Even though many are saying that New Jersey is losing people to the southern states, the Census Bureau has reported its estimate of July 1, 2007 statistics. All but three counties in New Jersey gained people rather than losing count. Most of the townships covered by this blog also gained. See links at right for individual numbers….
We have completed the data entry for the Mercer county township sites, now it is on to the sites for Plainsboro and Cranbury. The only one that took a lot of time was the Robbinsville NJ Homes for Sale site as many of the agents don’t specify neighborhoods in the Foxmoor area, just list them as being in Foxmoor. After those two townships are complete, we will have to take pictures of the various neighborhoods in Princeton, Pennington, Hopewell and Ewing for the neighborhoods pages, in addition to trying to figure out who the builders of those developments were…
And don’t forget that the Packers are in that championship game tomorrow evening…
We are scheduled to show seven homes starting this morning. Then it is on to the office to be the designated receptionist for three hours. Then the important part…the Packers playoff game. You just have to get your priorities straight….
It seems that the amount of inquiries has picked up like I thought it would. So far this week the websites have generated 14 requests for information.
Yesterday, we visited two homes in Lawrenceville with a couple that wants to move some time this year. It appears they have out-grown their current abode.
I sent out just listed cards to the Ewing neighborhood that the new listing is in.
Just had a call from someone in Texas looking for an active adult community in New Jersey where they will allow someone just 52 years of age to live. Think I have found such a community in Burlington County.
They are predicting almost record temperatures for the next few days. That would be higher than normal, not lower for you who are tracking the “climate change.”
Showed three homes in Robbinsville to new clients yesterday, people who had been doing their own searching on our Weidel site for a while and finally called to see some homes. No rush for them, as their lease runs out at the end of June.
Sent out the prospecting emails this morning, about 150 people currently receiving them.
We have an inspection from Hamilton township at the colonial in Groveville today between 1 and 3 pm. Good chance to sit in a vacant home for 2 hours with no internet connection. Seems there is an open permit from 2000 for the former owner, that the current owner is responsible for.
Preparing for a broker’s open house tomorrow in Ewing at the new listing. Bonnie is planning on serving Swedish meatballs and vodka rigatoni. Kinda your standard Swedish-Italian come-on for those agents who follow the “Feed them and they will come” mantra.
Already I missed a day. Was here during the day, decided to wait til the end of the day, and then forgot…Oh, Well….
Put together the virtual tour for the Ewing listing yesterday. CLICK HERE for a VisualTour of this listing. Taking township pictures for the tour will lend me a hand llater when completing the lifestyle section of the township site. Still waiting on Realtor.com to pick up the new listing so that it can become a Showcase Home.
Had a request for information from a “northern” New Jersey resident wanting information on a single family home in East Windsor priced between $230,000 and $280,000. Such a home doesn’t exist in today’s market. Sent information on homes in Hamilton, Ewing, and Lawrenceville. Hopefully they will reply with some interest.
After a full day of rather meaningless college football games, it was back to work today.
I went to the new listing in Ewing and took pictures for the Valu-Vision and the Multiple Listing Services. They will also be used in the virtual tour and for Realtor.com.
Then it was on to the office to answer the phones for 3 hours while inputting the data into the Multiple Listing Service. All went well and was accomplished in time.
Delivered paperwork to the Association of Realtors, got pictures printed, and property profile sheets were placed in the new listing before 5 PM. In addition, I was able to prop up the for sale sign in front of the Lawrenceville home for sale.
Working at the updating of the database will take some time early this year. In the initial stages, the numbers pretty much back up the feeling we have had for some time. Real estate sales are down about 20% in numbers, but the sales prices have dipped only slightly, about 4%.
Starting the year, we have one home for sale in Lawrenceville, one in East Windsor, one in Cataret, and a new one tomorrow in Ewing.
And with the tulips come the for sale signs.
Today is Broker’s Open in Ewing at our listing on Walker.
Thursday we will be getting a terrific new listing in East Windsor. Five year old home in a development right near the Peddie School Golf Course. It will probably be priced in the mid to upper $600s.
We have two active adult homes about to come on the market, one in Lawrenceville and the other in West Windsor. A condominium in East Windsor and also an East Windsor single family should also be ready to sprout signs.
We are still working on the condo in Plainsboro and the restored Victorian in Hamilton, so things have been active.
Today, I googled *west windsor nj homes for sale* and what had been resulting at spot 57 is now at result 3. I finally made it to Page One.
Now the dilemma. I had been adding the blog to the page, decided it wasn’t affecting the ranking, and removed it. Do I put it back or not? How long is the lag time in the Google Dance?