Some Highlights
- If you’re considering buying or selling a home, you’ll want to know what’s happening in the housing market.
- Housing inventory is still very low, prices are climbing back up, and homes are selling fast when priced right.
- Connect with a real estate agent if you want more information about your local area and what the trends mean for your plans to buy or sell.

Shea Merritt is a licensed New Jersey real estate agent with eXp Realty, working with buyers and sellers across Middlesex, Monmouth, and Ocean counties. He grew up in Old Bridge. He writes here about the arithmetic behind a move: what a house would actually bring today, what the tax line does to a monthly payment, and how to compare offers on their terms rather than on the top number. If you are weighing a sale or a purchase, send him the address and he will run the numbers on it.
