Real Estate

Verona’s property revaluation made the front page of The Star Ledger’s Essex section today. You can read the story here.
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The storefront at 144 Bloomfield Avenue is up for rent, so is the space that was occupied for decades by the Salon LuJon at 528 Bloomfield. There’s a vacancy at 630 Bloomfield next to Verona Camera and Nature’s Corner, the florist that has long occupied a sliver of real estate where Pine Street converges...
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Walking through this 1923 Tudor on a quiet, wooded dead end in the Afterglow section feels like walking back in time. Not because 25 Gordon Place is outdated; it has all the modern amenities you’d expect from a house with an asking price of $995,000. There’s an eat-in kitchen with high-end appliances,  cavernous master...
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You can dally in the front porch swing on 16 Newman Avenue. You can lounge in the hammock slung between two of the big trees in the backyard. You can slowly sip a cooling drink on the back deck. But the one thing that you cannot do is delay seeing this house if you...
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Essex County Executive Joseph N. DiVincenzo, Jr. and the Essex County Division of Housing and Community Development are holding a free conference next weekend to help first-time homebuyers and current homeowners learn about resources available to purchase and improve a home. The Housing Expo will be held on Saturday, June 19, from 9 a.m....
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Bad news if you’re a homeowner there, that is. Baristanet is reporting that Montclair is among 13 towns in New Jersey that yesterday were granted the right to exceed the 2.5% spending cap sought by Gov. Chris Christie. Exceed it it will: Montclair residents will be hit with a 10% tax increase under the...
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Charm is an over-used word. It’s lost so much punch that there’s a temptation to surround it with quotation marks–A House With “Charm”–except that that would bring out the grammar police at the The “Blog” of “Unnecessary” Quotation Marks (a funny read when you get the chance). But here’s the thing folks: The house...
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A few weeks back, we did a House Snooping on 142 Morningside Road, a substantially renovated house on the west side of Verona. The homeowners have chosen a new listing agent, Lori Buck, to market and sell the home and there’s been a big price adjustment: The new price is $739,900, down from $799,000....
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Now that Verona’s residential real estate market is showing signs of life again, the last thing you need is a surprise that will turn your deal into a zombie. And nothing keeps the surprises at bay like a home inspection. Once just a tool for buyers, home inspections are increasingly being used by sellers...
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This past winter has not been kind to Verona’s trees. Wind, ice and rain brought down many of the town’s decades-old giant oaks and maples, some street-side trees and some deep in yards. Even now, you can still see tree service companies around towns pruning damaged limbs. If you’re thinking of planting replacements in...
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