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This was 2020

December 3, 2020 With all the hype and the intense speed of the market this year in Bergen County, lots of folks are wondering just how high home prices rose. As is usually the case, the rumors have not proven to be true – at least not across the board. Yes, the pace was intense […]

Did the Election Cause a Dip in the Real Estate Market?

November 18. 2020 Did the Election Cause a Dip in the Real Estate Market? Okay – the presidential election is behind us and there appears to be a winner. So now the BIG question on every real estate agent’s mind (and maybe on a good number of consumers’ minds, too) is this: Did we have […]

Why Be Grateful?

November 4, 2020 It’s a crazy time to be living on this planet. Who knew the stuff of science fiction would become real in 2020, and a pandemic would be changing the world as we knew it? Now it’s November. Traditionally a time for gratitude. But as these challenging times continue, it’s tough to be […]

Will it be the same old Trick or Treat?

October 9, 2020 Regardless of what form it takes in your neck of the woods, Halloween will be celebrated – as it always is – on the last day of October. What follows, year in and year out, is a slowdown in the real estate market. This slowdown is slightly less than […]

No, You Know It Ain’t Easy

September 30, 2020 You’ve searched and searched. You’ve found THE house! And this time, out of the multitude of offers on the table, yours was accepted! You do your happy dance. You line up your home inspection, apply for your mortgage, tell all your friends, contact a painter, you start packing, YOU […]

You STILL have to price it right!

September 14, 2020 Yes, the real estate market is super-hot right now. It certainly is a “Sellers’ Market” here in Northern New Jersey. HOWEVER, overpricing a home does not translate into a higher sales price; you still have to price the home properly to enjoy multiple offers. Why? Your buyers are no […]

The 5 Ways to Screw Up in a Bidding War

August 25, 2020 EVERYONE has heard how HOT, HOT, HOT the real estate market is right now. Terms like “Multiple Offers” and “Bidding Wars” are used over and again to describe how competitive it is for buyers out there. And nobody knows better than today’s buyer how incredibly discouraging it is to put an offer […]

Remember What You Started Out To Do?

08/14/2020 It’s a different time and a different world today than it was when we started 2020. We all get that – or at least most of us do. But I see a lot of businesses today forgetting where they were pre-Covid 19, and literally neglecting their clients. Why does anyone establish a business? Why, […]

Just say NO to Open Houses

It’s a different time –and a very different world when it comes to buying your first home. Once upon a time, you might have looked online to see which homes were being held open on a Sunday afternoon. (Or once upon a time, long, long ago, you might have looked in the newspaper.) Once upon […]