Category Archives: General

From the Wall Street Journal: Will Upgrading Your Home Help You Sell It? Big-Ticket Renovations Lose Value Amid Market Slump; Investing in Curb Appeal By M.P. MCQUEEN May 15, 2008 If you’re putting your home on the market anytime soon, … Continue reading →

From the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development: Employment Relatively Unchanged in April Unemployment Rate at 5.0 Percent for the Month In April, New Jersey payrolls increased by 1,000 and the state’s unemployment rate edged higher by 0.2 percentage … Continue reading →

From Bloomberg: U.S. Foreclosures Rise 65 Percent as Vacated Homes Add to Glut U.S. foreclosure filings climbed 65 percent and bank seizures more than doubled in April from a year earlier as rates on adjustable mortgages increased and vacated homes … Continue reading →

Now Open, Part II! Prior weekend thread closed due to comment overflow

This is the time and place to post observations about your local areas, comments on news stories or the New Jersey housing market, open house reports, etc. If you have any questions you wanted to ask earlier in the week … Continue reading →

Now Open, Part II! Prior weekend thread closed due to comment overflow

This is the time and place to post observations about your local areas, comments on news stories or the New Jersey housing market, open house reports, etc. If you have any questions you wanted to ask earlier in the week … Continue reading →

Photo of the Week: NOLA 2008 – A Photo Essay In Three Frames by NJPatient New Construction in Old Metairie Balconies in the French Quarter Del McCoury at Jazz Fest

From the Otteau Group: ECONOMY & CREDIT CRISIS SPOILING SPRING HOUSING MARKET New Jersey home sales in March ran well below last year’s pace despite an increase above the February level. In March, contract-sales activity ran 27% below one year … Continue reading →

This is the time and place to post observations about your local areas, comments on news stories or the New Jersey housing market, open house reports, etc. If you have any questions you wanted to ask earlier in the week … Continue reading →

Now Open, Part II! Prior weekend thread closed due to comment overflow

This is the time and place to post observations about your local areas, comments on news stories or the New Jersey housing market, open house reports, etc. If you have any questions you wanted to ask earlier in the week … Continue reading →

Now Open, Part II! Prior weekend thread closed due to comment overflow.

This is the time and place to post observations about your local areas, comments on news stories or the New Jersey housing market, open house reports, etc. If you have any questions you wanted to ask earlier in the week … Continue reading →

Now Open, Part II! Prior weekend thread closed due to comment overflow.