Real Estate Trends – Summer 2009

JILL’S PERSONAL PICKS Here’s another in an ongoing series of homes that I love and have come on the market. It’s in the Basking Ridge section of Bernards Twp. A beautiful 4 bedroom, three bath and built around 1939. And it doesn’t hurt that it’s across the street from a beautiful $5,000,000 new construction home. [...]

Keller Williams Realty hosts grand opening at new Bernardsville office Published: June 5, 2009  (Bernardsville News) BERNARDSVILLE – Keller Williams Towne Square Realty hosted a grand opening event at their offices on the evening of Thursday, June 4. Festivities began with a ribbon-cutting ceremony with Bernardsville Mayor Lee Honecker and building owner  Joseph Rossi, also [...]

Basking Ridge/ Bernards Twp Demographics & Metrics Update… Know what’s happening with building permits, households who speak english, high school, how many condos in the township, residence growth patterns, resales of existing homes, and all kinds of other interesting metrics. Here’s just one:   Continue reading and you’ll find out all kinds of interesting facts. Did [...]

So says the assessor in the Bernardsville News last week. Bernards Township Assessor: Home values are ‘holding their own’ Trend defies collapse in the national market By W. JACOB PERRY, Staff Writer Published: Mar 6th, 3:26 AM BERNARDS TWP. – While home values across the nation have taken a dramatic plunge, the impact hasn’t been [...]

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Case-Shiller Index Trends Housing Prices Why should you know about the Case Shiller home price index? You should certainly you google it – wikipedia it. You should also see how it’s trending. As a tip, don’t bother going to the S&P website and download the data (it’s really quite confusing). The Case Shiller index is [...]

In last Thursday’s Newark Star Ledger there was a really good cover page article about the latest bailout information for New Jersey homebuyers. It’s called the “Homeowner Affordability and Stability Plan“ . Not that anyone wants a bailout, the article was a very interesting read to learn more about who qualifies for the program. Click [...]