April 19, 2012
Lawrenceville Continues Trend of Fewer Homes on the Market
Lawrence Township has gone along with the trend in Mercer County with fewer homes listed for sale compared to the same quarter a year ago. Almost all the other muncipalities in the county continued the trend of fewer listings than the previous yearly quarter. The number of new listings for the quarter was 134 residences compared to 153 in 2011. The comparison of quarters for the county showed 1,572 homes newly on the market this year in contrast to 1,726 houses in 2011.
We will continue to keep an eye on this for you.
Posted by: Bruce
March 21, 2012
Lawrence Township Website
For up to date information on the issues facing township residents, access the Township of Lawrence website. There is an area where you can sign up for their email list should the township need to quickly convey information to you.
Posted by: Bonnie
February 27, 2012
NAR Develops HouseLogic
The National Association of Realtors (NAR) has developed a site called HouseLogic with information and guidance for home buyers. There are articles with advice on Financing, Searching, and Preparing for Homeownership.
This month they are featuring an article on how to Negotiate Your Best House Buy.
Posted by: Bruce
February 16, 2012
New Jersey Schools of Character in Lawrenceville
We’ve got character! The New Jersey Alliance for Social, Emotional and Character Development (NJASECD) has selected Ben Franklin, Lawrenceville, and Slackwood elementary schools as 2012 New Jersey State Schools of Character, a status they will maintain for a period of three years through 2014. State Schools of Character serve as models within their states where they share best practices and develop a state-level mentoring network.
Lawrence Intermediate has already been designated as a 2011 State School of Character through 2013. Being selected automatically forwards their applications to the Character Education Partnership in Washington, D.C. for consideration in the National Schools of Character program. Last year Eldridge Park Elementary School was named a 2011 National School of Character, and will keep that designation for five years. This year’s National Finalists will be announced on March 1.
Posted by: Bruce
February 08, 2012
NY Times Demographic Application for Lawrence Township
The New York Times has an application called Mapping the 2010 U.S. Census that will allow you to browse population growth and decline, changes in racial and ethnic concentrations and patterns of housing development based on changes in the United States census. It will also allow you to view the percentage of homes that are vacant and those that have only one occupant. All in all a very neat little tool developed by Matthew Bloch, Shan Carter and Alan McLean using the data from the US Census Bureau and application help from socialexplorer.com . Just type in the 08648 zip code in the box on the upper right side and you are off exploring.
Posted by: Bruce
January 05, 2012
Lawrenceville Home Sales in the Neighborhoods for 2010-2011
The final selling prices of homes and numbers of homes sold in the various sections of Lawrence township for the last two years have been updated in the Neighborhoods section of this website. The numbers and averages for the entire township for the year 2011 can be found at this page concerning statistics for all of Lawrenceville. Yes, Virginia, all real estate is local.
Posted by: Bruce
November 17, 2011
Market Update on Housing
There is currently an 11 month inventory of homes for sale in Lawrence township. There are 220 homes available but at a rate of only twenty selling per month, it will take that long for the current listings to sell. The current average list price is $390,754 with the average sale price in the last year at $313,594. It has been taking on average 104 days for the homes that have sold to find a buyer. These statistics make it a strong buyers market in Lawrenceville.
TREND MLS - Information Deemed Reliable but Not Guaranteed.
Posted by: Bonnie
October 22, 2011
Weidel Spooktacular
A little blatant advertising coming up. Weidels Hopewell Valley office is hosting a Spooktacular on Friday, October 28th from 4:00 pm til 7:00 pm. There will be Food, Face Painting, Music, Prizes, and other treats. Being held for our customers and for the community at large, we invite you to bring your little ghouls and goblins for pumpkin painting. The event is held at our office in Pennington located across Route 31 from the Pennington Market. The rain date for the affair is on Saturday, October 29th, same time - same place.
Posted by: Bruce
July 13, 2011
Real Estate Sales in Lawrenceville
Well, we are halfway through this year. How are things stacking up against last year?
In Lawrence township, we have had 244 sales in the past 12 months compared to 352 in the preceding twelve months. The average sale price has risen from $312,193 to $346,251 and it is taking 105 days for the average sale to get a contract compared to 85 days in the previous 12 month span.
This makes it a tremendous buyers market with 561 homes available and interest rates at historically low levels. Check out the homes on the market.
Posted by: Bruce
May 26, 2011
Up-to-date Search for Homes by Price Range in Lawrenceville
Homes From $150,000 to $200,000
Homes From $200,000 to $250,000
Homes From $250,000 to $300,000
Homes From $300,000 to $350,000
Homes From $350,000 to $500,000
Posted by: Bruce
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