Last week, CNBC’s Jeff Brown came up with a report on how some investors are proactively countering “worries their nest egg will come up short.” That might sound familiar to Morris County residents who find themselves worrying a little more as each year passes. Retirement may be that much closer—but it’s far from certain how comfortable those latter years are …
How Do You Find the Best Morris County Real Estate Agent?
If anyone out there is looking for the most mediocre Morris County real estate agent to represent them, they are keeping it secret. Although people usually prefer not to behave in dull, predictable ways, when someone is about to put their own Morris County home on the market or to buy their next house, almost everyone winds up with the …
Solved: When is the Best Time to Sell Your Morris County House?
When is the best time for selling your Morris County house? Is there even a best time? If the change in residence is triggered by some inflexible external factor (like a transfer at work), the answer is foreordained: NOW! That can be right now, or in November, or February—since you will be making the move, to avoid paying for two …
Common Sense Might Not Shape Future Morris County Home Sales
Many Morris County homeowners will be planning to list their properties this spring because it’s when future home sales would be expected to peak. Historically, at least, spring is when a sudden crush of prospects usually arrive on the scene. But this year, the upward drift in mortgage interest rates might have would-be sellers worried. After all, it’s common sense …
Timing Your Morris County Home’s Sale
Hardly anyone decides to put their own Morris County house up for sale without wondering whether there wouldn’t be a better time to do so. There are a couple of different ways to look at the timing of your Morris County home’s sale—but only one of them is controversial. Controversial: timing by the calendar. A good number of real estate …
For Some Morris County House Hunters, Autumn = Opportunity
A while back, Forbes noted what they called “The Four Ways the Real Estate Market Changes” after Labor Day. The article recognized a truism that holds for most parts of New Jersey—namely, that the period between Labor Day and Thanksgiving is what most of us think of as “fall.” It went on to describe four ways the change of seasons …
Here are the 5 Top Reasons for Selling Your House in Morris County
When you have a firm timeline that governs when you’ll be selling your Morris County house, it’s one decision that’s made for you. Of course, it’s not always that easy. If a move from one home to another, or from Morris County to another area isn’t dictated by outside events, you have to make the decision anew every week or …
Long Term Strategic Thinking for Selling Your Morris County Home
Selling your Morris County home is never something you do on a whim. There can be rare situations when the decision to sell is a sudden one that’s forced by unexpected life circumstances (favorable or not)—but selling your Morris County home is not likely to be the result of some sudden impulse. Since that’s the case, it follows that most …
The Art, not Science, of Pricing Your Morris County House
The science of pricing a house in Morris County isn’t really a science. The thing about science that makes it reliable is that its findings can be confirmed experimentally. If Galileo drops a feather and a lead weight from the Tower of Pisa to prove something about gravity, anyone else can trot right up there and repeat the experiment. If …
Selling Your Morris County Home with Branding
Selling your Morris County home takes marketing, of course. Highlighting its features—the specific details that the Morris County MLS lists for every property—is only the beginning. The number of bedrooms, square footage, lot size—even the architectural style—all help buyers eliminate offerings that won’t satisfy their housing requirements. These are quantitative marketing specifics that qualify a residence. Most have numbers attached. …