Category: Independent Business
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Gloria Nilson: A continued history of success
Best known as the founder of Gloria Nilson & Co Real Estate, one of the most successful luxury real estate brands in the region, Gloria Nilson recently stood on a wind-swept patio overlooking Sandy Hook Bay and reflected on her storied real estate career. From the Atlantic Highlands bluff that is home to the estate…
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Trends for 2017
New real estate study outlines how the market will change in the next 12 months By Jesse Darland The Urban Land Institute and professional services firm PricewaterhouseCoopers have released their 2017 study Emerging Trends in Real Estate. The study takes a look at upcoming trends in the U.S. real estate market and is the result…
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Quick Change
Ask our broker By Peter G. Miller Question: We went to a lender – as you often suggest – and were pre-approved for a mortgage before looking for a house. The lender said we qualified for as much as $175,000 in financing. We then went looking for a property, made an offer, the offer was…
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Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares raises approximately $100,000 for local charities
Madison- Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares, the philanthropic arm of Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage in New Jersey and Rockland County, N.Y., recently raised approximately $100,000 at its first ever Cares Cup event at the Meadowlands Racetrack. Proceeds from the event will be distributed by Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage Cares to charities assisting local communities. More than…
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First time failure
54 Percent of buyers don’t get the first home on which they make an offer. Source: The Zillow Group Report © CTW Features
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More women and first-timers buying homes
NAR’s 2016 Buyer and Seller Survey shows increased participation of single women and first-time buyers in real estate market By Jesse Darland First-time buyers and single women are two key demographics that have dropped out of the real estate market in recent years. This past year, they have reversed course and increased their participation in…
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Business Brief
Bowlero North Brunswick will celebrate its grand opening from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Nov. 12 at the former Brunswick Zone Carolier, 1 Carolier Lane, North Brunswick, with Laurie Hernandez, the Olympic gold medal gymnast and “Dancing With The Stars” star who hails from Old Bridge. Coming off a multi-million dollar renovation, Bowlero North…
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Business Brief
Hair Cuttery will give back to former servicemen and women through its Share-A-Haircut program on Veterans Day. For every haircut purchased by Hair Cuttery patrons on Nov. 11, a free haircut certificate will be donated back to a veteran. Certificates are donated to recipients in the same community where the haircut was purchased. To distribute…
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Middletown couple’s move to Howell 55-plus community is a ‘no-brainer’
Sometimes, you know a good thing as soon as you see it. That was the case for Wendy Pierce and Stephen Sorgente, when they found K. Hovnanian’s® Four Seasons at Monmouth Woods, a new active-lifestyle community in Monmouth County. The couple were living in a large home in Middletown. Like many others who reach a certain stage…