Asbury Park
86/100
scarcity · from public records
Briarwood Research · Belmar, NJ
What we're seeing.
Our published research on Belmar and the Jersey Shore housing market — what's happening in each town, built from real sales records and reviewed before we publish. Independent analysis you can use, not a demo.
Belmar research starts with the mid-2026 release; we'll add more towns and notes as we cover them.
Belmar·Small-home optionalityFeatured
In Belmar, the Small Houses Might Be the Big Opportunity
In Belmar, the smallest single-family homes screen favorably on a price-per-square-foot basis and may indicate optionality — buyers appear to pay a land-and-location floor at the small end, and the spread up to larger homes is worth watching as expansion headroom.
Read the note →+60.6%
Small-home $/sqft premium vs. the largest homes.
Based on recorded sales/ Belmar launch collection
Four fact-checked reports.
Belmar · Market report
Belmar Midyear 2026 Market Review
A look at the whole market at the half-year mark: what moved, what held, and what the shift toward smaller homes means.
Read →Belmar · Market reportBelmar Single-Family Market Report
Our standing look at single-family homes — prices, how fast they sell, and how tight supply is, compared with the past year.
Read →Belmar · Thematic noteBelmar Small-Home Optionality
The smallest homes cost the most per square foot — a sign that land and location set a floor under prices. Worth watching.
Read →Belmar · Market reportBelmar Scarcity / Active-Listing Monitor
The problem isn't price, it's how few homes are for sale — and what that shortage means for buyers.
Read →This week's town scores
Open the Market Index →Where the towns stand.
Avon-by-the-Sea
76/100
scarcity · from public records
Belmar
90/100
scarcity · from public records
Bradley Beach
89/100
scarcity · from public records
/ Jersey Shore market reports
Town-by-town reports for Monmouth County, built from real sales data. We only publish one once we have enough data to stand behind it.
Belmar
Single-family market report
incl. active-listing exhibit
Read →Asbury Park
Single-family market report
incl. active-listing exhibit
Read →Avon By The Sea
Single-family market report
incl. active-listing exhibit
Read →Bradley Beach
Single-family market report
incl. active-listing exhibit
Read →Manasquan
Single-family market report
incl. active-listing exhibit
Read →Sea Girt
Single-family market report
incl. active-listing exhibit
Read →Spring Lake
Single-family market report
incl. active-listing exhibit
Read →Wall
Single-family market report
incl. active-listing exhibit
Read →/ how we score towns
Every town score comes down to three things.
01
Liquidity
How cleanly homes in a town are trading, based on closed-sales depth, active inventory, and days on market.
02
Scarcity
How tight observable supply is relative to the size of the town's housing base.
03
Affordability
How much local median-home ownership strains the median household income under a standard mortgage assumption.
The Briarwood Brief
What we're seeing in the shore market.
New research and the price changes that matter. Sent when we publish, not on a schedule.