Answering Your Maplewood Home buying Questions

Buying a home, condo, flat, townhome or historical home in any market can be a complicated real estate transaction. If you’ve purchased a home or flat in NYC you’re already familiar with the long, complex legal contracts. If you’re not paying cash for your home then you have to face the tedious aspect of financing a home. It can be a challenging adventure. Take heart, Fran and I are one click away and we are your Essex County NJ home buying experts!

Below are a few of the more frequently asked questions we have recieved from recent Essex County, NJ home buyers.

Q – Fran, our family is relocating from NYC to Maplewood, NJ. As a mother of elementary aged children my priority is make sure the public schools in Maplewood offer a challenging curriculum. Do you have any school information to help calm my fears about moving our family from New York to Maplewood, NJ?

A – Having anxieties about moving to Maplewood are normal for every family. Randy and I think the key to overcoming your fear is having access to reliable information. Mr. Mark Quiles, principal of Seth Boyden Elementary, said it best when he stated “The school’s philosophy supports the belief that each child has his or her own talents and strengths that need to be developed to attain educational and personal excellence.” The School District of South Orange and Maplewood offers a challenging curriculum to stimulate every student with the focus to prepare each child for the next stage in their educational development.

If you’re relocating to Maplewood, Montclair, South Hills, South Orange or greater Essex County, NJ don’t forget to complete your Central NJ Dream Home request.

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Q – Randy, my spouse and I would like to move up from our condo at the Reserve at Glen Ridge to a larger single family home in Maplewood. Since we purchased our condo we have been inundated with all the negative press about the housing market. Is it a bad time to move up to a bigger home and how difficult is it to secure a loan?”

A – Typically the news media will “paint a broad-brushed” picture of the real estate market from a national perspective. Remember – like forecasting local weather, real estate is a local concept. Here in Central New Jersey our housing market while not as hyper-active as it has been, it certainly isn’t suffering the serious drop in home values like other areas of the country. Homes continue to be bought and sold. Now is terrific time to think about buying a larger home. Regarding your question about obtaining a loan, interest rates are at historic lows. Is it more difficult to qualify for a loan in today’s home buying environment? It depends on your ability to qualify and your credit scores. Remember this, in the current market condition, property selection is excellent.

One Goal – Your Complete Satisfaction

While NJHomeGuide.com provides you comprehensive local information and many helpful tools and articles so you can search for your Central New Jersey home, nothing can ever take the place of a knowledgeable team of local real estate agents. With a combined 30+ years of real estate experience, Fran and I have helped many Maplewood, South Orange, Montclair and South Hills home buyers just like you. We approach each client with one common goal – your complete satisfaction. You should expect more from your home buying experience and so do we.