Many first-time home buyers are intent on getting the best deal possible - not a bad strategy at all. But many buyers forget that "the best deal" depends both on house price and mortgage rate (unless you're one of the lucky few who intend to pay all cash). Remember this handy little equation: [...]
When I walk to Watchung Plaza from my Montclair home, I take a short route through an interconnected grid of streets and through a small park. I wave to my neighbor on the way. I stop for a brief minute in the park to chat with a friend who's on her way home from work (she's just gotten off the 5:31 [...]
For those of us who opted for the staycation this year, ArtsMaplewood and SOPAC offer a welcome distraction: Free Outdoor Performances for Kids & Families Kids: bring your parents to this event, grab your red-checkered picnic blanket, but leave the basket at home. Whole Foods will be on site selling delicious meals for the [...]
For years, New Jersey was sprawling westward, northward, and southward with real estate development in formerly rural areas. Now the recession has hit and so many of those big new shiny houses a couple of hours outside the city are losing value rapidly--despite their newness, their immense pasture-like lawns, and quiet isolation. What seemed [...]
