Real estate is always a "good news-bad news" business. The most obvious example of this is an overheated market: great news for home sellers, lousy news for home buyers. An article I read recently in [...]
I don't know about you, but I've certainly noticed a pattern and apparently, so has the mayor of Montclair. In yesterday's Montclair Times, mayor Jerry Fried observes "In so many things green, Montclair has been there first". What is it about this town that fosters green innovation and attracts so many like minds? Fried attributes the [...]
It's unusually cold for this time of year, but since it is in fact April, I assume that we'll see warmer weather soon. For me, that means more time outdoors, specifically in Brookdale Park.
I've been going to Brookdale Park since my kids were babies: I spent many afternoons pushing their strollers along the paths and later helped them [...]
I just read an article on usatoday.com that confirmed what I've suspected for awhile - that walkability leads to happiness. The article cited a recent study from the University of New Hampshire which found that people who live in [...]
Heard this weekend while showing some Montclair houses for sale: "disappointed by the kitchens in the current inventory of Montclair real estate - even some of those that have been renovated"
It seems today's Montclair home buyers expect more out of the kitchen than they did in years past. The dream kitchen of today is not just equipped with [...]
I'll be doing a series of posts that will look more closely at the neighborhoods of these walkable suburbs. Every neighborhood has something unique to offer. Montclair's [...]
A recent New York Times article discusses the rise in short sales in Manhattan due to the recession. One market analyst said "2010 might well be dubbed the Year of the Short Sale nationally. 'A short sale is going to be the only way for many people who bought at the peak and who are now underwater to move on with their lives if they have [...]
On September 14, the Star-Ledger ran an article about electric car charging stations; Montclair is one of four towns in New Jersey that received a grant from Walmart to install them. I have mixed feelings about these stations. On one hand, electric cars reduce our dependence on foreign oil, so anything that makes them more convenient to [...]
"The perfect meal at Bonjour Montclair: the turkey-goat-cheese-tomato-pesto crepe, iced coffee, and the strawberry-banana-nutella dessert crepe (although really, they're all delicious, I also love the cinnamon-sugar). The one downside to this creperie is their use of styrofoam and plasticware, but you can always try bringing your own [...]
