Counsellors Title Agency

08/17/2021

More About Title Insurance

For the majority of American’s, the purchase of a home represents the largest investment most families will ever make. There is a great deal of confidence that comes with an owner’s title insurance policy. It’s a great way to get your property covered from legal claims. What is title? Title is...

08/16/2021

The Passing of Carmine Giordano

Carmine P. Giordano, 72, passed away August 13th, 2021. Born December 23, 1948 in Newark, NJ, he is survived by his wife Carol and his daughter Melissa. Carmine had been part of the Counsellors Title Sales Team since joining them in 2011 as a licensed title producer. With 50 years of title experienc...

08/13/2021

Rental Bidding Wars

According to a recently published article, finding a place to live is getting more difficult, and it’s not just happening amongst homebuyers — bidding wars are now occurring between renters. The inventory crisis which has affected home buyers for the last 2 years is now spilling into the rental ...

08/12/2021

Mortgage Rates Drop & New Listings Pop

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08/11/2021

Closing Costs You Should Know

As home prices continue to rise, homebuyers are looking for other ways to save, especially when they close on their property. Typical closing costs are between 2% and 5% of the loan amount for the borrowers. Closing costs and fees are the expenses that are incurred when buying or refinancing a home....

08/10/2021

2021 - The Year of the Great Retention

Retention NOT Recession! It’s not the fear of a recession that’s the buzz in business today; but it’s retention, specifically, employee retention, which poses the biggest challenge to businesses and nonprofits today. The news feeds all over the internet are abuzz with companies such as Amazon ...

08/09/2021

This Week's Title Wise News

https://counsellorstitle.net/2021/08/09/title-wise-newsletter-9/

08/06/2021

Eagle First Responders 5K Race - Sign-Up
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08/05/2021

Steps to Avoid Hackers

Know how to protecting your real estate transaction from fraud. The more digital we become in our transactions, the more vulnerable we become to those individuals who seek to gain unauthorized access to our transactions. The first step to protecting transactions is to be familiar with the entire pro...

08/04/2021

Precautions to Take to Avoid Purchasing a Faulty Structure

Considering the disastrous collapse of the condo in Florida, building inspections and structural inspections become more of a relevant factor when considering purchasing a property. When purchasing a property, the protocols implemented and followed will ultimately protect the buyer from making a pur...

08/03/2021

Wegmans Signs First Manhattan Lease

News of Wegmans first New York City store hit the Internet on Thursday. Wegmans is planning on opening its first Manhattan location on Astor Place, just below 14th Street on the east side of town. This is the second location that Wegmans opened in the 5 boroughs; the other is located in what was onc...

08/02/2021

Median Sale Prices Up 50% & 70% for Union & Hudson Counties

Union County Single Family Homes for June Key Metrics 2020 2021 Change New Listings 673 659 – 2.1% Closed Sales 374 578 + 54.5% DOM* 51 26 – 49.0% Median PX $415K $515K + 24.1% % of PX 98.9% 103.9% + 5.1% Inventory 1,199 800 […]