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        <title>Cape May County Real Estate</title>
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        <description>Cape May County real estate information focusing on Ocean City, Sea Isle City, Avalon, Stone Harbor, The Wildwoods.</description>
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            <guid>http://www.sjbeachhomes.com/blog/experts-expect-to-see-broad-improvements-home-prices-to-rise-in-2013.html</guid>
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            <author>ian.lazarus@mygo2realtor.com (Ian Lazarus)</author>
            <title>Experts Expect to See Broad Improvements, Home Prices to Rise in 2013</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 

&nbsp;

The Urban Land
Institute released its Real Estate Consensus Forecast Wednesday morning,
and overall, the 38 real estate economists and analysts surveyed projected
broad improvements for the economy.


 
 
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

 

With signs of improvement in the housing sector already
emerging, participants expect to see housing starts nearly double by 2014 and
project home prices will begin to rise in 2013. 

The average home price, which ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Thu, 05 Apr 2012 08:08:49 -0500</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://www.sjbeachhomes.com/blog/ag-settlement-starts-the-clock-on-short-sales.html</guid>
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            <author>ian.lazarus@mygo2realtor.com (Ian Lazarus)</author>
            <title>AG settlement starts the clock on short sales</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 

By
Jon Prior&nbsp;March 24, 2012



Mortgage servicers will be kept to
strict short sale timelines agreed to under the state Attorneys General
foreclosure settlement this week.

Along with the penalties and relief for borrowers, the
five largest mortgage servicers must adhere to a set of new standards.
Servicers will form internal groups that will conduct quarterly reviews and
gauge compliance. North Carolina Banking Commissioner Joseph Smith will approve
the groups and monitor ... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 11:27:41 -0500</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.sjbeachhomes.com/blog/housing-crisis-to-end-in-2012-as-banks-loosen-credit-standards.html</link>
            <author>ian.lazarus@mygo2realtor.com (Ian Lazarus)</author>
            <title>Housing Crisis to End in 2012 as Banks Loosen Credit Standards</title>
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After seven years of declining housing prices and banking and mortgages problems experts see crisis ending in 2012. With home prices back to realistic levels banks are loosening credit. With interest rates at 40 year record lows with is the year to snatch up that Jersey Shore home before prices rebound. IMLBy:
Krista Franks Brock 



Capital Economics expects the housing crisis to end this year,
according to a report released Tuesday. One of the reasons: loosening credit. 


 
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            <pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2012 07:04:10 -0600</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.sjbeachhomes.com/blog/sales-of-existing-south-jersey-shore-omes-rise-in-january-by-43.html</link>
            <author>ian.lazarus@mygo2realtor.com (Ian Lazarus)</author>
            <title>Sales of existing South Jersey Shore Homes rise in January by 4.3%</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ By ELAINE ROSE Staff Writer Press of Atlantic CityHousing sales increased in January over the same period last year, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday, with sales of existing homes up 4.3 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.6 million sales.&nbsp;Sales of single-family homes rose 3.8 percent; the number of first-time homebuyers, a key element for a housing recovery, went up slightly and represented 33 percent of all sales. A healthy market usually shows firfirst-ti... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 11:56:41 -0600</pubDate>
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            <guid>http://www.sjbeachhomes.com/blog/low-mortgage-interest-rates-are-for-people-who-have-a-fifth-of-the-homes-cost-in-cash-and-a-great-cr.html</guid>
            <link>http://www.sjbeachhomes.com/blog/low-mortgage-interest-rates-are-for-people-who-have-a-fifth-of-the-homes-cost-in-cash-and-a-great-cr.html</link>
            <author>ian.lazarus@mygo2realtor.com (Ian Lazarus)</author>
            <title>Low mortgage interest rates are for people who have a fifth of the home&#8217;s cost in cash and a great credit score</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ 

Posted: Sunday, January 29, 2012

By DEREK HARPER Staff Writer press of Atlantic City0 comments 

Homeowners or people
looking to buy a house have the chance to take advantage of some of the lowest
mortgage rates in history.

But because of the different factors that banks
and other lending institutions take into consideration, these rates may be out
of reach to many people.&nbsp;

The mortgage giant Freddie Mac said
Thursday the average rate on the typical 30-year fixed-rate mo... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 10:27:00 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>info@sjbeachhomes.com (The Lazarus Team)</author>
            <title>2011 Ocean City Welcome Night</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Like every year it should be plenty of fun for the whole family.&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:36:26 -0500</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.sjbeachhomes.com/blog/ocean-city-nj-gillians-wonderland-pier-guest-appreciation-night.html</link>
            <author>info@sjbeachhomes.com (The Lazarus Team)</author>
            <title>Ocean City, NJ - Gillian's Wonderland Pier - Guest Appreciation Night</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ What a great way to spend an October night in Ocean City, courtesy of Gillian's Wonderdland Pier.&nbsp;&nbsp;... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2011 10:44:17 -0500</pubDate>
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            <link>http://www.sjbeachhomes.com/blog/south-jersey-fireworks.html</link>
            <author>info@sjbeachhomes.com (The Lazarus Team)</author>
            <title>South Jersey Fireworks!</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Look below for the fireworks schedule for your town.&nbsp;Sea Isle Fireworks 9-9:45 at JFK Blvd &amp; Beach.Ocean City July 4th, 2011 Weekend - City to Celebrate Fourth of July with Bike Parades, Music and More - By Mark Soifer, Ocean City Publicist
						
							July 4th Weekend: A giant fireworks display, 
two colorful bike parades, a Broadway staged performance of Music Man 
and a Kite Flying Contest will highlight the City&rsquo;s July 4th weekend 
events.  The weekend kicks off on Sun.... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Sat, 02 Jul 2011 10:02:58 -0500</pubDate>
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            <author>info@sjbeachhomes.com (The Lazarus Team)</author>
            <title>Message in a Bottle Goes from Ocean City, NJ to Duck, NC.</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Here is an amazing story on UPI.com. &nbsp;Woman amazed by bottle's 300-mile journeyCLAYMONT, Del., Nov. 30 (UPI) -- The woman who
released a message in a bottle from the New Jersey coast as part of a
contest 24 years ago has come forward to claim her prize.
Heidi Mozza, 30, of Claymont, Del., dropped the green soda bottle
into the Atlantic Ocean in summer 1985 as part of a &quot;Message in a
Bottle Contest&quot; in Ocean City, N.J., and the bottle was discovered
recently in Duck, N.C., th... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 12:52:41 -0600</pubDate>
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            <author>info@sjbeachhomes.com (The Lazarus Team)</author>
            <title>Good News for local Ocean City Company</title>
            <description> <![CDATA[ Ocean Shore Holding Co. Reports Record 3rd Quarter EarningsOCEAN CITY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--
      Ocean Shore Holding Co. (NASDAQ:OSHC) today announced quarterly net 
      income of $1,313,000, or $0.16 per basic and diluted share, for the 
      quarter ended September 30, 2009, as compared to $341,000, or $0.04 per 
      basic and diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2008. This 
      represents the Company's best quarterly performance since becoming a 
      public co... ]]> </description>
            <pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 13:25:43 -0500</pubDate>
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