by Anthony Vetrano | Aug 4, 2026 | Real Estate Guides
Keep renting if you might leave within three years, if buying would empty your savings completely, or if your rent is dramatically below what owning the same home would cost. Start seriously looking at buying if you will stay five or more years, you can put money down...
by Anthony Vetrano | Aug 1, 2026 | Real Estate Guides
Short answer: Since July 10, 2025, New Jersey’s mansion tax, the supplemental fee on sales of $1 million and up, is paid by the seller, not the buyer, and it is graduated: 1 percent on sales from $1 million to $2 million, 2 percent above $2 million to $2.5...
by Anthony Vetrano | Aug 1, 2026 | Real Estate Guides
Short answer: Hoboken is a one square mile city with a main street, brownstone blocks, a waterfront park system, and the PATH and ferries at the Terminal; Jersey City is a large city whose Downtown and waterfront neighborhoods, Newport, Exchange Place, Paulus Hook,...
by Anthony Vetrano | Aug 1, 2026 | Real Estate Guides
Choose a Hoboken agent the way you would choose a surgeon: by verified results in the exact procedure you need. Look for independently verified sales in your neighborhood and price range, recent reviews from clients like you, and a clear answer to one question: how...
by Anthony Vetrano | Jul 30, 2026 | Real Estate Guides
If your lender says the property sits in a high-risk flood zone, flood insurance is required, not optional. If it does not, you still might want it; parts of Hoboken and low-lying Jersey City flood in heavy rain regardless of what the map calls them. The good news:...
