Manalapan, NJ

These days, there is no satisfaction in being right.

I wish I were wrong more. I wish I were just blowing smoke.

I wish there were no truth to the dialog I have been giving buyers about getting off the fence before it is too late.

I have a client that was approved 6 months ago to purchase $250k and today will be lucky to get financing for $200k! He didn't believe me when I told him that financing guidelines were going to get tighter. He thought I was just trying to "push" him to make a sale! He thought he had all the time in the world. He wanted to be one of the financial geniuses who could time the very bottom of the market. Needless to say, he signed the lease on his apartment for another year!

Too bad he won't be able to take advantage of the $7,500 First Time Homebuyer Tax Credit!

JoAnna Siminerio
Weichert, Realtors - Marlboro
732-598-6823

Is it me, or is the holiday season
starting earlier and earlier each year?

I couldn't believe it. I was at the Freehold Mall today and actually saw Santa Claus! What is going to happen next year? He will probably arrive in his Halloween costume, dressed as the Easter Bunny!

I have a love/hate relationship with the holidays. I hate the hustle and bustle, but love the spirit that the season brings.

Many home sellers view the holiday season with dread. Some actually suspend their listings until after the New Year. They worry about their home sitting on the market and getting stale while the buyers are out shopping for presents, drinking hot cocoa and going to holiday parties.

The holiday season offers unique opportunities that home sellers should consider:

• The buyers that are out during holiday periods are serious purchasers! In fact, they are exactly the type of buyers that we are hoping to attract.
  
  
• Often relocation buyers make buying trips during the holidays. These are buyers who have a sense of urgency to find their next home.
  
  
• Since homeowners are under the false impression that their home won't sell during the holidays, the inventory is lower now. Listing now gives the seller the advantage of less competition for those most serious purchasers. Stand out now, or potentially get lost in the crowd later.
  
  
• Most homes never look better or more inviting than when infused with a little holiday spirit! Of course the smell of baking cookies in the oven doesn't hurt either!
  

Good Luck!

JoAnna Siminerio
Weichert, Realtors
732-598-6823 cell
732-536-4400 x152 office

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The following are single family homes that are undercontract or sold in the month of September:

Single Family Under Contract: 39

Low: $165,000

High: $1,299,900

Avg.: $601,232

Avg. Days on Market: 92

Single Family Sold: 12

Low: $206,000

High: $1,200,000

Avg.: $526,958

Avg. Days on Market: 79

Expired Listings Single Famliy: 30

Low: $180,000

High: $2,479,000

Avg: $902,137

Avg Days On Market: 212

EXPIRED LISTINGS: WHY DIDN'T YOUR HOME SELL?

CALL ME OR GO TO MY WEBSITE TO FIND OUT!

Louis Trillo

Prudential New Jersey Properties

Manalapan NJ

732.567.2393

http://yourhomewillsell.net

1. Manalapan is Native American for "manel" for drink and "paune" for bread.
2. Manalapan was once part of Freehold Township
3. The High School's sports teams are called the Braves
4. DeJesus Outfielder for the Kansas City Royals went to Manalapan High School
5. The town is over 30 square miles
6. In the 1800's there were distrillers of apple whiskey
7. In th 1800's Manalapan was a farming community grow mostly grains
8. Manalapan was rated the second hottest town on the East Coast by Money
9. Part of the Battle of Monmouth was fought in Manalapan
10. Manalapan is a GREAT place to live.

If you have any questions about Manalapan please email me.

The following are single family homes that are undercontract or sold in the month of May:

Single Family Under contract

Total: 27

Low: $329,900

High: $999,999

Avg.: $613,276

Single family sold

Total: 16

Low:$234,498

High: $1,076,000

Avg.: $611,362

Condos Under contract

Total: 8

Low: $255,000

High: $458,950

Avg.: $357,730

Condos Sold

Total: 9

Low: $255,000

High: $497,386

Avg: $355,782

Expired Listings Single Family

Total: 17

Low: $289,900

High: $1,800,030

Avg.: $619,035

Expired Listings Condos

Total: 3

Low: $281,900

High: $374,900

Avg.: $325,600

Expireds Listings: why didn't your home sell?

call or go to my website ti find out!

Louis Trillo

Prudential NJ Properties

732.567.2393

http://yourhomewillsell.net