It’sbeen a difficult year for the real estate market in New Jersey. By most accounts, the economy nationwide is improving, and the recession is fading. However, a year after Superstorm Sandy, many communities in New Jersey are still strugg…
Summit has been described as the Beverly Hills of New Jersey. It is a community comprised of Manhattan's financial elites and known for its real estate, good schools and its New Jersey Transit rail link to Wall Street. The township has lon…
There’s a reason that film directors, when making movies, first call for LIGHTS before CAMERA and ACTION. Lighting sets the tone for the entire picture. Soft lighting makes a pretty face even prettier (or a not-so pretty one, not half-bad)…
There are lots of ways for homebuyers to find properties for sale, but regardless of whether one finds their prospective dream house online, sees a “For Sale” sign in a building, or gets a hot tip word-of-mouth, at some point buyer and pro…
Kearny is a town that I love. It is one of the few places where you can get authentic fish and chips, with malt vinegar on the side. You can also dine on traditional culinary staples like bridies, haggis and bangers. Every January notable …
About one hour and a half from New York City, Jackson Township, located in Ocean County, New Jersey, is the ideal place for a mini-vacation. The town, known by many as the “Gateway to the Jersey Shore,” and centered between New York …
Whether you live in a leafy suburb or in a high-rise co-op in Fort Lee, life is expensive. Sometimes it can feel as though everybody from the barista at your favorite coffee shop to the kid who sacks your groceries is trying to nickel-and-…
Settled during colonial times, Basking Ridge is home to several major corporate entities and some very large condo communities. It is an unincorporated community located within Bernards Township in the Somerset Hills region of Somerset Cou…
Time was, a nice spacious condo unit with a good location, a decent view and several basic amenities like a laundry room, a doorman and a gym or pool were what Garden State buyers wanted when they went home-shopping. However, as more build…
Seventy-six years ago Lakehurst was the scene of one of the most iconic and notorious air disasters in history, the explosion of the German zeppelin Hindenburg. Memories fade throughout the decades, and while most people have seen the …