Bay Head & Mantoloking Today™ - April 2024

We hope that you've had a good month, and that you're looking forward to the start of the summer!  All is well and busy here, but we have had a lot of less than pleasant weather, including a couple of minor nor'easters, and some flooding.  As mentioned, we recently launched a service that allows us to share more timely "urgent" updates (hurricane or flooding updates, for example) with you via text. This includes items that might not "keep" for a month. You can opt-in here.

We were recently asked to prepare an aerial survey of Bay Head's beaches, north of Mount Street, and you can find it on our YouTube channel.

Much of the repaving of Bridge Avenue has been completed, and you can see an aerial video of the progress here.

Though buyer agency has been in practice for many years, it has been a topic in the news recently.  As a result, we have published a blog post explaining what buyer agency is and how it works here.

We have mentioned this topic before, but property and mortgage fraud continues to be a concern - fraudulent deeds or liens being recorded against a property, without the owner's knowledge.  The Ocean County Clerk offers a service to help guard against this.

Other News
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The Bay Head, Mantoloking, and Point Pleasant Beach Townwide Garage Sale is Saturday, May 4th, from 9:00am to 3:00pm.  Registration is required, and includes a $25.00 donation to the Point Pleasant Beach High School PTO, as this is a fundraiser for them.  Register here.

There are no specific updates regarding beach replenishment, other than to state that the projects for our area are still delayed to problems with the bidding process.  Overall the beaches in both towns are in pretty good shape, but some Bay Head beaches are narrow, and some access points are closed.  In Bay Head, Strickland Street is likely the easiest access point to utilize right now.  Bay Head's beach access points should all be open by summer. All of Mantoloking's access points are open, though the Downer Avenue ramp has sustained some damage over the winter.

In Mantoloking, speed bumps have been proposed for Barnegat Lane, but the details of this project are not yet finalized.  There will likely be an opportunity for public comment and discussion this summer.

Meteorologists have predicted a much more active hurricane season for 2024, and the season officially starts June 1st.  You can read more here about Colorado State's hurricane forecast here.

Meetings and Events

April 27th, 10:00am, Mantoloking's Barnegat Bay Blitz (bayfront cleanup) - meet at Bergen Avenue

May 2nd, 6:30pm - Mantoloking Planning Board Meeting

May 4th - 9:00am to 3:00pm - Townwide Garage Sale (Rain Date, May 5th) Register here.

May 5th, 7:00pm/dusk - Mayor's Sunset Gathering - corner of Twilight and Lake, Bay Head (generally the first Sunday of the month, until early fall)

May 6th, 7:00pm - Bay Head Council Meeting

May 15th, 6:30pm - Bay Head Planning Board Meeting

May 18th, Bay Head 5K Memory Run: Details here.

May 21st, 5:30pm - Mantoloking Council Meeting

Market

Though there were no closings in Bay Head and Mantoloking in March, a good number of homes went under contract in March, and also in April.  May is likely to be a good month for closings in both towns! Inventory is still lower than average in both towns, but for the most part, the homes that are available are selling rapidly, sometimes with multiple offers.

You can browse all Bay Head homes for sale here, and all Mantoloking homes for sale here.

For further insights and market statistics, please visit our blog to read our April Market Update.

Equity Reports and Home Values

If you are curious about your home's value, you can find three AI generated values here, but if you'd like, we'd be happy to send you an equity report, showing your purchase price, and any appreciation since then, a computed market value, and other details (just reply to this email).

Local Photos and Videos

A selection of Ed's local photos from the last month can be found here. You can see some of our recent videos on our Youtube channel (and you may want to subscribe to our channel for future updates). Ed also recently published a book of some of his Bay Head and Mantoloking photos - if you'd like to know more, please send him an email.

If you know anyone who would enjoy these updates, feel free to forward this email, or ask them to get in touch with us.

Thank you, be well!

Suzie and Ed

All statistics are per Monmouth/Ocean MLS as of 4/20/24.