A blog for The Bedroom Communities of New York City: Maplewood, South Orange, Millburn/Short Hills and Montclair, etc. for Area Residents, for future residents and for home buyers and sellers in New Jersey. Provides information on housing trends, tips for sellers and buyers, mortgage information events and happenings around town and the regional area. Local contributions are welcomed!
Beautiful Condo. Updated and oversized 1 bedroom with wonderfully-sized kitchen awaits. This property has new updates to the kitchen and bath, its own laundry in the unit, a large Living Room/Dining Room and a large bedroom; both of which have access to a balcony/deck that overlooks the Maplecrest Park. There is abundant storage and large walk-in closet for the bedroom. The latest in refrigerator technology, center island. This will be hard to resist. Across from the Maplewood Hilton Library and Gazebo where you can enjoy entertainment. Close to great eats, shopping, etc. Love to Live in Maplewood, an award winning town with direct trains to NYC Penn Station.
Bedrooms: 1
Bathrooms: 1
Price: $2,300
For more information about this property, please contact MARK SLADE at 917-797-5059 or sladehomes@gmail.com. You can also text 7322340 to 67299 (Message and Data Rates May Apply, see terms and privacy policy).
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Welcome to 488 Twin Oaks in Union. The curb appeal sets the stage for this home and you cant not fall in love with. The property has had many beautiful upgrades that include an amazing kitchen with a large center island and stainless-steel appliances as well as a spacious and equally beautiful first floor full bath for starters. Rounding out the first floor is a living room, anchored by a fireplace, a dining room that looks out to the backyard and a first-floor bedroom.Upstairs, you will find 3 more bedrooms complemented by a good-sized full bath with two vanities and a Jacuzzi tub. The primary bedroom is generously sized and includes a walk-in closet with access to even more storage.The lower level has tiled floors and has an area for recreation, as well as an office space and a large laundry room. There is a large level back yard that is fenced for your privacy and convenience. The property is located on a dead-end street and is just over one block to Livingston Elementary School. For commuters, the property is convenient to major highways the GSP, Rt 22 and is 1.5 miles to the Union NJ Transit Train Station.
Bedrooms: 4
Bathrooms: 2
Price: $498,000
For more information about this property, please contact MARK SLADE at 917-797-5059 or sladehomes@gmail.com. You can also text 7318688 to 67299 (Message and Data Rates May Apply, see terms and privacy policy).
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Incredible potential investment property opportunity. This under/over unit has 2 units, each with 3 bedrooms and 1.5 baths--ensuite half baths for the primary bedroom in each unit. You will enjoy the open floorplan for living and dining rooms in both units. This is also a great mother/daughter opportunity. The lower level has another full bath, recreation room and laundry to serve one or both units. The backyard is a level lot and fenced in as well. You can also enjoy a built-in 2-car garage with an additional storage room. Located right off Galloping Hill makes for easy commutation all around, whether needing major highways, public transportation--with the Union NJ Transit Train Station 1.6 miles away--or easy access to Newark/Liberty International airport.
Bedrooms: 6
Bathrooms: 5
Price: $659,000
For more information about this property, please contact MARK SLADE at 917-797-5059 or sladehomes@gmail.com. You can also text 7306881 to 67299 (Message and Data Rates May Apply, see terms and privacy policy).
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This spacious ranch is great for entertaining and very convenient to NYC commuting, let alone area attractions. This 3 bedroom 3 .1 bath home features a gorgeous, renovated chefs kitchen with a large center island complete with granite counter tops and stainless-steel appliances. The designer touches continue with renovated baths on the first floor as well as the bedroom level. The spacious dining room is open to the kitchen, and also open to the very expansive living room and dining room combination where guests can mingle and talk and includes picture windows that face NYC. There is also a wonderful family room that is anchored by a floor to ceiling stone fireplace to cozy up too. Rounding out the first floor is a 3-season room, a pantry and a large laundry room with granite counters and more. If you like the outdoors, you can step out onto a stone patio that overlooks a sizable private and fenced-in backyard. If that isnt enough, there is a very large recreation room in the lower level where the party can go to enjoy a stately wet bar to complement tv viewing, table or board games, complemented by another full bath. There is also a large storage room and an oversized 2-car garage. Local areas of attraction include the following: Turtleback zoo, Codey ice skating arena, The South Mountain Recreation Center, miniature golf and paddle boats that can be found on the jogging/walking loop around the "lake.
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 4
Price: $650,000
For more information about this property, please contact MARK SLADE at 917-797-5059 or sladehomes@gmail.com. You can also text 7306880 to 67299 (Message and Data Rates May Apply, see terms and privacy policy).
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This modern-day magnificent Colonial at The Grande at Pleasantdale, West Oranges community close to Roseland and Essex Fells, is certain to draw attention. Situated on a quiet street, this engaging home offers great space for entertaining, a large kitchen with separate pantry and a first-floor laundry room and powder room for your guests. Be prepared to be wowed from the minute you start your tour of the inside and up till the end, as all of the rooms are generously proportioned and with plentiful ceiling height, making this an exceptional choice for a comfortable outlook that can be hard to find in older homes but equally exciting for someone that wants to enjoy the volume presented by this home. The double height family room is especially wonderful and bound to impress your guests, while the open flow balanced by abundant natural light adds to the appeal. There is abundant space for entertaining and daily living.There are a total of 5 bedrooms with one of them being located on the first floor with its own ensuite bath, perfect for guests and providing distance from your own use of the bedrooms on the second floor. There are 3 more full baths, two providing additional ensuite living and one more full bath situated in between the last 2 bedrooms. The lower level offers a large recreation room, a fully equipped gym and ample storage.
Bedrooms: 5
Bathrooms: 5
Price: $850,000
For more information about this property, please contact MARK SLADE at 917-797-5059 or sladehomes@gmail.com. You can also text 7296330 to 67299 (Message and Data Rates May Apply, see terms and privacy policy).
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This renovated home has everything you could ever want as well as offering so many living options: use it as a multi-family with rental income, use it as a large single-family home, use it as a mother/daughter, use it to run a home office with kitchen, the versatility is beyond compare. As you enter the first floor you will find an office overlooking the front yard. Continuing down the hallway you will find two good-sized bedrooms, both a recently renovated full bath and Eat-In kitchen and a living/dining room combination. Head upstairs to find another living/dining room combination, a brand new kitchen and new bath, a large bedroom with an en suite office space that could also be a large walk-in closet. The basement is very large and could be utilized as a recreation space along with the laundry area, utility area and storage area. Bonus: the basement is plumbed for a bathroom should you so desire. Both floors are supported by central air. There is also an oversized two-car garage that is accessed through a breezeway that also offers its own entrance from the driveway and allows for access to the large patio and outdoor entertaining area and the very large yard.Since this is a legal two-family, you could also rent out the upper unit should you so desire.Close to Major highways and to Newark Liberty International Airport.
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
Price: $575,000
For more information about this property, please contact MARK SLADE at 917-797-5059 or sladehomes@gmail.com. You can also text 7296329 to 67299 (Message and Data Rates May Apply, see terms and privacy policy).
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This renovated home has everything you could ever want as well as offering so many living options: use it as a multi-family with rental income, use it as a large single-family home, use it as a mother/daughter, use it to run a home office with kitchen, the versatility is beyond compare. As you enter the first floor you will find an office overlooking the front yard. Continuing down the hallway you will find two good-sized bedrooms, both a recently renovated full bath and Eat-In kitchen and a living/dining room combination. Head upstairs to find another living/dining room combination, a brand new kitchen and new bath, a large bedroom with an en suite office space that could also be a large walk-in closet. The basement is very large and could be utilized as a recreation space along with the laundry area, utility area and storage area. Bonus: the basement is plumbed for a bathroom should you so desire. Both floors are supported by central air. There is also an oversized two-car garage that is accessed through a breezeway that also offers its own entrance from the driveway and allows for access to the large patio and outdoor entertaining area and the very large yard.Since this is a legal two-family, you could also rent out the upper unit should you so desire.Close to Major highways and to Newark Liberty International Airport.
Bedrooms: 3
Bathrooms: 2
Price: $575,000
For more information about this property, please contact MARK SLADE at 917-797-5059 or sladehomes@gmail.com. You can also text 7296328 to 67299 (Message and Data Rates May Apply, see terms and privacy policy).
See more listings at: http://midtowndirectrealty.com/
You know the ole to-may-toe versus to-mah-toe debate, well here is some advice regarding what an Exclusive Listing could mean for you if you were considering this approach to selling your property.
Let’s face it, the word exclusive sounds superlative and gives some people the impression that they have to race to the occasion. However, I’m here to tell you that you may want to reconsider this approach when it comes to the actual practice of an Exclusive Listing Agreement.
When you list your property on an MLS-Multiple Listing Service—your property listing is syndicated all over the online world’s listing portals, putting your listing in front of the maximum amount of potential buyers all over the world, let alone the United States.
In contrast, an Exclusive Listing Agreement generally limits your property’s exposure to the listing agency. If your listing agency is a small independent “shop,” then your exposure could be limited to only a “handful” of agents. Slightly better than that, you may list with an agency that shares the same broker of record across many offices, but this is still generally limited to area or state-wide offices of the same namesake.
The job of a listing agent is do everything they can to get you the most money for your property. So, how can it be that you would sign an exclusive listing agreement that by definition and practice, will limit your exposure to potential buyers? You don't have to have a degree in Economics (which I do) to know that you are likely shooting yourself in the foot.
Words may not be compelling enough for you to understand, so I’d like to share some recent statistics I pulled off the Garden State Multiple Listing Service—GSMLS. I pulled a survey of properties listed in several Essex and Union County towns, including Montclair, Summit, South Orange and Maplewood to name a few, to find the following:
In Sum Total, these properties sold for a very healthy 11.5% over asking price.
Splitting these same properties into what appears to be Exclusive listings* vs MLS listings, the Exclusive listings sold for .5% over asking price. Yes, please note that this shows a difference vs the average of 11% lost.
Worse, the properties that were listed on the MLS showed a 20% premium paid over asking price. This represents a loss of 19.5% potential yield for sellers
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So, you can pick your “poison” if you are so inclined, it’s your choice. But, if I was selling my home, I can assure you that I would always opt to put my property on the MLS to maximize exposure, which usually increases the traffic of buyers coming to view your property with their agents (from all agencies) and/or coming to Open Houses, still a very important part of the equation.
*showing as 0 days on market as compared to the usual 7-14 days it takes to successfully market a home.
HOME.COMMUNITY.GIVING.GRATITUDE.
In the past 12 years, Mark Slade has built a real estate business that has closed over $450 million and 750 seller and buyer transactions in over 48 towns in New Jersey. Interestingly enough, Mark’s college studies at Brandeis University encompassed Economics, Fine Arts and Urban studies, disciplines that have proven to be very beneficial to his career in the Real Estate industry after transitioning from Executive Vice President in the Fashion Industry to sole practitioner in real estate career and, more recently, as head of a multi-person team with annual sales just under $50 Million in 2021, making his team one of the top team in New Jersey.
Mark and his business partner MaryCeu Nunes specialize in listings and their clients' find themselves achieving record sale prices on their block or in their neighborhood.
And, while it's a great time to be a SELLER, its more than just taking pics and listing your property on the MLS, it's more about the advice, oversight, marketing and execution in order to get you a GREAT SALE PRICE. The Slade Team is willing to put its money where it's mouth is and can even loan you $ to help you stage and make the kinds of repairs and upgrades that will get you the maximum price you deserve, interest free.
Mark attributes much of his early successes to a combination of KW systems, personal support from the team leader and broker, resulting in the launch of a vast array of online business solutions; i.e. open house websites, a blog that now has over 420,000 hits and a You Tube channel with over 180,000 views. He has since built his business using a dedication to customer centric focus and adding cutting edge, tech savvy strategies that help make the customer real estate experience easier to understand and navigate. His efforts with his sellers ( www.sladesells.com ) has enabled them to achieve a very high-percentage-paid-to-list-price. While his sellers consistently achieve higher results, his buyers, on average, consistently pay less than the average agent.
Mark owns and operates 7 Websites, including one site dedicated solely to our luxury listings (he is CLHMS certified). He also owns and operates 29 town-specific Open House sites, thus blanketing the area with information for thirsty buyers as well as being supported by an APP that was just relaunched this August of 2018. Lastly, he has amassed and continues to add to a huge presence over a dozen Social Media sites—he teaches Social Media classes to our agents--and pages as well as 323 domains to provide quick-find solutions and answers for our clients. Clients love working with Mark and his team because he makes the home buying and selling process as easy as possible.
In this day of instant access, Mark operates with a 24/7 responsiveness. Give us a call or text us at 917-797-5059
Equally important, the Slade Team makes it part of their mission to GIVE BACK to over a dozen charities and organizations as well as sponsoring a multitude of school fundraising events and major arts events throughout the area.
