Category: Independent Business

  • Gloria Nilson & Co. hires new regional vice president in Monmouth County

    Gloria Nilson & Co. hires new regional vice president in Monmouth County

    Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate announces the hiring of Richard F. Martel Jr. as its regional vice president in Monmouth County. In addition, Martel will also serve as the broker/manager of the company’s Spring Lake office. Martel brings 25 years of real estate experience to his new role, having worked in almost every aspect…

  • MCAR presents 2015 Realtor Service Award

    MCAR presents 2015 Realtor Service Award

    The Monmouth County Association of Realtors (MCAR) announces the 2015 Realtor Service Award has been presented to Jack Preston of Woodward Realty’s Middletown office. The Realtor Service Award is presented to a dedicated MCAR member who has rendered distinguished and outstanding service to the real estate profession, their community and to the Monmouth County Association…

  • Gloria Nilson & Co. closes more than $1.5 billion in 2015

    Gloria Nilson & Co. closes more than $1.5 billion in 2015

    Gloria Nilson & Co. Real Estate closed more than $1.5 billion in real estate sales volume as of Dec. 31, 2015. Of particular note for 2015, Gloria Nilson & Co. sales figures in all of Monmouth and Ocean counties increased by more than 20 percent. According to reports from Trendgraphix Inc, 2015 set records in…

  • Renters invited to live rent-free for two months at brand-new The Waverly

    Renters invited to live rent-free for two months at brand-new The Waverly

    Developer BNE Real Estate Group recently announced the extension of one of its most popular promotions to date: two full months of free rent on any new apartment lease in its brand-new luxury rental community, The Waverly, Neptune. Conveniently located near the Jersey Shore, just off exit 100 of the Garden State Parkway, The Waverly…

  • Should you wait on rates?

    Should you wait on rates?

    Following years of inactivity, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates just slightly at the end of 2015. Here’s what that means for mortgages in the coming year By Erik J. Martin CTW Features The wait has ended: In December, for the first time since 2006, the Federal Reserve slightly hiked interest rates slightly — a…

  • Recognizing renters who make punctual payments

    Recognizing renters who make punctual payments

    Rent payments now are being added to credit reports, benefiting timely paying tenants when they go to buy a home By Marilyn Kennedy Melia A record 43 million households rent, rather than own. Many of them aren’t getting the credit they deserve, but some businesses are aiming to change that. Reports on whether renters make…

  • Weichert holds successful toy drive

    Weichert holds successful toy drive

    The Weichert Family of Companies successfully completed its 37th Annual Toy Drive, collecting more than 16,500 new toys for families and children in need this holiday season. The collected toys were donated to several charities throughout the regions in which Weichert does business, including the United Way, Friends Center for New Beginnings, The Valerie Fund,…

  • Coldwell Banker New Homes receives top honors from NJBA

    Coldwell Banker New Homes receives top honors from NJBA

    Coldwell Banker New Homes, one of the nation’’s largest, award-winning residential brokerage firms, received top honors for sales and marketing achievements at the New Jersey Builders Association’s (NJBA) annual Sales & Marketing (SAMs) Awards Gala during the Atlantic Builders Convention in Atlantic City. The awards included Million Dollar Club designations for sales associates with total…

  • Fromagerie set to reopen with new owners, new team and new look

    Fromagerie set to reopen with new owners, new team and new look

    RUMSON – The iconic Fromagerie Restaurant is set to open its doors again with new owners Paul and Enilda Sansone, who recently purchased the property and business. “Enilda and I are excited with this opportunity to keep the tradition of Fromagerie alive,” said Paul Sansone, owner of Sansone Auto Mall on Route 1 in Woodbridge. Celebrating…