How Careful Should You Be About Letting a “Realtor” into Your Hoboken Condo?
Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers
There was a wild story on NJ.com the other day about a realtor who went into someone’s apartment without permission, took a book off the shelf and was caught in the act by the tenant. A fight ensued and the police were called. It is a bizarre story and I was stunned.
A few days later, I learn from one of my clients that a (supposed) realtor showed up at his property without an appointment. The seller let him and the (supposed) buyers into his home and showed them around. When he told me about it I immediately asked for the agent’s name. He didn’t know. Fortunately, this person really was an agent.
The bigger issue here, however, is how did the seller know he wasn’t a thief or worse? Anyone can look for properties that are for sale on-line, put on a suit, or not, knock on a door with two people who look like typical Hoboken buyers and talk their way into a property. Would you let them in? Would you ask to see some ID? Would you say, “please wait in the hall while I call my own agent to confirm that it is alright for me to show you the property”?
Maybe I am just paranoid but my advise is DO NOT let unannounced, unexpected strangers into your home. For your own sake and safety, check first to be sure they are who they say they are. In today’s world, you never know what scam someone may be pulling.
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The Hoboken & Downtown JC Open House Google Map for Saturday, April 6th & Sunday, April 7th 2013
Categories: For Buyers, Hoboken Brownstones, Hoboken Condos, Hoboken New Construction, Jersey City Condos, Open House
The Original and Best Open House Google Map!
Courtesy of the Turoff Realty Team
No need to register! No form to fill out!
Just click on the map below to see every Open House in Hoboken this weekend:
Click HERE to see the Downtown Jersey City Open House Map
When you look at the maps, place markers are color coded:
- Studios & 1BRs are red
- 2BRs are green
- 3BRs & Bigger are yellow
- New listings are marked with a Push Pin icon (in the same color scheme.)
Click the “Address”, “Price” “Bed” or “Details” columns to sort the list of open houses in ascending or descending order.
Click on the location marker for:
- open house date
- time
- unit size
- asking price
- link to all the info found on the MLS and more (from ourHobokensBestHomes.com IDX feed.)
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The Weekly Wednesday Wrap-Up – Hoboken Residential Sales and Activity for the Week of April 3rd, 2013
Categories: For Buyers, For Sellers, Hoboken Brownstones, Hoboken Condos, Hoboken New Construction, Market Analysis, Weekly Wednesday Wrap Up
This Week’s Residential Property Sales & Activity:
202 active Hoboken listings:
- 187 Condo & Co-op listings, compared to 180 last week
- 15 Single- and multi-family listings, compared to 12 last week
- 15 DABOs (Deposit Accepted By Owner i.e. under contract) vs 18 last week
- 16 Sold vs. 23 last week
- 39 New listings vs. 52 last week
- 11 Price changes vs. 13 last week
- 0 expired listing vs. 0 last week
1 Bedroom & Studio Properties
13 New listings
6 Price changes
71 Active listings
6 DABOs
- 134 Garden St., 1 listed April 2 for $320K;
- 1107 Washington St., 8 listed Mar 1 for $350K;
- 222 Grand St., 1C listed Jan 31 for $399K;
- 155 14th St., 2R listed Mar 2 for $449K;
- 1125 Maxwell Ln., 571 listed Mar 25 for $679K;
- 1125 Maxwell Ln., 923 listed Mar 19 for $698K;
6 Sold
- 307 Monroe St., 4 listed Sept 24 for $277K; sold for $276K;
- 520 Jefferson St., 1 listed Jan 2 for $295K; sold for $280K;
- 920 Hudson St., 5E listed Jan 8 for $399K; sold for $375K;
- 725 Jefferson St., 25 listed Jan 17 for $390K; sold for $390K;
- 300 Newark St., 4K listed Jan 8 for $445K; sold for $430K;
- 1450 Washington St., 702 listed Dec 21 for $578K; sold for $572K;
2 Bedroom Properties
17 New listings
3 Price changes
88 Active listings
7 DABOs
- 89 Grand St., C listed Mar 18 for $499K;
- 830 Monroe St., 6A listed Feb 26 for $575K;
- 727 Monroe St., 404 listed Mar 14 for $599K;
- 407 Monroe St., 5B listed Mar 5 for $600K;
- 708 Grand St., 2 listed Mar 18 for $625K;
- 610 Madison St., 2 listed Mar 12 for $629K;
- 90 Madison St., 1 listed Mar 11 for $839K;
- 323 Jackson St., 302 listed Oct 25 for $379K; sold for $375K;
- 131 Monroe St., 3N listed Jan 12 for $403K; sold for $410K;
- 728 Willow Ave., 2(1R) listed Feb 1 for $539K; sold for $525K;
- 830 Monroe St., 3C listed Jan 25 for $524K; sold for $525K;
- 727 Monroe St., 406 listed Jan 21 for $565K; sold for $565K;
- 331 Jefferson St., 3 listed Dec 18 for $589K; sold for $570K;
- 1450 Washington St., 317 Listed Jan 30 for $850K; sold for $850K;
- 1500 Hudson St., 10R listed May 28 for $850K; sold for $861K;
- 1500 Hudson St., 11E listed Dec 20 for $950K; sold for $940K;
3 Bedroom & Bigger Properties
9 New listings
2 Price changes
35 Active listings
8 Multi-Family Active listings
2 DABO’s
- 412 Washington St., 4B listed Mar 13 for $579K;
- 1117 Park Ave., listed Mar 14 for $1.350M;
- 618 Garden St., listed April 20, 2012 for $1.250M; sold for $1.185M;
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