Industry Observer Blog

Spring may be upon us, but with many Americans still cooped up in their homes due to coronavirus-related stay-at-home orders, it can feel like an exceptionally long and brutal winter. And for some retirees, it may just give them the push they need to make next year the year they officially become...

2020 was supposed to be the year of low, stable mortgage rates, increasing new home construction and the tail end of the refinance boom. Oh, how quickly things change.  America’s efforts to slow the spread of the coronavirus outbreak have brought the U.S. economy to a screeching halt, throwing mi...

Spring typically means an uptick in the housing market, but the coronavirus pandemic that is continuing to spread across the United States has thrown the industry a curveball. According to data from National Association of Realtors® (NAR), almost a third of members saw a decline in the number of ...

Selling a home and moving out of state is already a stressful time. The logistics of packing, finding a job, enrolling children in school and starting a new life can be overwhelming.But for people selling a home in New Jersey, there’s an added wrinkle: a tax law sometimes known as the “exit tax.”...