According to a study which was released on Thursday, New Jersey's population has reached 21.6% foreign born.

With the numbers of immigrants moving to New Jersey ever increasing, and the numbers of non-immigrant New Jersey residents moving to other states increasing, we will soon reach the all time high level of 26% foreign born residents.  That number of foreign born residents was last reached in 1910.

The report revealed that the last 7 years have seen the largest level of immigration in our history, both in New Jersey and nationally, with 1.5 million legal and illegal immigrants arriving in the country each year.  Since the year 2000 New Jersey has taken in 589,000 new immigrants, only Texas and California took in more.  The Children of immigrants now…

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What Should You Do When Your House Does Not Sell?

The longer your home sites on the market, the less likely you are to get a price that you are going to like.  Avoid waiting to long to make a decision.

Listen To A Professional Realtors Feedback 

Ask your real estate professional to poll his or her colleagues who have shown your home.  If location is the problem, you may not have any choice but to reduce your price.  But if your home's appearance is the issue, deal with what seems to be holding buyers back, such as cleaning up the basement or painting the inside.

Reduce Your Homes Price

This is the most obvious decision.  If the real estate market has slowed since you listed your home six weeks ago, the comparable recent home sales you used to set your…

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Handwritten e-mail for the holidays.

You can use your own handwriting as a personal font for your e-mail and word documents.  Go to fontifier.com and print out your template for letters, symbols, and numbers.  Print each one as you normally would hand write, scan the page, e-mail it back and then you can preview your personal handwriting font.  If you like it, you can purchase it and download the font for nine dollars.

Not a bad deal for the creative types out there.

Jim.

James Boyer

NJ Realtor Associate

RE/MAX Properties Unlimited

One Madison Ave

Morristown, NJ 07960

Morristown Real Estate 

973-647-0253 (Direct)

973-539-6300 (Office)

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It is Black Friday, The biggest shopping day for everything except Morristown Real Estate.  Everyone is thinking of holiday shopping and getting the great deals that are out there.

But wait a minute, lets re-read that.  (It is Black Friday, The biggest shopping day for everything except Morristown Real Estate.  Everyone is thinking of holiday shopping and getting the great deals that are out there.)  When looked at from a more financially savvy point of view, if you are renting, or had been waiting to move up to a larger home, shouldn’t you be shopping now!!

The deals are better this holiday season for Morristown Real Estate shoppers than ever before.  Take a look at my MLS search  Morristown Real Estate  to see all the great deals.  

Happy Holidays,…

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I thought it was a buyers market in New Jersey Real Estate!!

Here is a little background  on how a New Jersey Real Estate Transaction happens once you select a house, so that you will better understand what has happened.  New Jersey is a Attorney State.  The Legislature has taken almost all control of the nj real estate transaction our of the Realtors hands.  In actuality a Realtor cannot write a contract for purchase of a home, only a proposal for purchase.  Only the Attorneys can write a actual contract.  It gets even worse, both the buyer and the seller each have to have their own Attorney, More than double the cost involved.  Then there is a Attorney review period (usually about 3 business days) where ether the buyer or the seller can back out for any…

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10 Tips for Selling Your Morris & Union County NJ Home during the Holidays

1. Keep it warm:  To show a home to its best advantage during the winter, think warm, cozy, and homey. Keep your thermostat at 70 degrees during home showing hours. If your home is vacant, install a programmable thermostat and set it to have the home at 70 during the day.

2. No snow or ice on the walks:  Only very serious home buyers are out during winter. If the buyer cannot get to the home easily, the house will not sell. That means keeping your walkways and driveways free of winter’s worst. Just like keeping your lawn nice in the summer, you want to make your home look well maintained.  This is also important for keeping the risk of having a home buyer injured down.   

3. Take…

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Morristown NJ Home Shoppers

There is a new look to a great old resource for home shoppers in Morristown NJ.  More Pictures of Morristown for you to see, and more information about Morristown.  Please check out the site and let me know if you like it.  If there are any changes you would suggest please let me know.

If you would like to do a little market research on Morristown NJ Luxury Real Estate I have a nice MLS tool for you to use for free.  Please use it as much as you like.

James Boyer Realtor Associate RE/MAX Properties Unlimited, Real Estate 1 Madison Ave Morristown, NJ 07960 973-539-6300 (Office) 973-647-0253 (Direct) Read Full Post

Madison NJ Home Shoppers

There is a new look to a great old resource for home shoppers in Madison NJ.  More Pictures of Madison for you to see, and more information about Madison.

If you would like to do a little market research on Madison NJ Luxury Real Estate I have a nice MLS tool for you to use for free.  Please use it as much as you like.

James Boyer Realtor Associate RE/MAX Properties Unlimited, Real Estate 1 Madison Ave Morristown, NJ 07960 973-539-6300 (Office) 973-647-0253 (Direct) Read Full Post