- Interest in Interest [Rates]Interest rates. These days, this topic is front and center among realtors, buyers, sellers, and of course, mortgage lenders. We have some essential information from Dave Pressel, a long-time Maplewood, …
- Making Moves | Buying, Selling, and Adaptation2022 is upon us, and it is undeniable that the national housing inventory crisis of the past few years has impacted the way we think about the real estate market. …
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- Trees Do FallI love love love trees. In fact, when people talk about being “an ocean person” or “a mountain person”, my answer is “I am a tree person.” So I, like …
- Home Buying in 2021Well hello Essex County NJ homebuyers! We are two months into 2021, welcome to this year’s unusual melange of housing market variables. We thought we’d compile some defining factors at …
- LOOKING AHEAD TO 20212020. Where to begin? Since Carla Labianca and I are a Real Estate Partnership, let’s begin with one aspect of the beast that was 2020 – the local real estate …
- Real Estate Competition | Making an OfferMaking an offer for real estate in Maplewood, South Orange, Montclair, or other Essex County commuter towns of New Jersey was not for the faint of heart pre-Covid-19, and even …
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- In Contemplation of StagingConsidering Local perspectives Scrolling through listings or visiting open houses in different parts of the United States, one might see homes looking very much the way they look on an …
- A Few Minutes in Maplewood, NJA Look at Maplewood, NJ at the Turn of the Last Century Look what we found in the Maplewood Memorial Library? It’s a Real Estate marketing pamphlet written specifically for Maplewood, …
- How We Found No. 139 Maplewood AvenueWelcome to No. 139 Maplewood Avenue, our home. Let me tell you a story… “That’s the most perfect house around here.” I said to our Realtor as she drove Gary …
- We Nearly Sold No. 139A perk of practicing real estate is the Broker Open. This is when agents debut new listings or listings with a recent price modification or renovation of some sort or …
- Congrats. You’re in Your New Home. Now What?Before you begin decorating your new home… Most of us come from apartments and don’t have enough furniture to fill our new space. We also have partners, kids, pets, …
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- Renting vs. Buying | What to Do?“Should I continue to rent? Or should I buy?” is the single most common question I am asked, except for maybe “What is my home worth?” I’m often asked …



