Bergen County Real Estate News: June 2006 – Week 3

Bergen county news with an emphasis on aspects affecting real estate, residency and community issues.

More Choice for Home Buyers in Bergen County
Town Houses in Bergen County
Open Land Preservation in Bergen County
Re-Registration Process Angers Fort Lee Residents
Bergen County Quality of Life Jeopardized – Residents Come Together

More Choice for Home Buyers in Bergen County 

For those planning to buy a home in Bergen County or other parts of New Jersey, the good news is that now much more choices are available. As per a new report by an appraiser tracking the housing market, the inventory of unsold homes went up by 71% in April 2006, as compared to April 2005. Another interesting find in this regard, is that the most luxurious homes are seen to be in the market for the longest time frame. Thus on an average, a house that costs over $1 million is seen to be on the market for approximately a year’s time. While this is the case in Bergen County, expensive homes in other counties like Passaic andMorris are on the market for longer time frames, often up to 3 years and more. While such is the case for luxury houses, a six-month supply of houses is seen to be present for those costing under $600,000 in North Jersey.

Town Houses in Bergen County

Hackensack in Bergen County will soon have town houses as a related development program. This program is set to be underway. 97-unit town house project will soon come up along River Street. The project comprises of constructing 18 residential buildings that will consist of two-bedroom town houses along with parking garages. A clubhouse and a swimming pool are also included in the plan. Currently a one-storey building is situated on the property which is being used by the Ford car dealership. This 7.38 acre site, once witness to the biggest fire, will be brought down to construct the town houses. The project received approval in May 2006 and work is expected to begin soon.

Open Land Preservation in Bergen County

While open space is sparse in most counties, each differs in the usage of the land meant for land preservation. And among all, Bergen County seems to be the only place where land preservation has lost focus on preserving nature and continues to comprise of roller hockey rinks and playgrounds. Many feel that this may be because of land being expensive in Bergen County. Many also feel that obligations towards affordable housing, reduces the land that would have suited preservation best. This argument aside, still 75% of such projects have been recreation-related, even though the county’s open space tax dollars have been used to pay for the projects. Officials of the Bergen County Open Space Trust Fund feel that it helps to improve the quality of life and keep property values high. In the seven years of its existence, the program has created 302 recreation projects, 56 land acquisition projects, 7 farmland preservation projects and 41 projects on historic preservation.

Re-Registration Process Angers Fort Lee Residents

While the school district of Fort Lee, started new ways to re-register all of its 3400 students, the outcome was not as bright. Over 200 children could not attend class because the parents had not re-registered them. However, by the end of Wednesday, June 7, 2006, Fort Lee parents were told that their wards could attend class, once they make an appointment to re-register. While spokespeople from the Board of Education say that this was done to ensure that no students outside the borough were attending the school, residents of Fort Lee felt that the process could have been smoother. Many parents were angered that their children had to sit at home, even after few had made appointments to bring proper documents to school officials.

Bergen County Quality of Life Jeopardized – Residents Come Together

Bergen County residents in Dumont are now coming together for a cause: confronting the cell phone tower that is proposed in a residential area. This 120-foot cell phone tower proposed by Verizon Wireless at 2A Sunset St., will come up at the crossing of New Milford Avenue and Sunset Street, if it receives approval from the zoning board on June 12, 2006. This would come up near the railroad tracks, the auto body shop and the playground. Residents complain that the area has much car vandalism and noise pollution from the trains, without trouble from the tower. They feel that matters would only become worse once the tower comes up. Residents feel that market prices of their homes in Dumont would be affected as a result of this, besides the negative effects of the high-frequency electromagnetic waves on health.

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