Life and Living At The Jersey Shore Webisode 23 - June 15, 2011



Welcome to Episode 23 of Life And Living At The Jersey Shore. June 15, 2011
It is filled with Real estate tips, trends, statistics, fun things to do in southern ocean county. The web cast is funny, informative with lots of Tom’s wisecracks.

Each week we try to bring you fun, informative and interesting tidbits about the best kept secret at the Jersey Shore... Southern Ocean County

Here are this week’s market stats:
This week statistic in a personal one. I wanted to thank everyone who came out to the game Monday night for our 10th annual Night at the Blue Claws, Client appreciation party. We had the whole top deck and suite. It was lots of fun and we had tons of great food.
A special congratulations to Andrew Parsley the winner of a $500.00 Gift Card tree for referring the most customers to us in 2010. Since Andrew is a police officer it wasn’t a surprise when he quickly pocketed the Dunkin Donuts cards.!

Fun stuff in Southern Ocean:

The STAFFORD TOWNSHIP ARTS CENTER (STAC) and OceanFirst Theatre, features an 800 seat theatre with state-of-the-art amenities, and is host to the region's finest professional entertainment. As the newest performing arts center on the Jersey Shore, STAC provides art and culture programming through its Summer Stage Series, Children's Programs and entertainment for the entire family. STAC is located at 1000 McKinley Ave. Manahawkin, NJ 08050 for show schedules call: 609.489.8600

Our real estate glossary:
The term “Fee simple” refers to the greatest possible interest a person can have in real estate. As opposed to an ownership in a condominium project, the unit owner is the exclusive owner only of the air space within his or her portion of the building (the unit) (we say from the sheet rock in) and is an owner in common with respect to the land and other common portions of the property. A fee simple owner is one who owns the everything including the dirt.
Often confused with condominiums, townhouses might be fee simple. Even though they are attached to another property the owner can still own the entire property including the dirt underneath.

Smart home buyer tip:

Here’s a good reason to seriously consider buying a home now. According to a report released by Realtor.com on current industry trends, Median home values are rising, although not uniformly. The Southwest and Florida still have a long upward climb, but states like New Jersey for example, experienced a 6.04 percent gain in just one month! As it stands, the national median list price is now $199,500, slightly more than February’s $199,000
So with mortgage rates below 4.75%, down payments of 3.5% and even 100% financing it makes good sense to buy a house now.
And we have some really nice looking houses all over Southern Ocean County.

My 2 Cents:
On June 15th 1911 the International Business Machine company was formed. 100 years ago today. And no, Amanda, (I wasn’t there for the opening ceremonies!)

Home of the week:
This week’s home of the week is 135 Autumn Oak Lane in the Oaks section of Manahawkin. This home was just reduced to an incredible price of only $224,900.00 This gorgeous center hall colonial is Located on a quiet cul-de-sac with tree lined streets, sidewalks and underground utilities, this 3 bedroom 2.5 bath home features hardwood floors, formal living room, formal dining room, kitchen opens to dining area with bump out windows, family room Plus a Florida room off the family room overlooking the fenced yard and patio. There are three large bedrooms on the second floor. The spacious master bedroom features a full bath and large walk in closet. There is tons of storage in this home, a one car garage with pull down stairs to attic storage, central air, gas heat, in ground sprinklers. Call today 609-978-3623! You can see photos and a video tour on our website: www.sellertom.com. What a bargain.


Well, you’ve wasted another perfectly good 10 minutes of your life listening to our prattle. Our show is written by me, Tom Smith, my beautiful co host & partner, Amanda Nichols, and our producer, director, cameraperson and partner, Donna.

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