A local real estate analysis carried over from this post about cash buyers for all of Monmouth County. The following stats reflect the percentage of cash sales of Middletown New Jersey home for sale over the last five years: Year # Cash Closings # Total Closings % Cash to Total Average Sale Price 2006 16 [...]
There’s probably not a more popular place for tenants looking at Colts Neck rentals then considering The Grande. The Grande at Colts Neck is a sub-division just off Route 537 and Hunt Road on the Freehold Township border. The Grande community offers a playground, an in-ground pool, sidewalks (yes, sidewalks! Not too many streets in [...]
Sure. Plenty of Staten Islanders looking to buy a home in Old Bridge must cross the Outerbridge to get to Old Bridge. Old Bridge offers its residents a great many things; you just wouldn’t associate Old Bridge with the Jersey Shore. Or the Jersey waterfront for that matter. Close proximity and access to the bay [...]
Located on the Navesink River and close proximity to all points Red Bank, Riverview Towers offers high-rise living on the water. I parked my car in a guest spot in the underground garage (owners can rent a reserved spot for $55/month). Are there swankier entrances to a high-rise? Sure. Friendlier? Perhaps not. Riverview Towers is [...]
There is a barb of land where the sisterly smells of Shadow Lake and the Navesink River rise and descend upon the hamlet called River Plaza, where the brackish blow of brine floats up from Chris’ Marina boat launch on the grassy slope of West Front Street to mingle with the honeysuckle breeze of the [...]
Surrey Downs, Howell Township (with a Freehold, New Jersey zipcode 07728) is an adult community located on Elton-Adelphia Road. Surrey Downs is an excellent example of Howell New Jersey real estate for sale due to its proximity to doctors, CentraState Hospital of Freehold and Route 9 shopping. There is a Dunkin Donuts, Walgreen’s Pharmacy and [...]
The Garden State is green? Like energy efficient? So many out-of-state residents tease me with isn’t New Jersey (a) a toxic dump or (b) a dumping ground for hitmen victims? Colts Neck, New Jersey is a rural community where builders and developers are embracing the latest “green” technology. Our state goal is to reduce greenhouse [...]
If you’re a home buyer and you’re looking in cheap areas of Monmouth County New Jersey real estate, be prepared to get jumped. Waylaid. Blackjacked. Bushwhacked. Red-balled. Whose going to ambush you? You might guess Realtors, banks, mortgage brokers, lawyers, title companies, inspectors — who all do enjoy whipping a police baton to the back [...]
Thank you Governor McGreevey … again. Hizzoner passed the New Jersey real estate millionaire’s mansion tax in 2004, imposing a transfer tax on the New Jersey home buyer for the first time. In the good old days a real estate agent could figure the sales tax on New Jersey (called the realty transfer fee) with [...]
I have officially jumped the shark with this blog — to write about such an obvious Colts Neck New Jersey icon. Delicious Orchards remains Colts Neck’s most famous landmark on Route 34 South just past the intersection of Route 537. The grocery started as a roadside fruit and vegetable stand in the 1950′s and is [...]
