Spring Real Estate Market Nipping At Our Toes: February Sales In 5 Towns & Outlook

“I thought I was putting a price on my home. While I hold out — hoping to get a few more dollars, I am actually putting a value on my happiness.” – a home seller said to Steve Harney, www.kcmblog.com   February Delivered 63 Residential Home Sales and 149 Pending Home Sales Across 6 Northern [...]

What Will Foreclosures Do To The Real Estate Recovery in NJ Towns Like Maplewood, Montclair & West Orange?

We are constantly hearing news of the end of the real estate tragic novel and the beginning of the comeback kid story. Although no one has a crystal ball as to what will happen in the future, one thing is for certain: foreclosures are looming overhead and can make the recovery slower than it would [...]

Get Your Home on TV and Get Paid

Have Production Crews Use Your Home and Get Paid Thousands Have you ever just bragged and raved about your kitchen? Do you think your interior design skills are out of this world and your home can prove it? Well, why not make some money showcasing this fact! The Scout Source connects homeowners with production companies. [...]

List Your Maplewood and Montclair NJ Home Now to Get the Highest Sales Price

Which NJ Towns Got Less For Homes if Sellers Waited Until Spring & Summer to List Their Home For Sale? Sounds like an oxymoron doesn’t it? Could you actually get less for your home if you list in the Spring/Summer than in the Winter? If you live in Montclair, New Jersey or Maplewood, New Jersey [...]

Maplewood, West Orange, South Orange, NJ Real Estate Report: January 2011

January Real Estate “SOLD” Numbers for Many Northern New Jersey Towns January real estate “SOLD” numbers for many Northern New Jersey towns show somebody is buying homes around here. The month of January proved people buy during the holidays and bad weather. Typically when a property sells — transfers ownership — it means an offer [...]

NJ Pending Home Sales Tracker: January 23 – January 29, 2011

HOME SALES: January Ends with Nutley NJ Finally Making a Sale & West Orange NJ Leading Ahhh, Nutley finally woke up, stood up and made some pending home sales progress right as the month ends. Without any pending home sales for the entire month, this week January 23 – January 29 finally saw Nutley post [...]

We Saved Our New Jersey Buyers $124,000 On Their New Home

Yup! You read it right. Our clients just closed on a house a couple of weeks ago. They purchased this home for $124,000 less than the list price. It was tough negotiations, lots of research and estimates, and really understanding the real estate market for the town of Glen Ridge, New Jersey. When we combined [...]

Montclair, West Orange, Glen Ridge & 3 Others Make Newsweek’s “Best High Schools” List

Out of 27,000 public schools around the country only 1,622 made Newsweek magazine’s Challenge Index in its annual America’s Best High Schools report. Sixty-one of those were New Jersey schools of which 6 were in Essex County: Millburn, Glen Ridge, Livingston, Montclair, West Orange and Verona. The report recognizes schools by how well they challenge [...]