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New Jersey: Not Business Friendly December 17th, 2009 Let's face it.  If the economy is to recover quickly, the bottom line is jobs, jobs, jobs.  Put people to work and everything else falls into place. Businesses, of course, are the key to creating jobs.  And two-thirds of jobs are with small an...

  Dennis Township gets Liquor Store   Thursday, December 17th, 2009 Back in 2006, Dennis Township auctioned its first-ever liquor license for a retail store, known as a Plenary Retail Distribution License.  In New Jersey ABC lingo, it's known as a "44″ license, meaning the liquor is for off-premi...

 Mountain Man and City Girl The Blogsite of Jewell Real Estate Agency, Wildwood Crest, NJ 609-729-8505 Obama Lectures Bankers With Wells Fargo announcing Monday that it too was repaying its $25 billion in bank bailout money, the final large bank was out from under the scrutiny of the federal gove...

Mountain Man and City Girl The Blogsite of Jewell Real Estate Agency, Wildwood Crest, NJ 609-729-8505  Banks Don't Like Other's Rules December 14th, 2009 Another major bank - this time Citigroup - is paying back its government bailout money because it doesn't like the rules that go along with th...

Real Estate Settlement changes January 1 December 13th, 2009 The Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act (RESPA), a consumer protection statute enacted in 1974, will have a new face beginning January 1, 2010.  RESPA was basically designed to give effective disclosure to homebuyers and sellers prior...

Wildwood recall successful December 10th, 2009 "Surprise, Surprise, Surprise", as Gomer Pyle used to say.  To the surprise of many, including this ardent Cape May County observer, voters successfully recalled City of Wildwood Mayor Ernie Troiano and Commissioner Bill Davenport in Tuesday's specia...

Mountain Man and City Girl The Blogsite of Jewell Real Estate Agency, Wildwood Crest, NJ 609-729-8505   A Real Jump-Start December 11th, 2009 Nearly a year into the Obama administration I think Americans can see that the No.1 issue in the nation's mind - the economy - is still sputtering.  Bank ...

Mountain Man and City Girl The Blogsite of Jewell Real Estate Agency, Wildwood Crest, NJ 609-729-8505 « A Real Jump-Start Baby Boomers will be replaced Most people would agree that the real estate market of the last 15 or 20 years has been fueled by the Baby Boomers.  As you know, that's the 80 m...

Real Estate Looking Up For 2009 January 10th, 2009 Happy New Year Everyone!  Jewell Real Estate Agency had a good 2008, and we are looking forward to an even better 2009.  The year started off with a bang on January 2.  Our office was so busy and crowded you couldn't move.  Both Douglas and I had...

FOUR'S NOT ENOUGH We usually only hear one complaint about our newsletter - there aren't enough issues each year. In this ever-changing real estate market, and in response to our readers, we will now publish at least six newsletters per year. And so, here is our first extra edition. ANOTHER HIGH-...