New Jersey – The Happy State Part 2

What Makes New Jersey Feel Like Home? For some buyers, the attraction is the Shore: a morning walk along the beach, a summer evening on the boardwalk, or a weekend spent enjoying coastal communities. For others, it is the neighborhood where people know one another,...

New Jersey – The Happy State Part 1

New Jersey: A Happy Place to Call Home New Jersey has more to offer homebuyers than a place to live. It offers an opportunity to build a life. And a recent happiness ranking gives us another reason to celebrate the Garden State. When buyers begin searching for a home,...

A New Jersey Listing Forensic Part 2

What Could Have Been Done Differently? If the homeowner selected an aspirational price, the risk should have been clear: What buyer response would justify staying there, and what response would trigger a change? Position the property around verifiable buyer benefits...

A New Jersey Listing Forensic Part 1

by Anthony DiMaio What Happens When the List Is Wrong? The price history suggests that this home’s initial pricing strategy did not produce a sale and required a substantial reset. The home initially listed for $1,625,000, but over the course of the next 3 months cut...

New York City Rents Hit New Hight

New York City rents reached an all-time record high in the third quarter of 2026 due to a “perfect storm” of a historic housing supply crunch, high mortgage rates sidelining homebuyers, and the unintended consequences of recent local policy shifts....

Pending Home Sales Hit a 25-Year Low

Contract signings just fell to the lowest level the National Association of Realtors has ever recorded. The culprit comes with a number attached: seven percent. Pending home sales forecast where the market is headed. The latest reading is of some concern. Were...