Perri K. Feldman's (midtowndirecthomes) Blog

Open House Sunday, January 20, 2008 1-4PM            MOVE RIGHT IN!!!Three Bedroom, 2.5 Bath End Unit in Desirable MADISON COMMONS.Townhouse has a large living room with gas fireplace, formal dining room with dry bar, eat-in-kitchen and powder room on first floor. The second floor has master bedr...

Homes continued to sell in New Jersey during December 2007.Prices were down about 11% from the previous month.Average Days on Market (DOM) were only two months in December versus three months in November.Why? Sellers realized that well priced homes will sell and Buyers took advantage of year end ...

While working at Professional Health & Fitness in Short Hills, New Jersey this morning, I noticed the pictures on the computer in the reception area.It turns out that the owner, Steve Puryear, is an amazing photographer. Just look at this beautiful picture of one of the bridges in Taylor Park.Mor...

It's SNOWING!!!!Pull out the boots and gloves, grab the sled, load up the car and head for the best places for sledding before anyone else gets there!!!! Since I was a little girl, my three favorite places to go sledding in Essex County were at:1. The top of Francis A. Byrne Golf Course 2. South ...

If you are looking for Great Italian food in Livingston, New Jersey...try Stretch's across from the Center. We can always count on good service, large portions and reasonable prices. The kids have loved it since they were little (they are in high school now.)Stretch's got it's start from Belmont ...

I love living in Short Hills, New Jersey, an area of Millburn Township.  Not only did I grow up here, but I'm also raising my kids here. They are currently in Millburn High School.  Buyers new to the area are always asking me why the town is so great...here are the Top Ten reasons:  1. Commuting ...

I took a drive through the South Mountain Reservaton in South Orange, New Jersey just after the "storm" on Thursday. They predicted, snow, sleet, freezing rain...all we really got was a beautiful landscape.Turning off South Orange Avenue into the South Orange Dog Park I stopped to check out the v...

Wells Fargo is tightening the guidelines on a regular basis.You may not be in a distressed area but the guidelines are much tighter then 6 months ago and far tighter versus a year ago.Wells Fargo has increased the FICO requirement on jumbo loans from 620 to now a minimum score of 680.  The max DT...

304 Homes SOLD in Millburn Township in 2007... 221 in Short Hills and 83 in Millburn, New Jersey.Despite the state of the national real estate market, Millburn Township real estate grew in the past year with Average Sold Price up 2% and Volume of Homes Sold up 13% over 2006: The data above is fro...

294 Homes SOLD in Maplewood, NJ in 2007... Maplewood Real Estate saw a decrease in Average Sold Price of 13%, a decrease of 2% in Volume of Homes Sold and a decrease of 4 days for Average Days on Market over 2006 (probably due to sellers being more realistic with pricing towards the end of 2007):...