Malik Crichlow's Blog

This Topsy Turvy Real Estate Market has quickly turned the sweet times of 2005 into the dark days of the present for Real Estate Agents and Sellers trying to sell homes.  It seems like practically overnight we became a buyers Market and now Sellers find themselves trying to survive in a world wh...

  As Real Estate Professionals and Human Beings we all need  "pick me ups" from time to time...I know with the way the Real Estate market has been over the past few years we all wish we could just hit the button and make everything "easy" again... Well unfortunately it's not that easy...so I felt...

As a New Jersey Real Estate Broker, showing properties are apart of my daily routine. Between previewing houses two times a week and working with excited house hunters; I am usually in about 10-20 homes per week.   Now the other day I was going through some homes in my area to show a buyer and ca...

The city of Newark has finally figured out a way to slow down the amount of abandoned properties within the city; charge home owners a fine for those actions.   Take a look at these pictures, Abandoned houses now sit on almost every block of what is New Jersey's largest City and officials have s...

During this shift in the Real Estate Market a lot of home owners have made some of the toughest decisions that  we all dread deep down inside... The decision of when it's time to cut your ties and walk away from your home. Of course there's plenty of content available online and tons of Realtors ...

  As an active member in the Maplewood/South Orange community; I have to admit that I love these towns, I live here, enjoy its parks and restaurants and I also have my Real Estate Office in town (GoodBuy Homes NJ Realty), so of course as a Broker in the area I often check market trends & sales as...

Hello AR! I havent posted a blog in a few weeks and figured now more than ever is the right time to jump back into the pool and make a splash. So I was a little excited because I just got a new listing in a highly desirable area of Essex County, NJ and I was talking to the home owner about my pla...

  For House Hunters who are looking for a home on their own and Agents that are working with Buyers, I cannot stress enough the importance of being pre-approved for aa mortgage before starting the process. In our office we stress the " Power of the Pre-Approval" I make it a necessity to explain t...

If you have a deliquent Mortgage with CitiMortgage, this news may be GOOD news for you! In an attempt to streamline the process and help more home owners avoid foreclosure by means of a short sale; Citimortgage is giving its borrowers an average of $12,000 to short sale, according to Justin Rand...

As a Realtor that engages in a lot of Short Sale business, I find that there are so many things that are needed just to get to the finish line of a deal.   You have to Meet with the client Go through the process Collect what will eventually become the Short Sale package List the property Market t...