Category: Independent Business
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Santa values
6.5% Increase in value of Santa Claus’ North Pole home versus 2016. According to Zillow, Santa’s residence is valued at $710,559 – he added the listing to Zillow last year (https://www.zillow.com/house/santas-house/). © CTW Features
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New Jersey and Rockland County real estate agents attend Coldwell Banker Retreat
Hal Maxwell, president of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, New York, is pleased to announce that 65 real agents affiliated with the company recently attended the Coldwell Banker Elite Retreat, a conference held at The Breakers Palm Beach in Florida. Top-performing Coldwell Banker sales professionals from the Northeast and Eastern…
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House or condo?
Ask Our Broker With Peter G. Miller By Peter G. Miller CTW Features Question: We have been looking at smaller properties now that we are empty nesters. Our choices include individual houses and condo units. The condo units have more features, such as a pool and small gym, while you can get a bigger house…
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Provident Bank Foundation provides grants to George Street Playhouse, LADACIN Network
The Provident Bank Foundation announced the recipients of its Third Cycle 2017 Major Grants, totaling $183,500 for 13 projects and programs across New Jersey and Pennsylvania. Locally, George Street Playhouse in New Brunswick received $25,000 to support George Street Playhouse’s Creative Dramatics in partnership with Irving Primary School in Highland Park for the expansion of…
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Rising values
$6,275 How much more the median home, nationally, will be worth a year from now, according to Zillow’s home value forecasts. © CTW Features
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Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage partners with Guaranteed Rate Affinity
Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey, a leading local residential real estate brokerage firm, announced that it has partnered with Guaranteed Rate Affinity, LLC to include an enhanced mortgage service offering for affiliated real estate agents and their customers. Through this business partnership, Guaranteed Rate Affinity will offer a wide array of mortgage products…
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The in-demand floor plan for multi-generational households
By Marilyn Kennedy Melia CTW Features American families have changed a lot in the past few decades. But most homes were built for the stereotypical two parents, 2.5 children household. “Today’s consumers are thinking about accommodations for both their aging parents and young adult children who have not moved out,” said Chris Porter, chief demographer…
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A nice and easy guide to home selling and buying
By Marilyn Kennedy Melia CTW Feature Linda Levin has unusual advice on selecting a real estate agent: “Arrive late for your first meeting, or call to change the time.” Then, suggests Levin, an agent with Jameson Sotheby International Realty in Chicago, observe how the agent reacts. Is he or she obviously miffed? If so, then…
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It’s all part of the real estate plan
Master-planned communities see growth from millennials, active adults By Jim Parker CTW Features Variously dubbed planned cities or master-planned communities, these residential developments boast “safety in numbers” because of their massive size, tout “the devil’s in the details” for meticulous strategies and run counter to the “all work and no play” maxim – as everything…
