Real Estate Insights for Northern New Jersey

  Rate & Market Pulse Mortgage rates have settled into the mid-6s and stayed there. The 30-year fixed is averaging around 6.5% this week — essentially flat over the past month and roughly a third of a point below where it sat a year ago. The headlines are still about geopolitical noise and stubborn

You’ve probably read that buyers have more leverage in 2026. More inventory, sellers more willing to negotiate, the market “cooling.” And in a lot of the country, that’s true. But here’s the thing: Northern New Jersey is not most of the country. And spring in Northern NJ is its own animal. If you’re

  The Equity Line: Why Essex County's $700K–$1M Tier Held in 2026 Northern NJ Real Estate Weekly · May 1, 2026 · By Eric DeSilva What Changed This Week A pull of every Essex County single-family closing year-to-date — 725 transactions — matched against the same window in 2025 produces a picture that

A trade-off framework for the $1M–$2M buyer who doesn't know where to start You're making good money in New York or Hoboken. You've got somewhere between a million and two million to spend. But the idea of staying in the city — cramped apartments, sky-high prices for what you're actually getting — j