If you're buying or selling a home for the first time in New Jersey, attorney review is one of the first things your agent will explain, and for good reason. It's a step unique to New Jersey (and a small number of other states) that doesn't exist in most of the country's real estate transactions. Wh

August 8, 2026 | Blue Flags Realty Market Update   This week in our northern NJ real estate market update, the throughline was patience and preparation paying off. We placed a long awaited tenant on a one of a kind farm, brought a listing back to pending with a strong opening offer, welcomed new ten

Every so often we hear from a buyer who is considering going it alone. No agent, no representation, just them and the listings. It's a reasonable thing to consider, and we would rather talk it through honestly than pretend there is never a case for it. So here is the honest version, from two agents

New Jersey has the highest property taxes in the country, and nowhere is that more relevant than in Morris County, where a home's tax bill can vary by thousands of dollars depending on which side of a town line it sits on. If you're comparing towns like Kinnelon, Montville, Boonton, Butler, and Pequ