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-- Real Estate - Overview
 Built between 1638 and 1641 by Finnish settlers in colony of New Sweden, log home claimed to be oldest existing log building in US and oldest standing wooden structure in the Western hemisphere located in what is now Gibbstown section of Greenwich Township in Gloucester County. Image: Wikimedia Commons
-- Historical overview
Since its first settlement by Europeans, real estate has been at the center of New Jersey's economic and political evolution. Both the Dutch and the English used land grants as incentives to attract settlers to their colonies, and for many years as a Royal colony disputes over land titles provoked conflict--and occasional violence--dividing those within its towns and villages and sparking opposition to its rule by agents appointed from abroad. In the first half of nineteenth century, the state's strategic location between New York City and Philadelphia fueled its growth, leading to the development of industry and housing along the corridor connecting the fast-growing cities. Following the Civil War, New Jersey's position at the gateway for European immigration sparked further expansion and development into the next century. With the introduction of the automobile, communities outside the older cities began to emerge as what would become the pattern of New Jersey suburbanization, later spurring the surge in housing for the new families formed after the end of World War II. More recently, the impact of a densely-populated state and concerns for protecting environmental resources, have produced sharp debates on the use of increasingly limited available land and the consequences of its high costs of development and taxation. --Value and total construction
As of October 2021, the national real estate site Zillow.com reported that the median home value in New Jersey was $421,124, with values increasing sharply by 18.9% over the past year due in part to the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic. The median rent price in New Jersey was $2,424 / per month. As of 2021, New Jersey had a total aggregate value of real property exceeding $1.134 trillion, according to annual data published by the New Jersey Division of Taxation. Building permits in New Jersey peaked at nearly 40,000 units in 2005, before experiencing a steady decline over the following years. In 2020, there were 26,680 permits issued, with construction adversely impacted during the year by lockdowns caused by the COVID-19 Pandemic.. . -- Office leasing and construction After the downturn of the 2008 recession, office leasing in the state has recovered to reach a statewide vacancy rate of approximately 15% before the 2020 COVID-19 lockdowns. The strongest markets were near New York City, with demand highest for offices for legal, computer and financial services tenants. -- Home values and prices In August 2021, the New Jersey Association of Realtors reported that the average sales price of a single family home in the state was $511,863, with 85,560 closed sales over the prior 12 months. The average time from listing to sale was 30 days, one of the shortest periods since data was collected. * Building Permits: Yearly Summary Data, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs * New Jersey Home Prices & Values, Zillow * Monthly Indicators, New Jersey Association of Realtors 
Home under construction in Princeton. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com
-- Mortgages Mortgage rates in New Jersey are available from individual lending institutions, along with averages posted online by national web sites such as LendingTree.com, BankRate.com and Zillow.com. In October 2021 BankRate.com reported that New Jersey mortgage rates were 3.08% for a 30-year fixed, and 2.41% for a 15-year fixed, levels at extremely low historical levels. * New Jersey Mortgage Lenders-Reviews and Ratings, BankRate.com * 8 Best Mortgage Lenders of October 2021, Money.com |
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- Rental market
New Jersey had slightly under 1.1 million renters in 2021, making up nearly 36% of New Jersey households according to a study by the National Low Income Housing Coalition. The median monthly fair market rent price in New Jersey for a two-bedroom unit was was $1,465, which required a monthly income of $58,603. Median monthly gross rent as a fraction of median household income was 20% in the state, according to the Census Bureau. * Out of Reach 2021, National Low Income Housing Coalition * New Jersey Home Prices & Values, Zillow -- Foreclosure When a homeowner fails to make a mortgage payment, the mortgage is delinquent and the lender may initiate the steps in the foreclosure process. A foreclosing party must send a notice of intention to foreclose, by registered or certified mail, to the borrower 30 days before filing a foreclosure lawsuit. Unlike several other states, New Jersey mandates that foreclosures go through the state court system, which substantially increases the time and costs of the process. The federal housing arm Freddie Mac has estimated the time in New Jersey for completing the foreclosure process from filing the notice to sale of the property at 450 to 600 days, tied with Florida as the lengthiest in the nation. With a foreclosure rate of one in every 4,868 homes as of August 2021, New Jersey had the third highest rate among the states, behind only Illinois and Nevada..Of the state's 3,616,614 housing units, 743 went into foreclosure in August. The counties with the most foreclosures per housing unit were (from highest to lowest): Salem, Gloucester, Atlantic, Monmouth, and Cumberland. Foreclosure actions are filed in the clerk's office of foreclosure of the Superior Court, Chancery Division, General Equity Part in Trenton. New Jersey has a statutory right of redemption, which allows a party whose property has been foreclosed to reclaim that property by making payment in full of the sum of the unpaid loan plus cost within ten days after the foreclosure sale. * Foreclosure Rates for All 50 States, Sofi.com * Top Foreclosure States, Bankrate.com * Foreclosure Trends, RealtyTrac.com * Summary of New Jersey Foreclosure Laws, Nolo.com |
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-- Residential Developers
New Jersey's residential housing market features a diverse variety of builders, from national firms to individual builders constructing single family homes. The state's largest homebuilder is Hovnanian Enterprises founded in 1959 by the late Kevork Hovnanian, which also has operations in 15 other states, including New York, Florida, Arizona, Texas, and California. Toll Brothers based in Pennsylvania is also active in New Jersey, specializing in upscale single-family homes and multi-family condominium projects. Lennar, one of the nation's largest builders, has several communities in New Jersey. * New Jersey Builders Association
* Monthly Housing Market Statistics, New Jersey Association of Realtors * Guide to Affordable Housing, New Jersey Department of Community Affairs
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