by Anthony | Sep 13, 2023 | Uncategorized
Home Ownership Costs Closing Costs: Taxes and escrow payments, legal fees, recording fees and title insurance (between 3-4% of the purchase price), and of course the down payment. The mortgage: the average mortgage payment per month on a 30-year fixed mortgage in New...
by Anthony | Sep 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
PA and SC Catching Up to NJ: Higher Taxes in Pennsylvania and South Carolina By: Anthony DiMaio Governments have big appetites, especially when it comes to real estate taxes, as we are finding out. I recently randomly reviewed the property taxes for a home located in...
by Anthony | Sep 11, 2023 | Uncategorized
Counsellors Title Agency honors those that were killed in the terrorist attack on September 11th, 2001. The 9/11 terrorist attacks killed 2,977 people and injured thousands at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon, and in Somerset County, Pennsylvania. Commemorative...
by Anthony | Sep 8, 2023 | Uncategorized
The inventory shortage has had a dramatic impact upon the price of a home. And as we have seen, availability isn’t the only issue; price has become problematic, especially for first-time home buyers. That is one of the reasons why home builders are attempting to...
by Anthony | Sep 7, 2023 | Uncategorized
The recent analysis from Redfin indicates that the US housing market inched its way higher to nearly hit $47 trillion in value. That is an increase of $400 billion from 2022. This steady climb is attributed to the historic shortage of availability of homes for sale on...
by Anthony | Sep 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Hudson County Single Family Homes for July Key Metrics 2022 2023 Change New Listings 147 89 – 39.5% Closed Sales 82 66 – 19.5% DOM* 30 34 + 13.3% Median PX $555K $613K + 10.4% %...
