by Anthony Vetrano | Aug 16, 2026 | Real Estate Guides
Start with the only measures you can independently verify. Anthony Vetrano is ranked #2 in Hoboken for 2025 by RealTrends Verified and holds a perfect 5.0 rating across more than 170 client reviews, a top RealTrends Verified ranking with $68.17 million closed across...
by Anthony Vetrano | Aug 15, 2026 | Real Estate Guides
Faster than most of Brooklyn and Queens, that is the honest headline. From Hoboken or Downtown Jersey City, the PATH train puts you in Manhattan in roughly ten to twenty minutes, ferries cross the river in under ten, and buses run through the Lincoln Tunnel all day....
by Anthony Vetrano | Aug 12, 2026 | Real Estate Guides
Short answer: In New Jersey the building does not set a minimum down payment; the lender does, and there is no co-op board. Conventional programs start at 3 to 5 percent down for qualified buyers on conforming loans, most buyers here put down 10 to 20 percent, and...
by Anthony Vetrano | Aug 10, 2026 | Real Estate Guides
Short answer: In New Jersey a buyer’s closing costs usually run 1.5 to 2.5 percent of the price (title insurance, the attorney, lender fees, recording, and prepaid taxes and insurance), with no mortgage recording tax; a seller’s costs are the realty...
by Anthony Vetrano | Aug 8, 2026 | Real Estate Guides
Short answer: The waterfront buildings that hold value best in Hoboken and Jersey City are the ones with a view line, a pool or a deep amenity floor, a garage, and a well run association: in Hoboken, Maxwell Place, 1400 Hudson, the Hudson Tea Building, 1425 Hudson,...
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:...
