2012 Spring Market Workshop Series

• Emerging Housing Trends – It’s been a bumpy ride for home sales recently as the slow pace of economic recovery has extended the housing slump. There is however continuing signs that the pace of home sales will increase in 2012 after stabilizing in recent months. We’ll help you to sort it all out so that you can set reasonable expectations for what will occur in the 2012 housing market.


• Local Housing Report Cards – Navigating through the intricacies of supply & demand is both challenging and time consuming. We’ll make it easy for you with this handy town-by-town analysis of local market conditions for 400 New Jersey municipalities. With this valuable information you’ll have all the facts you need to speak authoritatively on current and forecasted trends at the local submarket level.


• Home Price Trends – What’s happening to home prices depends heavily on location. Some markets find themselves in the midst of a double-dip, some have been relatively stable, and still others are experiencing price increases. Find out the latest on home prices and where they’re heading in your submarkets.


• Warning: Foreclosure Surge Ahead – The moratorium on foreclosure actions over the past year has created a backlog of properties stuck in the pipeline. Once this log jam is cleared a flood of foreclosure actions is expected which could place additional downward pressure on home prices in specific areas of the state. Find out where the foreclosure crisis will be worst and when the surge is likely to come ashore.


• CMA Best Practices – Estimating anticipated sales price isn’t an easy task in these uncertain times. We’ll get you on the right track with key pointers on Right Pricing! Also included in this segment is our latest Home Feature & Remodeling Report to help you solve the housing price puzzle by understanding the basic building blocks of CMA pricing.


• Housing Market Forecast – Home price declines in recent years coupled with historic low mortgage interest rates have balanced the housing affordability equation in New Jersey. Also, rising rental prices and the potential for further interest rate declines are tilting the Rent-Buy decision in favor of home ownership. This segment will provide a clear understanding of what to expect from the New Jersey housing market in 2012, and beyond.