Let's say you just live too far from the train stations to walk there.  Or perhaps it's not such a bad walk in the fall and the spring but brutal in January and August. There are options.  As of November 2012 there are several lots with no waiting lists for permits, however some have waits as long as 7 years.  But here's the work around: [...]

As a New Jersey Realtor focusing on the Montclair area, I am often asked, "How good are  Montclair's schools?"  I think they've been terrific for my kids (two in high school and one in middle school), but I understand that prospective buyers might want more objective information than one parent's opinion. So I was happy to read in [...]

Why do some housing markets stagnate during an economic boom while others maintain their value amid a national recession?  There isn't really one all-encompassing answer, but there are several well-established factors that determine the strength of  a given housing market. For suburbs in the tri-state area, one of the most important factors [...]