Mortgage Interest Deduction

I just took action to defend the Mortgage Interest Deduction.

*This issue is very important to keeping the dream of home ownership alive in America*

Changes to the MID in any form would have an adverse effect on the entire housing market, potentially lowering home values and slowing sales. Each change to the mortgage interest deduction opens the door for full elimination later on, and could have an even broader effect on local economies and jobs, such as in markets reliant on second homes.

Please write your Congressional Representative today and ask them to stand against eliminating or reducing Mortgage Interest Deduction as part of efforts to reform the tax code!

Extreme Karaoke, Thursdays in Jersey City!

Check out Zeppelin Hall Biergarten every Thursday for your chance to sing with a live rock and roll band!

Mayor Healy State of Jersey City Address 2011 from Jersey City List on Vimeo.

The full text here: http://cityofjerseycity.com/uploadedFiles/Homepage/2011_State%20of%20the%20City%20address.pdf

Great news! Jersey City & Hoboken "may be rising again"!

A New York Times real estate article from Sunday hints that the condo market may be rising again in Hoboken and Jersey City.

The story starts: "Last month a few strong blips indicated a quickening pulse on the New Jersey condominium market. Or maybe just a pulse. There were 15 sales in four weeks at one building in Jersey City, 6 at another, 5 at a Hoboken building where sales had been lagging — even a premarketing sale at a town house development in Livingston. Portents of a spring revival? Or a mere minitrend that will melt with the last of the snow?"

The story quotes developer Dean Geibel as saying that February was the best month in two years for his developments Gulls Cove in Jersey City and Metro Stop in Hoboken.


Read more: Hudson Reporter - Times hints that Hoboken Jersey City condo market may be coming back



Full story here: http://www.hudsonreporter.com/view/full_stories_home/12333796/article--Times-hints-that-Hoboken-Jersey-City-condo-market-may-be-coming-back---?instance=up_to_the_minute_lead_story_left_column

"if one knows where to look it's surprising how much Jersey City thrives as an art community"

Jersey City Art House Productions - The Gothic Times - Arts

Canco Lofts

50 Dey St., Jersey City

Industrial feel, high ceilings, exposed ducts, open...

Lots more pix at www.facebook.com/carme.desagun

Mansion sells for a quarter of original asking price!

Wow! A luxury home in one of New Jersey’s most lavish estates-Fawn Hill Farm in Harding Township sells for barely one-quarter of its original listing price!

http://www.nj.com/business/index.ssf/2011/03/fawn_hill_farm_sold_for_bargai.html

Movies in the Park in the Heights!

This summer, the Heights Riverview Neighborhood Association will resume free movie nights every Friday in Aug in Washington Park!

Movies in the Park depends on volunteer efforts. RNA & WPA will be hosting a Fundraiser on Sat, Apr 30. If you would like to volunteer to work or wish to become a sponsor, ...please contact them at riverviewneighborhood@comcast.net or 201-876-1980.