South Orange NJ Real Estate

Update:  New Open House Being held for this listing South Orange NJ Open House

        Open House Sunday 1-4pm January 27th 2008.

Wonderful Newer Construction (1999) Home in South Orange's Upper Wyoming Section.

James Boyer REALTOR® Presents

88 Jessica Way South Orange NJ 07079

For More Pictures, A Virtual Tour Of This Fine Home, & A Full MLS Search Visit Our Website South Orange NJ Real Estate.  The Virtual Tour is on the Featured Homes For Sale page

Stunning Colonial with breathtaking views of NYC Manhattan. Magnificent entrance foyer with turned staircase, custom kitchen, spacious rooms, gleaming wood floors.   All on New Jersey's Midtown Direct Train Line taking…

The Morris County Parks Commission based in Morris Twp NJ is trying to put together a plan to rehab as many as 9 dams some of which have been deemed unsafe.  The dams being looked at include the following:

Kay Pond Dam, in the Black River Park in Chester Township

Ledell's Park Dam, in Lewis Morris Park in Mendham Township

Oak Ridge Lake dam at the Berkshire Valley Golf Course in Jefferson

Sunrise Lake dam at Lewis Morris Park in Mendham Township

Loantaka Brook dam in Morris Township

Black River dam and the Windy Hill dam at Black River Park in Chester Township

Pyramid Mountain Park dam in Montville

Doland dam in Boonton Township

The Morris County park commission is seeking bids, which are due Jan. 31, for individual costs to rehabilitate the nine…

There is a dirty little secret that some New Jersey Real Estate listing agents are keeping.  This little secret eventually gets out but usually not until it is to late for the home owner or anyone else to do anything about it.

It all starts with the real estate commission which is negotiated at the time that the home owners sign their listing agreement.  What happens is a decision is made as to how that total commission is to be split.  The normal practice is to split the commission 50/50 between the listing agent and the buyers agent.  Sometimes when the listing agent is trying very hard to bring in a buyer quickly the listing agent will pay out a higher commission to the buyers agent as a incentive to get more showings.  Same thing that many car…

Since the 2nd of January my phone 973-647-0253 has been ringing constantly with new home buyers wanting information one Midtown Direct town or another.  Even relocating home buyers know that it is more advantageous for future home appreciation to be on the Midtown Direct train line than to be in one of the towns which are not served by the train system.

2008 seems to be starting off much stronger than 2007 ended.  I personally have 5 pending sales as I write this, but here is the rub, I talk with many local REALTORS every day, most of them are seeking feedback from showings I have had with buyers at these real estate agents listings.  They talk about how slow the New Jersey Real Estate market is, and how they just hate to sit another open house at such…

Attention New Jersey Voters, Political Rant Coming Right At You!!

New Jersey on Sunday became the second state to enter a compact that would eliminate the Electoral College's power to choose a president if enough states endorse the idea.

Governor Jon Corzine has signed legislation that approves delivering the state's 15 electoral votes to the winner of the national popular vote. The Assembly approved the bill last month and the Senate followed suit earlier this month.

What does this mean for New Jersey's presidential vote?  It means that it really does not matter who wins the state wide vote, if the national vote winner is from the other party, the presidential candidate who lost New Jersey's vote wins New Jerseys vote.  

Have you every heard of such a…

Why would there be no cities from New Jersey in such a survey??

New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine Please Read

There are many reasons:

• New Jersey is made up of many great small towns such as Summit NJ just over 20,000 people
• New Jerseys biggest town Newark is in the beginning stages of a huge redevelopment plan
• New Jerseys Governor does not seem to understand that a continually growing state government is driving good paying jobs out of the state.  In fact New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine seems to be in denial about the whole subject.
• The New Jersey legislature seems to have no real working knolledge of how economics work.  They just want more taxes.
• Many of the local town governments in New Jersey seem to have a greedy child…

With high gas prices ever worsening traffic many people are wanting to make a change. 

Towns like Morristown New Jersey are making it possible to live without a car for the most part.   With many homes within walking distance of Morristowns downtown and central green it becomes much easier to just walk a few blocks to the store  or that 3 or 4 star restaurant, or to the theaters.  The Morristown train station is just a short walk from downtown Morristown NJ as well.  From the Morristown train station you can connect to the Midtown Direct Line and be in Manhattan NYC in no time at all.

There are plenty of new construction condos going up in Morristown as well.  Some of them would qualify as Luxury Condominiums such as Vail Mansion and Dehart Place.   More…

Florham Park NJ, A suburban town surrounded by other New Jersey suburban towns was the scene of the capture of a rabid raccoon yesterday.  

When most people think of places like Florham Park, Madison, & Chatham they do not think of the many forms of wildlife which abounds in these areas.  Protected from many of their natural enemies the deer florish as well as many other types of animals.

If you want the convenience of being able to be in NYC in 40 minutes or less(Using the Midtown Direct Train Line) but still live in a peaceful area which is closer to nature, where you can see the deer run through your yard from time to time, Come to places like Florham Park, Madison & Chatham.  You will enjoy the natural beauty but also the lower property taxes and…