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While demand to purchase homes continues to outstrip supply, potential sellers are seeking the most cost-efficient ways of staging their homes to attract the best price. The annual owner improvement and repair spending is estimated to reach $430 billion by the second...

One of the reasons the residential real estate market took-off like it did during the pandemic is because there was a rediscovery of the spaces and the services that once made suburbs so attractive were rediscovered. The commuter culture evaporated, and the...

5. Title When purchasing a home, the purchase is not simply about the hard assets or the building itself; the buyer is actually purchasing the legal rights to the land upon which the home rests. These legal rights are described as the title, which is the legal ‘slate’...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKr7K10YxVc Key Findings: The median listing price grew by 15.8 percent over last year. This marked the 21st week of double-digit gains for the typical home asking price.  Last week’s Fed announcement of higher short term rates was...

1. Loan Pre-Approval – AKA the Pre-Approval Buyers in this very tight market need to go through a vetting process called pre-approval. This form of financial vetting clarifies to the seller, the seller’s agent and the buyer’s agent that the prospective buyers can...

One thing is for sure: there is no sure. Inventory shortages, higher mortgage rates, inflation, and a whole lot of uncertainty is impacting this market on a daily basis! Right now, there is a redirect of a certain percent of buyers due to the accelerated prices over...

Title Wise Newsletter

How much house can you afford? Searching for your first home purchase is probably very long on the list when it comes to making sure your deal closes. Number one financial factor: before you think about buying your first house, you have to know your house buying...

https://youtu.be/eNHTKG52TTw This video discusses how the slowdown in manufacturing and service industries owing to labor and supply shortages. It mentions that car sales declined in April. The video also covers the good news on the employment front. A record number...

Union & Essex Counties Union County Single Family Homes for March Key Metrics 2021 2022 Change New Listings 657 542 – 17.5% Closed Sales 397 319 – 19.6% DOM* 45 34 + 24.4% Median PX $456K $493K + 8.0% % of PX 101.1% 102.4% +...

Happy Mother's Day So this Mother's Day, Counsellors Title Agency celebrates the families and mothers of all of our friends, partners, clients and associates. Without them, nothing would be possible. Ralph Aponte and the staff of Counsellers Title Agency

Huson County Single Family Homes for March Key Metrics 2021 2022 Change New Listings 142 154 – 4.2% Closed Sales 101 75 – 12.6% DOM* 59 52 – 20.0% Median PX $415K $502K + 0.8% % PX Rec’d...