Ocean City, NJ Real Estate News

Some positive thoughts about weather & sales ... Ocean City, New Jersey   At our regular months office meeting at Goldcoast Sotheby's International Realty in Ocean City, NJ; we talked about sales activity to date ... of course, that meant January and most of February, 2015.  Surprisingly, many re... 02/27/2015

The "Ups & Downs" of Real Estate ... Hang in There!! (Ocean City, NJ)   There is a bit of wisdom in my remembering this:  "When you were up, you were up; when you were down; you were down ... and when you were half-way up; you were neither up or down." Real Estate relates quite a bit to those wor... 02/20/2015

What Are You Reading These Days ... from Ocean City, New Jersey   I almost hit 70 books in 2014.  That might have been a record.  I do much more reading living in Ocean City, New Jersey than I did anywhere else.  Fall, Winter, and Spring tend to be great time frames "for reading" because there ar... 02/20/2015

I'm Here, You're There ... Ocean City, NJ to Elsewhere   It's certainly a simple process to explain.  We live on a barrier island with a winter population of about 10,000 give or take, but even some of that population is away for the winter.  And as one drives around the island, you can quickly r... 02/19/2015

The "Early Bird" gets the Call, the 1st Cup of Coffee, & More  ... Ocean City, NJ   So I was up and about at my normal morning time ... about 5am.  Did a bit of reading ... my lingering mystery with about 40 pages to go.  Read THE PRESS of Atlantic City and THE WALL STREET JOURNAL which arrive ab... 02/18/2015

Getting "In" and "Out" of the Writing Habit - Ocean City, New Jersey   I've always known that I was a writer.  As a history major in college, I could knock out those "essay questions" with the best of them.  Should have read more of the assignments, but my writing style got me though it all. Whil... 02/17/2015

Some Limited Signs Pointing to an Early Spring ... Ocean City, New Jersey   Our closing months of the short "Fall Buying Period" left a lot to be desired.  We got another bit of a buyer surge in mid-December and into early January (not expected, but well received).  So we have moved beyond the st... 02/15/2015

The Impact of Cold Weather in a Resort Town (Ocean City, New Jersey)   Weather plans a significant role in what we do, how we do it, and where we do it.  But maybe moreso when you live on a barrier island off the coast of New Jersey and only an hour away from Philadelphia. Cold weather and even h... 02/12/2015

Real Estate:  What do you do when you're not Busy?  (Ocean City, NJ)   Let me start topic by stating that most of us tend to slack off a bit, or a lot, when we're not busy.  We all tend to be quite strong in responding to "being busy," but when we encounter those "more frequent than not" slower t... 02/11/2015

Back From A Mid-Winter Vacation (OC/NJ)   That really means that we left our barrier island in South Jersey (Ocean City, NJ) to travel to the Gulf side of Florida for a mid-winter vacation.  We stayed for a week in Marco Island ... and spent a bit more time seeing some Ocean City friends who wint... 02/08/2015

The Northend & Gardens sections of Ocean City, New Jersey   Let's highlight the actual locations for both of these areas in Ocean City ... the Northend begins on the northern part of Sixth Street and continues to the southern part of North Street ... from the bay to the ocean.  That is probably t... 01/18/2015

Winter at the South Jersey Shore ... Ocean City, NJ   I just put on my winter gear today ... including a warm sweater, a top collar long sleeve under the sweater, and enough to get around if I should be outside too long today.  It's winter at the beach in Ocean City ... on our "not as lovely as d... 01/17/2015

The "Summer Wind" & the "Winter Wind" at the Jersey Shore (Ocean City, NJ)   Most of the readers of this blog posting are familiar with the "summer wind" here at the shore.  Down on the beach the umbrellas are flapping around most of the days.  The evening breeze across the porch causes tenants t... 01/07/2015

A Sale & Rental Thought for 2015 ... Ocean City, New Jersey   As we drift along through the holiday and new year time frame, let me share some real estate thoughts with you.  Whether you are a possible summer rental tenant, or a potential buyer of shore property, or an owner who might be interest... 12/27/2014

A Long Cold Holiday & New Year Break - Ocean City, New Jersey   The days seem shorter, the darkness comes along sooner, and the cold weather is here for quite a spell.  For most people who know about Ocean City, New Jersey ... this does not seem to be a normal thing.  But once winter arrives, it ... 12/22/2014

Your best approch is to do something that most buyers won't do   .... and at a time when buyers are not even thinking about l estate.  That immediately gets you into a location where you can meet agents who wANT TO HELP YOU BECAUSE YOU ARE DOING WHAT THEY (THEMSELVES) LIKE TO DO.   The colder the... 12/15/2014

What do you do at this time of year ... in Real Estate?   We're reviewing our notes, our back log of contacts, the emails coming in, and all of the other types of contact out there.  It's a slow time for real estate here in at the South Jersey Shore in general and in Ocean City in particular. We ... 12/06/2014

Thanksgiving Break ... Just in Time (Ocean City, NJ)   Coming and going "from the shore" and "to the shore" is always a type of holiday tradition. Mostly, a short visit to the shore is the traditional thing to do.  Have a great Thanksgiving Day, hit the downtown stores on Friday, maybe the Boardw... 11/24/2014

Ocean City, New Jersey ... In the late Fall & Winter   The calendar reads Friday ... November 21, 2014.  It's cold outside.  No snow like the "lake-effect stuff in the north, but it certainly feels like winter.  It warmed up just a bit yesterday, but cold again today.  The holiday season is slowl... 11/21/2014

We're Closing Out the Season Here in Ocean City, New Jersey   It appears like we're always closing out another season here in our resort town, the most northern and the largest community in Cape May County ... and the only one on a barrier island. So as we start to conclude the "fall buying perio... 11/20/2014