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We were quoted in a Bloomberg story about the current demand/supply dynamic in NYC suburbs! Here is the quote below, as well as the preceding paragraph for context, and a link to the full article below as well.
“Many sellers may be waiting until March to put homes on the market but the for-sale signs aren’t coming out yet. New listings in January so far have dropped 5% in the US, according to Realtor.com. The New York area has seen even deeper slides, with new inventory down more than 40% in Manhattan and Brooklyn, the most in the country, and more than 20% in Westchester and Bergen counties.
“We are begging people to sell right now,” said Arlene Gonnella, an agent at Weichert Realtors in Short Hills, one of New Jersey’s most expensive areas. “We are trying to tempt them with buyers who are ready, willing and able to pay up.””
We are thrilled to have helped this terrific family find their dream home!
“We began working with Arlene in 2016. Her in-depth knowledge of various towns and home buying, and building is outstanding. She is extremely diligent, detail oriented, patient, and responsive. After determining we were not quite ready in 2016, she continued to be available to us not only for our questions regarding properties that would go on sale, but also helped answer questions for both of our parents who were in the home building process. Six years after we first met, we began actively pursuing house hunting again. We came across a new build we were interested in and Arlene coordinated several meetings and communications with the seller’s agent and builder. When we, together with Arlene, determined that the deal was not going to work and not in our best interest we continued to look. Arlene made sure we saw anything that interested us immediately. She is always available to answer questions, and she makes you feel like you’re her only client. Arlene genuinely loves her work and wants what is in your best interest. It took 6 years, and we finally purchased our dream home and we would not do it any other way than with Arlene Gonnella by our side.”
“We began working with Arlene in 2016. Her in-depth knowledge of various towns and home buying, and building is outstanding. She is extremely diligent, detail oriented, patient, and responsive. After determining we were not quite ready in 2016, she continued to be available to us not only for our questions regarding properties that would go on sale, but also helped answer questions for both of our parents who were in the home building process.
Six years after we first met, we began actively pursuing house hunting again. We came across a new build we were interested in and Arlene coordinated several meetings and communications with the seller’s agent and builder. When we, together with Arlene, determined that the deal was not going to work and not in our best interest we continued to look. Arlene made sure we saw anything that interested us immediately. She is always available to answer questions, and she makes you feel like you’re her only client. Arlene genuinely loves her work and wants what is in your best interest.
It took 6 years, and we finally purchased our dream home and we would not do it any other way than with Arlene Gonnella by our side.”
Niche.com is out with it’s 2019 best public elementary schools in the state, and some of our local schools are prominently featured!! Millburn has 4 in the top 10 and all 5 elementary schools are in the top 20. Summit has the #3 school (Lincoln-Hubbard) as well as #11 and #18. Livingston has 2 in the top 20 and 5 in the top 50. Chatham, Westfield, Montclair and Harding are all featured as well!
From the article:
“Similar to the ranking of the state’s best high schools, North Jersey controlled the top of the list, particularly Millburn. The Essex County community has four schools in the top 10. But there were a number of Central Jersey, South Jersey and Jersey Shore schools on the list.
Niche, a website for researching schools, said “The 2019 Best Public Elementary Schools ranking is based on rigorous analysis of key statistics and millions of reviews from students and parents using data from the U.S. Department of Education. Ranking factors include state test scores, student-teacher ratio, student diversity, teacher quality, grade school ratings, and the overall quality of the school district. Read more on how this ranking was calculated.”
Here is the list of the best public elementary schools in New Jersey:
Millburn Schools Ranked #1 in the State!!! Niche.com ranked New Jersey school districts as part of their K-12 rankings for 2019, looking at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data, and ratings collected from Niche users.
Other nearby towns that ranked in the top 100 were Summit at #4, Livingston at #5, Chatham at #6, Bernards at #7, Westfield at #15, Berkeley Heights at #20, Montclair at #21, Madison at #30, New Providence at #42, West Orange at #58, Springfield at #71, and South Orange/Maplewood at #72.
From Patch.com on August 1st, 2018:
Data compiler Niche has ranked New Jersey’s best school districts for 2019. The rankings were released this week as part of the website’s 2019 K-12 rankings.
To arrive at the rankings, Niche looked at data from the U.S. Department of Education as well as test scores, college data, and ratings collected from Niche users. (You can read more about the methodology here.)
Each district received a letter grade in the following categories: Academics; Diversity; Teachers; College Prep; Clubs & Activities; Health & Safety; Administration; Sports; Food; and Resources & Facilities.
The top-ranked school district in New Jersey is Millburn. Niche gave Millburn an A or an A+ in all categories except for diversity and food, each of which received a B.
