71      – 6.6% DOM*                   44           30       – 31.8% Median PX       $475K   ...

Morris and Middlesex Counties  Morris County Single Family Homes for September Key Metrics       2021       2022     Change New Listings       591         428     – 27.8% Closed Sales      493         443     – 19.1% DOM*                   30           32      + 6.7%...

Bergen and Passaic Counties Bergen County Single Family Homes for September Key Metrics         2021       2022     Change New Listings         833         659     – 20.9% Closed Sales        742         603    – 18.7% DOM*                     32           34      +...

Some markets are very sequential and ordered; but the market that we've been in for the last nearly 3 years is anything but normal. As a matter of fact, normal isn't even used when discussing a property. In a recent article in Money magazine, approximately 1/3 of all...

 ■ GDP growth trends GDP increased this past quart  ■ Durable goods trends: orders for durable goods increase  ■ Labor market trends, unemployment trends unemployment claims climbed to 217K, continuing claims also increase to 1,438,000 + 55K  ■ Inflation trends...