Category: Sentinel-EBS Business

  • Davis Realtors collecting teddy bears for young cancer patients for the holidays

    Davis Realtors is collecting new teddy bears for young cancer patients at the Rutgers Institute of New Jersey. There is still time to give a child a smile and a friend to hug this holiday season. Drop your teddy bear off at Davis Realtors’ East Brunswick office, 288 Summerhill Road, by Dec. 10. Only teddy…

  • Coldwell Banker hosts regional CBRB Evolution business, technology event

    Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage welcomed approximately 1,500 affiliated real estate agents from New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y. to the recent CBRB Evolution business and technology event, which encompassed the entire 16-screen AMC movie theater at Clifton Commons in Clifton. The excitement attendees felt about the educational event made an impact on social media, trending…

  • Provident donates $100k to institute for small entrepreneurs

    A grant for $100,000 from The Provident Bank Foundation will benefit The Ignite Institute at Saint Peter’s University, Jersey City. The grant is the second of three $100,000 “Signature” grants — one in each of its three funding priority areas of community enrichment, education, and health, youth and families — that the foundation will make…

  • BUSINESS BRIEFS

    Parker at Monroe Long-Term Living Community recently was honored by the American With Disabilities Act (ADA) Committee of Monroe Township with the 2015 ADA Award, a distinction given to “an individual or group that has gone above and beyond regulations in providing access to the disabled.” Parker at Monroe is a long-term living community where…

  • First-time buyers rising again

    By Laura Depta CTW Features First-time buyers bought a record number of homes in 2010 — then they all but disappeared. Now, they’re poised to make another big impact in the market. First-time homebuyers come, and first-time buyers go. Historically, first-time buyers make up approximately 40 percent of purchasers in a given year, according to…

  • Paging Mr. Rogers

    By Marilyn Kennedy Melia CTW Features For many, a friendly neighbor next door is not a high priority, according to a new survey analysis Neighborhoods matter to homebuyers, who seek a particular area for its easy commute, stable property values, quality schools, among other amenities. But the people living next door or down the street…

  • Century 21 About Town collecting teddy bears for Child Life Program

    Century 21 About Town Realty, 315 Forsgate Drive, Monroe Township, is encouraging neighbors, friends and family to consider donating a cuddly teddy bear this season. Century 21 About Town Realty is accepting new donations through Dec. 15. Bears will be donated to the Child Life Program where specialists care for patients at the Rutgers Cancer…

  • REAL ESTATE BRIEFS

    Jack Waters, regional vice president of Weichert, Realtors, announced that sales associates Chhaya “Barkha” Kishnani and Donna Warters of the East Brunswick office were recognized for their exceptional success during the month of October. Kishnani led the region, which is comprised of offices throughout Middlesex County, for new home dollar volume. Warters was the top…

  • Fuelish behavior

    By Jim Gorzelany CTW Features Many motorists think their cars’ MPG ratings are inaccurate, but they may only have themselves to blame Most every new-car ad that notes a vehicle’s estimated fuel economy bears a variation of the phrase, “your mileage may vary,” which has become a modern-day catchall expression for verbal waffling. Indeed, according…