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               September 28. 2012 12:10PM Expert says Realogy might be biting off more than it can chew in IPO   By Katie Eder Share on facebook Share on twitter Share on email More Sharing Services 0 While Parsippany-based residential brokerage giant Realogy Corp. hasn't backed off its original...

Most of us know it's not easy to find nice apartment/home listings for rent whose landlords will allow pets.  I'm a dog person, but even I understand why.  If I were a landlord, I wouldn't allow them either because I don't want to deal with the probability that if carpets exist, they'll smell (or...

http://articles.marketwatch.com/2012-09-19/economy/33938852_1_distressed-sales-homes-surge-home-sales Recent articles in publications from the NY Times to the Wall Street Journal are telling the public that the housing market is heating up. While I certainly agree that more homes are listing, and...

Kate Conover | RE/MAX Properties | (201) 264-4417 284 Central Ave, Wyckoff, NJ Beautiful Stone and Shake Colonial on .73 Acres! Will Not Last! 4BR/2BA Single Family House offered at $615,000 Year Built 1937 Sq Footage 2,535 Bedrooms 4 Bathrooms 2 full, 0 partial Floors 3 Parking Unspecified Lot ...

  I'm listing a wonderful 1938 Colonial on a .75 acre property in everyone's favorite town --- Wyckoff!  The property has been professionally landscaped and frames the sparkling inground pool. The rooms are surprisingly spacious for a home of that era. The Great Room & Master Suite were added on...

I have always believed that the real estate market is economy-driven.  And, that can be not such a good thing, as we saw in the 2003-2006 market.  Even the sellers who made out like bandits when they sold, that burst of madness sent our economy in a tailspin from which we still haven't recovered....

This wonderful Four Bedroom, Two Bath Colonial, orginally built in 1937, sits perfectly on a .7 acre professionally landscaped lot on a lovely quiet cul de sac in everyone's favorite NW Bergen County towns --- Wyckoff! Spacious rooms, a renovated Kitchen, Great Room, Living Room w/fireplace, Din...

Maybe it's just that I don't like to be told what to do, especially in my own home, but I think I'm ready to dust off my soapbox and stand up to bullies. As I previously blogged, after more than a year of calling, emailing, and sending registered letters regarding hideous, dead shrubs in the rear...

I get a lot of calls from people who are angry that their homes have dropped in value yet their taxes don't reflect that.  It's ironic that homeowners usually think their homes are worth far more than Realtors are telling them, yet when they see their assessments, they want them reduced by 25%.  ...

I read a great article in today's New York Times, written by Jesse McKinley, on Open Houses in NYC.  While I realize Open Houses in the city aren't a mirror image of those in the burbs, the concept is pretty much the same.  You're inviting all manner of strangers into someone's home in the hope y...