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Home Sales Report Sayreville NJ

Real Estate Market Data Sayreville Average Sales priceHome values in Sayreville NJ have been increasing over the past 2 years.  The chart on the left shows how the average home sales prices in Sayreville (for single family home, condominiums and townhouses) has increased from the first 6 months of 2012 when compared to the same period in 2013 and 2014.  The number of sales in each period are as follows:

  • 2012 127 Closed Home Sales
  • 2013 154 Closed Home Sales
  • 2014 147 Closed Home Sales

The average days on the market  for for homes sold in Sayerville

 

Independence Day!

Home Ownership USAOn July 2, 1776, the Congress secretly voted for independence from Great Britain. The Declaration of Independence was first published two days later on July 4, 1776.

238 Years! Happy 4th of July!

A Stronger Home Sale Summer for the East Brunswick Market Area?

Homes for Sale in East Brunswick NJ

May 2014 home sales, contracts signed, were up 6.1% from the prior month but prices eased a bit nationally according to data reported by the National Association of Realtors.

So home homes were up month over month but as compared to homes sales in May of 2013 sales were down 5.2%. 

What's a Bathroom?

Sink in BathroomRecently a sellers of ours pointed out a mistake on the description of his property and it was with the # of bathrooms the home had.  The listing real estate agent correctly entered the information into our mls system, 2.5 baths but when the data was distributed to other web sites it was posted as 3 bathrooms totaling up the 2 full baths and the 1 half bath.  But is 2 and a half bathrooms a proper description of what the property offers?

Taxes and Selling Your Primary Residence in New Jersey

Although this has been discussed and talked about  since the tax law changed in 1997 many homeowners and real estate agents are still not aware that in most cases there will not be any state or federal taxes due on your gain when selling your primary residence here in New Jersey.