rbf351

trying to stay under $325,000.00

my agent is taking me to these 4 houses tomorrow, which would you choose just by features and looks?

http://newjersey.foxtons.com/SS/wlbr0056752
http://newjersey.foxtons.com/SS/c5561
http://newjersey.foxtons.com/SS/wlbr0056437
http://newjersey.foxtons.com/SS/wlbr0060775

my personal pick is the 1st one

and anyone from jersey know how well the Old Bridge area is?

doopstr

What type of agent do you have that is willing to show you all Foxtons properties?

Whiskers

I hear Old Bridge is nice.

rbf351

a Foxton agent, guess i should have said that.

rbf351

i heard there are certain parts that are good and some to stay away from.

dallison

don't like the 1st one with the powerlines running near the back yard, not cause of cancer, but the view

doopstr

If I were you, I would ensure that I not sign an exculsive buyer agents deal with a Foxtons agent.

I don't have anything against those houses, but you should consider selecting a buyer agent from a normal real estate agent.

It is much better to be able to shop www.realtor.com than www.foxtons.com. Many more houses.

Once you get a buyer agent, you should discuss with him/her how she feels about showing Foxtons homes. Many will not want to do this. If this is the case you need to get in writing that you are able to go look at these houses yourself and that if you buy one they can't have any beef about that. Just like if you were to find a for sale by owner house that you like.

Good luck in your search.

rbf351

never even thought about that. i will try that other site a little later on today and see what i find

anothercls

NJ has the most over-inflated housing prices of any given state. Overall we're at least 10% over what we should be paying for houses in NJ.

I was just looking at the houses and realized how small they were for the money. Do you have any other options besides here?

fdl

How do you figure that

fdl

If they are all the same money and all the same area, then I would go with #1 or #3.

rbf351

yes staten island, but prices here are even worse and you get less

doopstr

Yeah, i was going to say that coming out of NY the ones in NJ probably look cheap.

JerseyJeff

Well at least the property taxes in the Old Bridge area will be a lot less than up where i live about 10 miles from NYC. I'm up to almost $8000 for a 1700 sq. ft townhouse. The one good thing is that I could sell now and make a huge profit.

Basically, the farther you are away from the city, the more you will get for your money.

Good luck!

rbf351

yeah thats true, only think is that i need to be in between Warren, NJ and manhattan and staten island. Old Bridge seems to be the best place, at least i think it is

JerseyJeff

Have you looked into the Edison or Union area? There are some nice places down there.

anothercls

It was on the news this morning....talking about the most over-inflated housing prices, and a couple places in NJ, but overall we do pay about 10% more than we should.

mikeymobiles

jackson nj, u can get a sick house...and super land....i know 2 people who just bought great looking houses

mikeymobiles

i drive through old bridge to get to work, it has a nice area and a not so nice area.....alot of blue collar workers...and big spanish population....

goeers2001

I'll sell you my house for that price

VTEC11

So did you end up buying the first one? It says under contract now.

phile

That's not really true. There are some parts of NJ where you can still find decent priced houses.

We bought this one in Egg Harbor (southern Jersey) and we sold it for $490K just recently. That may seem very high but a house like that in central and north Jersey would easily cross the half million mark.

ric

If you're restricting yourself to those four, I would at least eliminate the third one. The plan shows one entering directly into the living room, which makes the living room a giant mud room and corridor; NJ winters are not that gracious, and having a blast of cold air enter the room when you're throwing a party in the middle of the winter ain't that great.

NSXNEXT

iTrader: (2)

Hey I considered that area but where might you work? Besides the casino there ain't shit down there. Wonder why the prices are sooo reasonable?

It's over 50 miles from Philly and the commute will kill you - 42 to the WW bridge

Whiskers

phile

LOL, that's why we sold it. The price was so tempting (that house was $370K without options; you can't even find a house that size up in central Jersey for anything less than half a million), so we figured it was time to move, our house was in need of a few repairs anyways. But you're right about the job situation...you can either work in the casinos or go way out of town to get decent paying jobs. That's not why we're leaving though; I didn't mind the commute. Life is different down there - it's not country south, but you can definitely feel the difference if you grew up in central jersey. I'm used to having shops and local restaurants around the corner - down there, you pretty much drive everywhere. The nightlife is Atlantic City and believe it or not that gets boring real quick too.

rbf351

didn't know this thread was still going, but no i didn't buy the house, still looking for something