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"Meet the neighbors: 'Everyone around here seems to work on some TV show or write for some paper,' said Alma Schneider, 34, who moved with her family in January from their East Village walkup to a four-bedroom Colonial. The town is famously well integrated. Most popular cliché: Montclair is the Park Slope of the suburbs."

--New York Magazine, Ten Most Affordable Suburbs: Montclair -- A Cultural Oasis

"A favored pastime of the urbanite is to...scoff at the provinces and a sea of suburbs and shopping malls. We are confident that in each of the 50 states, there exists at least one small city that would impress both the aspiring urban planner and the casual observer...Montclair [NJ] is an island of good taste in a sea of Jersey ho-hum. Montclair has done much to keep the sprawl that surrounds it from impinging on its small-town good looks, and even the local government is eager to promote itself as artistic and 'family centered.'

--From The New York Post, January 21, 2003

BUYING or selling a home is one of the most crucial and important things you will ever do. From square one of the process, my aim is to become indispensable to you: I will research and answer every question you have. I will be your guide and support system, even after you close the deal. I expect to talk to you nearly every day during the process. If you are new to our area, you will require help settling in. I take pride in staying close to those I work with and 'being there' for you, now and in the future.

Essex County, NJ is a thriving nexus located just west of Manhattan, and it is a prime destination for corporate executives and their families, as well as for young people in the business and finance sectors seeking career opportunities in New Jersey and Manhattan.

The towns comprising the "West Essex" subset of Essex County are also hugely popular with people who work in the arts, entertainment, and communications fields. Several fine universities, including Montclair State, Seton Hall and Rutgers, and the smaller Bloomfield and Caldwell Colleges -- provide rich cultural opportunities for local residents and their families.

While its proliferation of restaurants, movie screens, professional theatrical and musical offerings, regional YMCA and numerous child-centered activities make Montclair a natural hub for the region, each area town is set apart by its distinct personality and verve.

Together, the towns of the West Essex area comprise a dynamic, interlocking whole that have made the region, according to The Wall Street Journal and New York Magazine, one of the most desirable - and fastest-appreciating -- in the nation.

Need local real estate information? I've summarized much of what is important about the Montclair, Upper Montclair, Glen Ridge and West Orange real estate market in this site. But there's much more to these wonderful towns.

*I am also expert in the real estate markets in neighboring Bloomfield, Nutley, Belleville, Verona, Cedar Grove, South Orange, Maplewood, Livingston, Essex Fells, Roseland, North Caldwell, West Caldwell, Caldwell, Fairfield, East Orange and Orange. Whatever your price range, there's a home for you in Essex County,(as well as in Little Falls and Clifton, just over the county line, in Passaic County.)

And if you're innterested in condos, fine opportunities await you locally, as well. This is an exploding part of the market as young people flock to Essex County, NJ after college, seeking affordable space and a great NYC commute -- while others farther along on life's path are downsizing from larger homes to one of the many attractive condominium choices we have, including some fabulous, new Adult Communities.

Welcome to NJDreamHouses.com, the award-winning Baldwin Dream Team and the search for your very own New Jersey dream house!

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After the buyer and seller come to a "meeting of the minds" on the price of a house, there is one more person who must be convinced that the house is worth the selling price--the mortgage company's appraiser.

The appraiser looks for three similar houses that have sold in the same area within the last several months, and compares the selling prices of these homes with the one that is now on the market. The appraiser makes adjustments to account for the differences in each property, and averages the adjusted prices of the other three homes to arrive at a final opinion of value. In subdivisions or condominium projects where there are many similar properties and numerous recent sales, the appraiser's job is relatively easy. In neighborhoods of older homes that have been renovated or remodeled over the years, it can be like comparing apples and oranges.

If the appraiser's evaluation is lower than the selling price, it can stall the transaction because the lender may decline the buyer's loan because of the discrepancy. A real estate agent can work to minimize potential delays associated with the appraisal process by helping the seller to price the home as close to fair market value as possible.

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Roberta Baldwin, REALTOR®, real estate agent and broker for Montclair, Upper Montclair, Glen Ridge and West Orange New Jersey home listings, property and land for sale - NUMBER1EXPERT(tm)

Roberta Plutzik Baldwin
RE/MAX Village Square

516 Valley Road
Upper Montclair
New Jersey 07043
Office: 973-509-2222 x 104
Cell: 973-420-9043
Fax: 973-509-7779
robertabaldwin@verizon.net
RPBPhoenix@aol.com

Over the past decade plus, Roberta Baldwin has become one of Essex County's most respected real estate professionals, often quoted in the national media and, in 2007, a featured Realtor on the HGTV show "Bought & Sold". In 2007, The Baldwin Dream Team was a Top 3 RE/MAX team statewide, dollar volume. In 2006 & 2007, The Baldwin Dream Team ranked among the Top 2 producers in RE/MAX Village Square's 5-office network in Essex County, NJ and nationally at the coveted Chairman's Club service level. A recipient of the New Jersey Association of Realtors® Circle of Excellence Sales Award for the past 11 years, Roberta brings a myriad of talents to the job of helping her clients buy and sell homes. In 2003, she was named "Realtor of the Year" by the West Essex Board of Realtors. An award-winning former journalist, author, newspaper editor, marketing and publishing executive, her well-honed organizational, creative, and people skills are brought to bear on every deal she negotiates. She specializes in “staging homes” to give them a marketplace edge and, a such, has been the subject of feature articles in the New York Times, Star Ledger and other area newspapers. As past chair of the West Essex Board of Realtors’ Community Service Committee, she developed Library in a Box, an innovative, award-winning community literacy project bringing new children’s books to area daycare centers and also launched the now-annual "Just Sweaters" campaign for the WEBOR, spearheading the collection of warm garments for charity. A native of Rochester, NY, Roberta is Essex County, NJ's only top real estate producer who has also produced an off-Broadway musical, called (appropriately enough) “Suburb”. As the official biographer of singer Lionel Richie, in late 2004 she appeared as a 'talking head' on E!Entertainment's bio of the Richie family. Roberta is married to biographer and historian Neil Baldwin (please visit him at www.neilbaldwinbooks.com!) They have two grown children -- Allegra, a young executive in the fashion industry, and Nick, a member of The Baldwin Dream Team -- who grew up happily in Montclair and Glen Ridge after spending their earliest years in Brooklyn Heights, NY. In early 2004, Roberta welcomed longtime Montclair resident Tamima Friedman to her real estate team. You may access Tamima and the rest of the team's bios on the "About Me" tab, in the "My Associates Page" at the top of this website's Home Page. Tamima, a former freelance writer and home renovator, spent a decade in the Far East before relocating to Montclair, NJ. The Baldwin Team grew again in 2005, as Nancy S. Chu came to us with a wonderful combination of administrative acumen and creative talent. Nancy was an administrator at NYU Medical Center and a highly-regarded NY theater director prior to joining RE/MAX. She speaks Mandarin Chinese. In 2007, Sidney Simon relocated from Atlanta to join the team after a career career in human resources; Nick Baldwin segued from his personal training business to cover our rental and condo buyers, and Sam Anderson, a well-known local Realtor, became our transaction coordinator and investment and multi-family specialist. The team welcomes buyers from the world over to email or call them to discuss living in Essex County's beautiful towns; local residents are invited to experience the professionalism of The Baldwin Dream Team when they are ready to sell their homes. We are at your service!

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