Real Estate Recovery Is All In The Numbers You Follow: March Sales and Real Estate Demand

April 20, 2012 By Leave a Comment

You continue to read and hear of signs the real estate market is improving; we wrote about just that in our February market report. Regardless of what the analysts say or what REALTORS® say, my real estate partner Robert Meaux and I know homeowners will look skeptical upon this until we can start to say [...]

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Spring Real Estate Market Nipping At Our Toes: February Sales In 5 Towns & Outlook

March 7, 2012 By

“I thought I was putting a price on my home. While I hold out — hoping to get a few more dollars, I am actually putting a value on my happiness.” – a home seller said to Steve Harney, www.kcmblog.com   February Delivered 63 Residential Home Sales and 149 Pending Home Sales Across 6 Northern [...]

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West Orange, NJ Real Estate Report: Is it All Going South?

March 21, 2011 By

West Orange, New Jersey real estate tanking? A reporter recently said to me he heard rumors West Orange real estate prices were dropping? Oh my…for some reason there’s always doom and gloom in the air amongst some West Orange is doing worse than other towns. I always tell people to turn to the facts and [...]

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NJ Pending Home Sales Tracker: December 12 – December 18, 2010

December 25, 2010 By

Mid-December Rings in Pending NJ Home Sales in 8 Towns It is not any surprise that the week of December 12 -18, 2010 showed a decrease in the number of new pending home sales across 8 NJ towns. This week until New Years will probably be weak because of the holiday season. Many real estate [...]

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Temptation at the Cash Register Could Cost You Your New Home

December 2, 2010 By

This is a good warning to heed if you’re about to purchase a home. Don’t let the great ‘deals’ and the excitement of your new home cause you to miss getting the keys. Via Gene Mundt (Chicago Bancorp):      You’re out doing your holiday shopping. It’s 11:45 pm .. and you’re in that store because [...]

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You’re Looking for a Home to Buy in NJ; Not a 3 Bedroom, 1.1 Bath Place to Live

December 1, 2010 By

The response was: “Oh, no, no, no, no — we always live in the same home, we just put it in a different house.”  This is the end of a story I just read about a military family that was continually transferred from base to base, city to city. Their young son was asked if [...]

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How Much Have the BelAir Townhomes in West Orange NJ Sold for?

November 28, 2010 By

What’s the one thing an educated homebuyer wants to know before putting in an offer: “How much did the others sell for?” Regardless of where you are looking, what type of place you’re considering or what your price range may be, you should always want to know some relevant history of the area before writing [...]

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West Orange NJ Home Sellers: Here’s 1 Key Fact You Need to Know Now

November 16, 2010 By

If you are planning to buy or sell a home in West Orange, New Jersey make sure you know about one key fact: West Orange now requires a Certificate of Continued Occupancy (CCO) to transfer ownership. According to the application, a CCO “is required in connection with the sale of any single unit residential dwelling, [...]

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