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Buying Foreclosures in Monmouth County, New Jersey

A lot of people have been asking about buying a foreclosure in Monmouth County, NJ. 
Let’s begin our discussion by defining the relevant terms. Technically, a foreclosure is a bank owned property or REO (real estate owned).  The foreclosure process has been completed and the bank now owns the property.  Next the bank lists the [...]

Posted by: Tracy Gibson on Wednesday, June 3rd, 2009

Monmouth Real Estate - 2008 in Review

Well, it has been a tough year on many counts, especially real estate.  As you can see in the chart below the inventory has stayed high and sales have stayed low throughout the year.  Inventory has come down slightly by the end of the year, but sales also declined. 
Comparing the fourth quarter of 2008 with [...]

Posted by: Tracy Gibson on Friday, January 23rd, 2009

Monmouth Real Estate Midyear

We can now look back and see what the the first half of 2008 was in terms of the real estate market.  This post covers all of Monmouth County.  To get the stats for your specific town, please contact me by visiting my agent website:
NorthernMonmouthHomes.com.
First the good news: The number of home sales in Monmouth County has [...]

Posted by: Tracy Gibson on Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Loving Monmouth County

Why I love living in Monmouth County:

The Ocean -
When I was a little girl we went “down the shore” for vacation every year for a week.  We went Seaside Heights, which is in Ocean County, but that is still not far away from my home in Matawan. 
All through my childhood, I have great memories of [...]

Posted by: Tracy Gibson on Wednesday, April 23rd, 2008

Happy Independence Day

To celebrate the 4th of July/Independence Day, I am posting this fantastic photo of the Red Bank fireworks. This picture was taken by a great local photographer, Bob Jagendorf. You can see his other photos on Flickr:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/bobjagendorf/. Red Bank has one of the best fireworks displays in Monmouth County, NJ. We used [...]

Posted by: Tracy Gibson on Wednesday, July 4th, 2007

Summer is Coming!

I was just thinking how glad I was that summer was coming. Last summer I did not enjoy it, as summer. I was too busy planning my oldest daughter’s wedding last July. This year I intend to savor every moment.
I love warm weather.

This weekend is going to be great. We have a homeschool picnic [...]

Posted by: Tracy Gibson on Wednesday, May 23rd, 2007