Ocean City, NJ Real Estate News

"Open House" ... 137 Ocean Road ... in Ocean City, NJ - May 10th (Sat) 10am-2pm   This is one of the lower priced single family listings in the Gardens on the ocean side of the Gardens Parkway.  A 3BR/2BA rancher on a 30x100 lot with gas heat and central air, great rental history, a nice deck and... 05/08/2014

"There is still a lot of time left in the 'Spring Buying Period" ... Ocean City, NJ It's all about the weather ... spring can be cold, or wet, warm, or dry.  The issue of buying and even renting connects a lot with how nice the weather is.  So we have about two full months to go until the summer ... 05/06/2014

"Ocean City" NJ ... The Island takes a turn toward summer ...   We waited out the cold and wet winter that tended to go on and on ... indeed into the spring.  We knew it couldn't last, but it did add some extra time to the process.  Often, we are able to get buyer activity even in February on a n... 05/05/2014

"How does one handle the Showing of Sale Listings" ... from Ocean City, NJ   Most real estate agents utilize the lock box method of obtaining keys for showings here in Ocean City, New Jersey.  In many locations, a city or MLS will utilize the "special key to open said boxes (which we did explore ... 04/30/2014

"Spring Block Party" ... May 3, 2014 (Saturday) ... in Ocean City, New Jersey   The "Spring Block Party" starts at 9am and goes until 5pm this Saturday (May 3, 2014) in Ocean City, New Jersey.  All roads going south from Philadlephia lead to Ocean City, NJ. Food, music, and loads of craft tables ... 04/30/2014

"Professional Standards Procedures Seminar" ... Ocean City, New Jersey The Ocean City Board of Realtors held a workshop with Facilitator, Diane K. Disbrow, who has had an ongoing relationship with our participants over a good many years.  Those invited to the workshop were members of the Grievenc... 04/24/2014

"An Open House Primer" for Ocean City, New Jersey I've been doing weekend open houses here in Ocean City, NJ since 1993.  In many of those early years, I was one of a limited number doing the "open house" effort.  Now these days, it is quite different:  many more open houses out there in competit... 04/22/2014

"2 Properties Sold in Ocean City ... One in Gardens, Another in Northend"   In March, 2014 my sale listing at 2 Ocean Road 2nd Floor (a 3BR/1BA condominium in the Gardens) sold in mid $300,000 range.  In April, 2014 working with Buyers I sold 137 Central Avenue (a 4BR/3.5BA single family in the N... 04/17/2014

I Guess that You forgot That I Still Do Blogging" ... from Ocean City, New Jersey   I'm Dustin A. Peters, Goldcoast Sotheby's International Realty, here in Ocean City, NJ.  I'm starting my 22 year in the sale and rental process in our South Jersey shore "island community.  I live and work on the ... 04/02/2014

"Getting Back in the Groove" ... in Ocean City, New Jersey Just back from my "winter vacation," but it is always a bit difficult getting "back into the groove."   Our first issue was whether or not we could land in Atlantic City on Monday with the snow.  That worked out.  The second issue was adj... 03/05/2014

"Back from Vacation ... I'm Feeling Great" ... from Ocean City, NJ So you've missed by blogging.  You wonder what happened to me.  Where is that realtor who writes all those blogs.  Well we took our annual cruise ... flew down to Fort Lauderdale a couple of days early just to be certain we got th... 03/05/2014

"Weather Problems Impact Us in Many Ways ... from Ocean City, New Jersey   This has been one of the worst winters in quite a number of years.  Much colder, a lot damper, a lot of ice and snow.  Storms coming up the coast, storms coming across the middle of the country.  Frozen pipes, car accident... 02/13/2014

"There's a Rule of Thumb" ... When You plan to be Away, !!!???! - from Ocean City, NJ When you plan to be away, or you know you will be leaving in a couple of days, that's when evrything comes out of the woodwork, something springs a leak, all kinds and sorts of problems arise without notice. Tha... 02/12/2014

"A Word to the Wise" ... from Ocean City, New Jersey   I'm not a particularly good person to be talking "about advice."  I certainly try very hard not to give it out ... and I'm readily not very interested in receiving it.  But as a elementary and later high school teacher, an assistant junior-se... 02/07/2014

"The 1st Full Week of February, 2014" ... from Ocean City, New Jersey It's ever so slowly getting closer to the "Spring Buying Period" here in Ocean City, New Jersey.  The only thing that isn't cooperating (and that's an important aspect) is the winter weather.  And anyone connected to real estat... 02/04/2014

"Cruising" may be our best vacation choice ... from Ocean City, New Jersey   We live on a barrier island in Cape May County, New Jersey ...  just a couple of miles from the mainland in Ocean City, NJ.  Of course, from May through mid-October; it was beach time with a lot of walking, later swimmin... 02/03/2014

"Just Lost a Listing" ... from Ocean City, New Jersey Well, what can you say ... it happens to almost every real estate agent.  It's just a part of the real estate process.  You work very hard to make a contact, get a referral, or just run into someone who wants to sell.  You visit the property, ... 02/02/2014

"Every Weekend Reading" ... from Ocean City, New Jersey I look forward to the arrival of Friday morning and Saturday morning because I get the Wall Street Journal delivered to my house with these two issues being the best of the week.  There is no Sunday "Journal" so they pack it in on Friday and... 02/01/2014

"Frozen Pipes" ... from Ocean City, New Jersey I guess that tells it all ... particularly when you are talking about "second homes or rental properties" located from one-to-three hours away from our cold, but lovely, barrier island with no where to sled except from the Boardwalk down in some few ... 02/01/2014

"The Winter of our Discontent" ... Anywhere on the East Coast ... Ocean City, NJ   I read something in one of the papers I get regarding the title line:  "The Winter of our Discontent."  Clearly, this has been the winter ... maybe the worst on thatI can recall going back twenty years here in Ocea... 02/01/2014