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Interest Rates And LBI Update July 30 2023

On July 26, 2023 the central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) raised its funds rate by a quarter percentage point.  It is questionable as to whether there will be any additional increases this year.  The increase is the 11th time the FOMC has raised rates since March 2022.   The fed funds rate sets what banks […]

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LBI Real Estate HELOC

  People have asked if it is possible to close on a Home Equity Line of Credit (HELOC) the same day they close on the purchase of Real Estate that they would like the HELOC against.  Although there could be circumstances in which one could close on a HELOC on the same day they close […]

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Long Beach Island – LBI , New Jersey is a great opportunity destination for investors.

Long Beach Island, New Jersey is a great opportunity destination for investors.  Over the years I have worked with several investors  – investors that are buying property to use for rental income, investors that purchase “tear downs” or vacant lots for selling new construction homes and investors that purchase property for both rental income and personal use.    […]

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LBI Real Estate – What to know about tax reassessments or reevaluations in New Jersey

New Jersey is not a State that will automatically reassess a property upon it being sold.    New Jersey requires reassessments if it has been more than 10 years since the last reassessment was done in the subject municipality  or if the coefficient of deviation (COD) for a municipality’s property assessments exceeds 15%.  The COD is […]

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Where is the LBI Market at Now?

As we approach the end of September we are seeing, as predicted, prices remain more or less the same as they were through the Summer of 2022.   The market is remaining competitive especially in the under a million dollar price point despite increasing interest rates and inflation.   The real estate market on LBI remains competitive […]

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How attorney review can rob you of a house that you have a fully executed real estate agency drawn contract on . . .

How attorney review can rob you of a house that you have a fully executed real estate agency drawn contract on . . .   Once you have a fully executed real estate agency drawn contract in New Jersey and that contract has been delivered to all parties, a 3 day attorney review period begins (in […]