"Meet the neighbors: 'Everyone around here seems to work on some TV show or write for some paper,' said Alma Schneider, 34, who moved with her family in January from their East Village walkup to a four-bedroom Colonial. The town is famously well integrated. Most popular cliché: Montclair is the Park Slope of the suburbs."
--New York Magazine, Ten Most Affordable Suburbs: Montclair -- A Cultural Oasis
"A favored pastime of the urbanite is to...scoff at the provinces and a sea of suburbs and shopping malls. We are confident that in each of the 50 states, there exists at least one small city that would impress both the aspiring urban planner and the casual observer...Montclair [NJ] is an island of good taste in a sea of Jersey ho-hum. Montclair has done much to keep the sprawl that surrounds it from impinging on its small-town good looks, and even the local government is eager to promote itself as artistic and 'family centered.'
--From The New York Post, January 21, 2003
BUYING or selling a home is one of the most crucial and important things you will ever do. From square one of the process, my aim is to become indispensable to you: I will research and answer every question you have. I will be your guide and support system, even after you close the deal. I expect to talk to you nearly every day during the process. If you are new to our area, you will require help settling in. I take pride in staying close to those I work with and 'being there' for you, now and in the future.
Essex County, NJ is a thriving nexus located just west of Manhattan, and it is a prime destination for corporate executives and their families, as well as for young people in the business and finance sectors seeking career opportunities in New Jersey and Manhattan.
The towns comprising the "West Essex" subset of Essex County are also hugely popular with people who work in the arts, entertainment, and communications fields. Several fine universities, including Montclair State, Seton Hall and Rutgers, and the smaller Bloomfield and Caldwell Colleges -- provide rich cultural opportunities for local residents and their families.
While its proliferation of restaurants, movie screens, professional theatrical and musical offerings, regional YMCA and numerous child-centered activities make Montclair a natural hub for the region, each area town is set apart by its distinct personality and verve.
Together, the towns of the West Essex area comprise a dynamic, interlocking whole that have made the region, according to The Wall Street Journal and New York Magazine, one of the most desirable - and fastest-appreciating -- in the nation.
Need local real estate information? I've summarized much of what is important about the Montclair, Upper Montclair, Glen Ridge and West Orange real estate market in this site. But there's much more to these wonderful towns.
*I am also expert in the real estate markets in neighboring Bloomfield, Nutley, Belleville, Verona, Cedar Grove, South Orange, Maplewood, Livingston, Essex Fells, Roseland, North Caldwell, West Caldwell, Caldwell, Fairfield, East Orange and Orange. Whatever your price range, there's a home for you in Essex County,(as well as in Little Falls and Clifton, just over the county line, in Passaic County.)
And if you're innterested in condos, fine opportunities await you locally, as well. This is an exploding part of the market as young people flock to Essex County, NJ after college, seeking affordable space and a great NYC commute -- while others farther along on life's path are downsizing from larger homes to one of the many attractive condominium choices we have, including some fabulous, new Adult Communities.
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