Selling a Luxury House? Here’s Why Now Is a Good Time
If you own a luxury house, you’re in a stronger spot than most sellers right now. While much of the market has cooled, the high-end tier hasn’t.
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The House That Started It All Could Kickstart What’s Next
Remember how exciting it was to buy your first place? That equity you have built since could be the thing that makes your next move possible.
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Priced Out? A Condo or Townhome Could Be Your Way In.
Today’s home prices have a lot of buyers — especially first-time buyers — wondering if there is even anything out there in their budget.
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More Homes, Better Prices: A Buyer’s Summer
If you have thought about buying in the past few years you likely ran into two frustrations: asking prices that kept climbing, and too few homes to choose from.
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14 Years Running: Why Real Estate Is Still America’s Favorite Investment
For the fourteenth year in a row, Americans named real estate the best long-term investment — ahead of stocks, gold, and savings accounts.
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Think Nobody’s Buying Homes Right Now? Think Again.
Headlines make it sound like the market has stopped. The transaction data says something quite different, and it matters if you are thinking of listing.
Read the articleArticles are published by Keeping Current Matters and open on Rob’s Simplifying the Market feed. National data does not always match a local market — the Jersey Shore in particular runs to its own rhythm.
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A national inventory figure is a useful backdrop and a poor guide to what your house will do. Sea Girt and Toms River are in the same state and barely the same market.
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