The Barnegat Library Celebrates the King's Birthday...Elvis Presley's 75th!

The Barnegat Library, along with music lovers around the world, celebrates Elvis Presley’s 75th birthday this weekend.

Presley was born on January 8, 1935 in Tupelo, Mississippi where he lived before moving to Memphis in 1948. 

On Friday, January 8th, the Barnegat Library will present an Elvis double feature, Blue Hawaii and Viva Las Vegas.  The program begins at 12:30pm, it’s free but you must register.  Click here to spend an afternoon with Elvis or call the Barnegat Library at 609-698-3331! 

If you can’t sneak away from work on Friday to celebrate the King’s birthday, why not stop by the Barnegat Library on Saturday, January 9th at 2pm for a retro rock session with a live band playing all Elvis!  This Barnegat Library program is also free, but you must register at 609-698-3331.

 

And now, to get you in the mood…

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Laura Giannotta
 Keller Williams Realty - Atlantic Shore
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Laura@JerseyShoreViews.com
Representing New Jersey home buyers and sellers in southern Ocean County;  Homes in Waretown, Homes in Barnegat, Homes in Manahawkin, Homes in Eagleswood, Homes in Tuckerton, Homes in Little Egg Harbor and Homes on Long Beach Island.  You can also contact me about homes in northern Atlantic County;  Homes in Galloway, Homes in Absecon, Homes in Mullica, Homes in Egg Harbor, Homes in Mizpah and Homes in Mays Landing.

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Homes for Sale In Manahawkin - December 2009 Manahawkin, NJ Housing Market Report

Homes for Sale In Manahawkin - December 2009 Manahawkin, NJ Housing Market Report

The number of new listings of homes for sale in Manahawkin dropped significantly in December 2009 when compared to November, 2009.  The number of of homes for sale in Manahawkin (Stafford Township) entered in the Jersey Shore Multiple Listing Service in December was 31, compared to 58 new listings in November.  

Homes for sale in Manahawkin also spent a lot more time on the market in December.

 Manahawkin
NJ		 New
Listings		 Under
Contract		 Expired Sold Days on
Market		 Median
Sold Price
December 2009 31 25 28 36 165 $287,500

The median price of homes for sale in Manahawkin that sold in November remained the same, as did the number of units sold.

Though the number of new listings of homes for sale in Manahawkin dropped in December, that's usual in this Jersey Shore community.  Check out the figures from one year ago.

 Manahawkin
NJ		 New
Listings		 Under
Contract		 Expired Sold Days on
Market		 Median
Sold Price
December 2008 34 29 77 27 150 $270,000

The median price of homes for sale in Manahawkin that actually sold is up over December 2008 by more than $17,000!  

The last 3 months seems to indicate a leveling of prices, after 2009 saw the Manahawkin Housing Market all over the board.  Median sale prices in July 2009 stood at $303,000 and our low was in April, 2009 at $255,000.

Inventory of homes for sale in Manahawkin in December 2009 stood at about 400, that's down from 450 during the previous month.  Keep in mind however, inventory of homes for sale in Manahawkin and other Jersey Shore communities traditionally drops during the winter months.

Home buyers in Manahawkin found some great deals in December, with a 3 bedroom 2.5 bath condo going for $239,000.  At the high end a 3 bedroom 2 bath home in East Point, with 183 feet of bulk headed bay front from sold for $915,000.  

All together 11 waterfront homes in Manahawkin sold in December, 2009 ranging in price from the $915,000 down to $330,000.  This home needed some work and spent more than a year on the market, with the original list price of $449,000 back in July 2008!

If you're interested in homes for sale in Manahawkin and need the advice of an Accredited Buyers Agent (ABR®) give me a call.  Or if you are considering listing a home for sale in Manahawkin, let's talk!

 



All figures used in this Manahawkin Housing Market Reportare from the Jersey Shore Multiple Listing Service 


    

Laura Giannotta
 Keller Williams Realty - Atlantic Shore
REALTOR-Associate® 
e-PRO®, ABR®
609-384-6121
Laura@JerseyShoreViews.com
Representing New Jersey home buyers and sellers in southern Ocean County;  Homes in Waretown, Homes in Barnegat, Homes in Manahawkin, Homes in Eagleswood, Homes in Tuckerton, Homes in Little Egg Harbor and Homes on Long Beach Island.  You can also contact me about homes in northern Atlantic County;  Homes in Galloway, Homes in Absecon, Homes in Mullica, Homes in Egg Harbor, Homes in Mizpah and Homes in Mays Landing.

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Homes For Sale in Tuckerton - December 2009 Tuckerton, NJ Housing Market Report

Homes for sale in Tuckerton - December 2009 Tuckerton, NJ Housing Market Report

The number of homes for sale in Tuckerton dropped in December to about 55 homes, while November's inventory of homes for sale in Tuckerton stood at about 70.

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NJ		 New
Listings		 Under
Contract		 Expired Sold Days on
Market		 Median
Sold Price
December
2009
 5 4 11 6 205 $230,000

New listings of homes for sale in Tuckerton were also down from November by half.  And the number of homes for sale in Tuckerton making it to the closing table remained strong, with 6 single family homes/condos sold!  But look at how long these homes are sitting.   

Compare this with December 2008 when homes for sale in Tuckerton sat on the market and not one sold!!

 Tuckerton
NJ		 New
Listings		 Under
Contract		 Expired Sold Days on
Market		 Median
Sold Price 
December 2009  15 2 10 0 157 $0

Currently, prices of homes for sale in Tuckerton range from  $140,000 for a 2 bedroom, 1.5 bath condo to $799,987 for a 3,000 square foot 4 bedroom 3.5 bath waterfront with bay views.

Of the 5 homes that sold in Tuckerton during December 2009, prices ranged from $165,000 for a large 3 bedroom one bath home built in the 20's.  It needed some work, and was purchased with a Rural Development Authority Loan.  At the high end, a 2 bedroom 1 bath waterfront home sold for $315,000.  Three of the homes for sale in Tuckerton selling in December were waterfront.

There are currently 29 waterfront homes for sale in Tuckerton.

If you're interested in homes for sale in Tuckerton and need the advice of an Accredited Buyers Agent (ABR®) give me a call.  Or if you are considering listing a home for sale in Tuckerton, let's talk!

Stained Glass Window at 217 East Main
Stained Glass Window at 217 East Main, a wonderful Tuckerton Restaurant

All figures in this report are from the Jersey Shore Multiple Listing Service

Laura Giannotta
 Keller Williams Realty - Atlantic Shore
REALTOR-Associate® 
e-PRO®, ABR®
609-384-6121
Laura@JerseyShoreViews.com


Representing New Jersey home buyers and sellers in southern Ocean County;  Homes in Waretown, Homes in Barnegat, Homes in Manahawkin, Homes in Eagleswood, Homes in Tuckerton, Homes in Little Egg Harbor and Homes on Long Beach Island.  You can also contact me about homes in northern Atlantic County;  Homes in Galloway, Homes in Absecon, Homes in Mullica, Homes in Egg Harbor, Homes in Mizpah and Homes in Mays Landing.

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Little Egg Harbor Homes for Sale - December 2009 Little Egg Harbor, NJ Housing Market Report

Little Egg Harbor Homes for Sale - December 2009 Little Egg Harbor, NJ Housing Market Report

The number of homes for sale in Little Egg Harbor remained stable in Little Egg Harbor in December, 2009 with inventory standing at about 360 single family homes. This includes adult community, condo and single family homes for sale in Little Egg Harbor.

Home sale in Little Egg Harbor decreased in December when compared to November. There were 40 homes sold in November 2009, and the median sale price also decreased. In November 2009 the median sold price of homes in Little Egg was $208,375.


Little Egg Harbor
NJ		 New
Listings		 Under
Contract		 Expired Sold Days on
Market		 Median
Sold Price
December 2009 54 17 54 33 155 $195,000
You can compare these figures to those of just one year ago...

Little Egg Harbor
NJ 		New
Listings		 Under
Contract		 Expired Sold Days
Market		 Median
Sold Price
December 2008 31 13 40 9 147 $185,000

There is good and not so good news about homes for sale in Little Egg Harbor in December, 2009. The good news: more homes sold in December 2009 than the previous year and new listings of homes for sale in Little Egg Harbor continued to be lower than other months in 2009.
The not so good news is that homes for sale in Little Egg Harbor continued to spend more days on the market, and the median price of sold homes in Little Egg Harbor dropped.
Of the 360 homes for sale in Little Egg Harbor, 46 saw December price reductions in the asking price.
Adult community homes for sale in Little Egg Harborstart at $60,000 for a 2 bedroom one bath home with 1000 square feet to $460,000 for a 3100 square foot golf course community home featuring 4 bedrooms and 3 baths.
Condo units for sale in Little Egg Harbor range from $85,000 for a 1 bed, 1 bath short sale unit in Harbortown to $240,000 for a unit near the bay with 2 bedrooms and 3 baths and about 1400 square feet of living space.
Single family homes for sale in Little Egg Harbor range in price from $99,600 for a bank owned 2 bedroom one bath home, with less than 1000 square feet of living space. At the high end, you have a Little Egg Harbor waterfront home with 4 bedrooms 3 baths and 68 foot bulkhead. This waterfront home is listed at $850,000 and is just 500 feet from the open bayand is located on Osborn Island in Little Egg Harbor.
If you're interested in homes for sale in Little Egg Harborand need an Accredited Buyers Representative (ABR) call me. If you'd like to sell your home in Little Egg Harborand need a REALTOR® with aggressive marketing plan and knowledge of the Little Egg Harbor housing market, let's talk!
Little Egg Harbor - Views from Radio Road

Views from Radio Road in Little Egg Harbor, NJ

All figures in this report are from the Jersey Shore Multiple Listing Service.

Laura Giannotta
 Keller Williams Realty - Atlantic Shore
REALTOR-Associate® 
e-PRO®, ABR®
609-384-6121
Laura@JerseyShoreViews.com
Representing New Jersey home buyers and sellers in southern Ocean County;  Homes in Waretown, Homes in Barnegat, Homes in Manahawkin, Homes in Eagleswood, Homes in Tuckerton, Homes in Little Egg Harbor and Homes on Long Beach Island.  You can also contact me about homes in northern Atlantic County;  Homes in Galloway, Homes in Absecon, Homes in Mullica, Homes in Egg Harbor, Homes in Mizpah and Homes in Mays Landing.

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Manahawkin's Recent Snow Didn't Come Cheap!

Manahawkin's recent snow storm did not come cheap! 

 

Manahawkin (Stafford Township) officials report the snow cleanup cost Manahawkin residents $216,000.

 

The $216,000 expenditure includes overtime, materials and repairs to the trucks in Manahawkin.

 

According to the National Weather Service, snow in Manahawkin totaled 2 feet during the storm on December 19th and 20th.

Some interesting factoids about snow removal in Manahawkin:

  • Manahawkin streets consist of 675 lane miles.
  • Manahawkin snow removal is a joint effort between the Stafford Township Public Works and Water & Sewer Departments.
  • The Public Works Department in Manahawkin has 9 salt spreaders with plows and 24 trucks with only plows.
  • The Water & Sewer Department in Manahawkin has one salt spreader truck and 7 with plows only.
  • It takes 4 hours to spread one salt application on streets in Manahawkin
  • Manahawkin snow plows require 8 hours to get through Stafford Township streets once.

So while the snow in Manahawkin brought us a white Christmas, like all good things, it came with a cost!

 

Manahawkin Snow Removal Costs

Laura Giannotta
 Keller Williams Realty - Atlantic Shore
REALTOR-Associate® 
e-PRO®, ABR®
609-384-6121
Laura@JerseyShoreViews.com
Representing New Jersey home buyers and sellers in southern Ocean County;  Homes in Waretown, Homes in Barnegat, Homes in Manahawkin, Homes in Eagleswood, Homes in Tuckerton, Homes in Little Egg Harbor and Homes on Long Beach Island.  You can also contact me about homes in northern Atlantic County;  Homes in Galloway, Homes in Absecon, Homes in Mullica, Homes in Egg Harbor, Homes in Mizpah and Homes in Mays Landing.

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The Battle of Cedar Bridge...A Revolutionary Skirmish Reenacted!

The Affair or Battle of Cedar Bridge 2009, 227 Years Later

The 2009 reenactment of the Battle of Cedar Bridge in Barnegat took place on December 27th, 227 years after it was originally fought.  The weather was warm and sunny, I wonder how much different the scene at the Old Cedar Bridge Tavern really was.

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The original Cedar Bridge Tavern in 1782 had no porch, and the two windows to the left were part of an addition in the 1800's.

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 The Burlington Militia stops for refreshment at the Cedar Bridge Tavern, after a fruitless search of Manahawkin for John Bacon and other Loyalists.

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What do they find on the Bridge, Bacon and some of his followers.

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A skirmish ensues (at that time they called it an Affair).

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Finally locals, hearing the commotion, rally and provide cover for Bacon and his men to escape into the Pinelands.

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And so ended the Battle of Cedar Bridge, said to be New Jersey's last skirmish of the Revolution.

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The Affair at Cedar Bridge - A Revolutionary Reenactment!

The Affair at Cedar Bridge, History Comes to Life in Barnegat, NJ! The Affair at Cedar Bridge or the Battle of Cedar Bridge will be reenacted this Sunday, December 27th at 200 Old Half Way Road in Barnegat, New Jersey from 2pm to 4pm.  Get the kids away from the new video games, bundle up and watch history come to life! Whether you call it the Affair at Cedar Bridge or the Battle of Cedar Bridge it is said to be one of the last land conflicts of the American Revolution and the final one in New Jersey.  It happened on December 27, 1782 when the Burlington Militia came to Manahawkin after hearing Loyalist John Bacon might be lurking about.  Bacon had been a wanted man for quite some time. Not only was he a Loyalist, but two months earlier he was known to have participated in the killings of several American privateers who were plundering the cargo of a British ship that ran aground near Barnegat Light.

 

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After searching Manahawkin, the Burlington Militia decided to stop at the Cedar Bridge Tavern for some refreshments and to rest their horses.  Bacon’s bunch had the same idea!  And so the Affair at Cedar Bridge began.

Turning the tables on his pursuers, Bacon's crew barricaded the old cedar bridge by the Tavern and traded heavy gunfire with the militia before escaping into the Pine Barrens. Bacon was not able to cheat death for much longer. The following April, he was killed by militiamen and his body dragged through the streets of Manahawkin. In 1782, Cedar Bridge was located in Manahawkin (Stafford Township), but is now part of Barnegat. Laura Giannotta Keller Williams Realty - Atlantic Shore 609-384-6121 Laura@JerseyShoreViews.com GET YOUR OWN JERSEY SHORE VIEWS! (Search homes for sale down the shore!)

Barnegat Homes For Sale - November 2009 Barnegat NJ Housing Market Report

Homes for Sale in Barnegat - November, 2009 Barnegat, NJ Housing Market Report What's going on in Barnegat, NJ?  The number of homes for sale in Barnegat is leveling and the sale of single family homes in Barnegat nearly doubled in November when compared to the same month in 2008! The median sale price also increased, bucking national trends.  The December, 2009 Barnegat Housing Market Report should give us a better idea of whether this upswing in the sale of single family homes in Barnegat was fluke due to the expected expiration of the $8,000 first time home buyers tax credit, or a sign of a recovering housing market.   
Barnegat, NJ   New Listings Under Contract Expired Sold Days on Market Median Sold Price
November 2009 49 28 21 36 131 $289,500
  At the same time last year...
Barnegat, NJ  New Listings Under Contract  Expired Sold Days on Market Median Sold Price
November  2008   52   12   36   18   140 $231,250
If you'd like more information on homes for sale in Barnegat or if you'd like neighborhood specifics on homes for sale in Barnegat, please contact me.
Laura Giannotta
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Little Egg Habor Homes for Sale - Little Egg Habor, NJ November 2009 Housing Market Report

The number of Little Egg Harbor homes for sale increased in November, and the median sale price dropped.  As in much of southern Ocean County, more Little Egg Harbor homes for sale made it to the closing table in November.  In October, 2009 there were 29 Little Egg Harbor homes sold.  
 Little Egg Harbor, NJ New Listings Under Contract Expired Sold Days on Market Median Sold Price
November  2009 49 23 44 40 126 $208,375
Compare the November, 2009 Little Egg Harbor figures with last year's...
 Little Egg Harbor, NJ New Listings Under Contract Expired Sold Days on Market Median Sold Price
November  2008 46 14 62 19 129 $237,800
The median price of homes sold in Little Egg Harbor dropped substantially over last year, and is also lower than the price of Little Egg Harbor homes sold in October 2009.   Of the 40 Little Egg Harbor homes that sold in November, 2009, 12 were waterfront homes.  Those prices ranged from $130,000 for a 2 bed one bath, 950 square foot ranch on Radio Road to $355,000 for a new 2400 square foot home with 4 bedrooms, 2 baths.  This home on Daddy Tucker, just off Great Bay Boulevard, was a Little Egg Harbor short sale. December 2009 and January 2010 market reports will give us a better idea if the increase in the sale numbers for Little Egg Harbor homes is a real signal of a recovering housing market.  So far this month 18 Little Egg Harbor homes have sold. If you'd like more information on Little Egg Harbor homes or neighborhood, give me a call. 

 

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   Radio Road, Little Egg Harbor, NJ (Osborn Island)  .  

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Tuckerton Homes For Sale - November 2009 Tuckerton, NJ Housing Market Report

  Tuckerton Homes for Sale - November 2009 Tuckerton, NJ Housing Market Report
Tuckerton homes sold at about the same rate in November 2009 as the previous month, but the median price was much higher.  October's figures were a little misleading since a condo was listed twice and sold for well under what a single family or waterfront would command.  First take a look at the November 2009 figures for Tuckerton homes.
Tuckerton, NJ  New Listings Under Contract Expired Sold Days on Market Median Sold Price
November 2009 10 5 6 6 116 $182,500

The numbers for Tuckerton homes in November 2008 looked like this...

Tuckerton, NJ New Listings Under Contract Expired Sold Days on Market Median Sold Price
November 2008 3 2 4 6 145 $168,500

The inventory of Tuckerton homes for sale stood at about 70 throughout the month of November 2009.  The quaint Borough of Tuckerton had its strongest 2009 home sales in October and November.  November also saw a big drop in the days on the market for Tuckerton homes, the lowest for all of 2009.

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Rutgers University Marine Field Station (RUMFS)-Tuckerton, NJ All figures in this Tuckerton Housing Market Report are from the Jersey Shore Multiple Listing Service.

 

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