• REAL ESTATE BRIEFS

    Aris Maniotis of Century 21 Cataneo & Associates, Holmdel, has sold the highest priced property thus far for the year 2015 at Cataneo & Associates. Maniotis is an agent with many years of experience who specializes in residential and commercial listings and sales. His top sale this year topped the company sales record for 2015…

  • Home investment returns

    By Marilyn Kennedy Melia CTW Features The American Dream is re-awakening. In a July 2015 survey by bankrate.com, 27 percent of respondents said they’d put their money in real estate if they had cash to invest for the long-term. Twenty-three percent would keep money in cash and CDs, which was the favorite top choice in…

  • Scoring new ‘subprime’ loans

    By Marilyn Kennedy Melia CTW Features There has been a small expansion of mortgage lending for borrowers with less-than-stellar credit scores ‘Subprime.” The word holds dramatically different meanings. Before the housing crisis, the term generally referred to mortgages made to borrowers who didn’t have to prove much — if anything — about their income or…

  • Local to participate in ‘Women on Top of Their Industries’ discussion at Real Estate Expo

    Stacie Curtis, president and founder of CW Solutions, East Brunswick, will join a panel of speakers at the Seventh Annual New York City Real Estate Expo to be held on Wed., Nov. 11 at the New York Hilton in Midtown Manhattan at 1335 Avenue of the Americas. The day-long event will feature discussions with key…

  • Tech is where the homebuying is

    Despite the Internet’s prevalence in the home search, consumers increasingly are relying on agents to help with continue to use Realtors in order to find housing, according to a new report from the National Association of Realtors. The report, titled “Real Estate in a Digital Age,” found that potential buyers consider finding the right property…

  • Monroe holds onto playoff hopes in win over Howell

    By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent MONROE TOWNSHIP I f the Monroe Township High School football team somehow qualifies for the NJSIAA Central Jersey Group V playoffs, it will owe a huge debt of gratitude to Chase Santiago. The senior receiver and defensive back made three crucial plays in the final minutes to help preserve the lead…

  • Monroe earns shutout win to capture GMC championship

    By JIMMY ALLINDER Correspondent Abby Viola of Monroe Township High School, right, scored one of the Falcons’ two goals in their 2-0 upset of top-seeded South Plainfield High School in the Greater Middlesex Conference Field Hockey Tournament championship game Oct. 22 at South Brunswick High School. STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER ERIC SUCAR Monroe Township High School continued…

  • An Oresteia at Rutgers

    TOP PICK Lindsay Andreanszky In Rutgers Theater Company’s presentation of An Oresteia, “bloodline” takes on a whole new meaning in this trilogy of revenge and justice-seeking at the Victoria J. Mastrobuono Theater. The House of Atreus, headed by Agamemnon, king of Argos and a Greek army commander, has a long and sordid ancestry of murderers…

  • Just a man, but a truly remarkable one

    In theaters now By Paul Hall www.channelguidemag.com Steve Jobs. It’s a name synonymous with technological innovation. In the new film that bears the same name, we get a peek into the life of that man during three very different moments in his life. Jobs (Michael Fassbender) co-founded Apple with his friend Steve Wozniak (Seth Rogen)…

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