A necessary first step to take before you buy or sell a Scotch Plains home is to learn about local real estate market trends. Here's what you need to know this month.   Inventory: There are currently 148 single family homes offered for sale in Scotch Plains. While the inventory is dropping since the summer peak, there are still plenty of homes to sell. In November of 2013, there were 119 homes actively listed. The high inventory this year isn't because homes aren't selling - in fact, homes are selling quite quickly. There were 25 sales in Scotch Plains in November, nearly 3 times as many as there were in November of 2013. The high inventory this year is because  some homeowners who have postponing selling for a few years are finally feeling confident that their home values have returned... 12/12/2014

Unfortunately do to ongoing construction the Tree Lighting that was scheduled for tonight has been cancelled.  The grounds are so muddy that parking on the site is very difficult.  Keep your eyes open for future events that will be held at the Frazee House.  Over the next few years there will be tremendous imrovements to the site making it one of the premeire park/historic sites in the county. 12/11/2014

Due to construction work going on at the Frazee House site, the Tree Lighting for tonight has been cancelled.  It has been rescheduled for Friday, December 12th at 6pm.   If you'd like to read up on the history of the Frazee House, this link will tell you all you need to know. The Frazee House is located on the corner of Raritan Road and Terrill Road. Hopefully next week it won't bee muddy! 12/05/2014

Click for All Town Listing     Scotch Plains is a township in Union County, New Jersey. What we know now as Scotch Plains was incorporated as Fanwood Township on March 6, 1878, the names was changed to Scotch Plains in 1917. Scotch Plains is a family oriented community has many parks including a park in the Watchung Mountains, a country club, two golf courses and an amusement park. Public school students in Scotch Plains attend the schools of the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District, which serves students in pre-Kindergarten through twelfth grade from the Borough of Fanwood and the Township of Scotch Plains. Scotch Plains residents enjoy train service from NJ Transit from the Fanwood station. Newark International Airport is 14 miles away. Route 22 passes through Scotch Plains ... 11/14/2014

Like new construction, this nearly 3,500 square foot Maple Hill colonial was torn down to foundation, rebuilt and expanded in 2008. Beautiful marble tiled Foyer welcomes you into fabulous open first floor plan, with gleaming hardwood floors in Family Room, Living Room and Dining Area, all adorned with crown molding and recessed lighting.  View the Tour The Family Room, which measures 19’ X 15’, has custom built in shelving for displaying books, art and photography, and has a full bathroom conveniently located behind it.    The Gourmet kitchen features  custom cabinetry, center island (with wine fridge underneath), wine bar, granite counters and Italian tile backsplash.  Sliding glass doors from Kitchen lead to 1,000 square foot deck overlooking manicured rear yard.  The deck, which was ... 11/02/2014

A necessary first step to take before you buy or sell a Scotch Plains home is to learn about local real estate market trends. Here's what you need to know this month.       Team Zuhl is here to help you every step of the way. Please call or email us when you're ready to get your home on the market! Good luck! For more information on selling a home:  3 Simple Steps To Selling Your Home Fast 4 Ways to Get Union County Homes to Sell Quicker!! How Do Sellers Choose the Right Agent? Preparing Your Home to Sell PRIDE in Selling Your Home For more information on Scotch Plains Real Estate: Scotch Plains Real Estate Market Report June 2014 - 7/7/14 Scotch Plains Summer Real Estate - June 24, 2014 Scotch Plains Real Estate Market Report (Infographic) - 5/24/14 Scotch Plains Real Estate Market Rep... 08/05/2014

                      Just Reduced to $475,000 - 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 bath Colonial in Scotch Plains, NJ. This gorgeous colonial is located in Scotch Plains within walk in distance from Fanwood train station to NYC, a true commuter delight. Scotch Plains Top-Rated Public Schools is one of the many assets this great community has to offer the future buyer of this great confortable 4 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, 1 car attached garage, tile, granite, wood floors, storage galore, home gym, 4 oversize bedrooms, finished basement with an office and a gym, a well manicure backyard with a patio and two level deck. Much more....   **** Open House Sunday August 3, 2014 from 2 to 4 PM                        Property Location:  1135 Lincoln Ave Scotch Plains,NJ              -      $475,000 Single Family 4 b... 08/03/2014

A necessary first step to take before you buy or sell a Scotch Plains home is to learn about local real estate market trends. Here's what you need to know this month. Inventory: There are currently 172 homes offered for sale in Scotch Plains, ranging in price from $230,000 to $3,295,000 - something for every budget! Please click here to search listings and then contact us when you're ready to schedule your showings! Prices:  The mean sale price in Scotch Plains in June was $442,500, only slightly below the 12 month average of $445,807. With prices holding steady, homeowners who are considering selling their home must be sure that it is in perfect showing condition. Be sure to consult a Real Estate professional for a Comparative Market Analysis that will help you to price your home compe... 07/07/2014

The Scotch Plains real estate market is on track for an excellent summer! Before you buy or sell a Scotch Plains home, it's wise to do a little research into the market conditions. Here's what you need to know for May of 2014. Inventory: Check out this graph showing the real estate inventory in Scotch Plains over the last 3 years. It's easy to see the seasonality of the Scotch Plains real estate market when you look at this much data at one time. See the big bump in inventory - the blue line - every summer? Notice how much higher it was in 2012. That was the last of the buyers market that Scotch Plain saw - too much inventory to sell quickly. Prices dropped and homes sat on the market for months.  2013 was a typical year - inventory down in the winter when buyers and sellers want to sta... 06/23/2014

When you're thinking of buying or selling a home, the most important first step is to learn about the real estate market in your town. Factors such as inventory, sold prices, and days on market can influence the value of your property. Here's what you need to know if you're thinking of buying or selling in Scotch Plains. Inventory There are currently 145 properties offered for sale in Scotch Plains. Properties range in price from $169,000 all the way up to $3,295,000. This is a little low for the spring market when you compare it to the 162 properties that were listed in April of 2013. Spring is typically when there is the highest inventory, so it will be interesting to see how this plays out over the summer when most sales take place. Prices There were 12 homes sold in Scotch Plains in... 05/24/2014

If you're a homeowner or a prospective homebuyer in Scotch Plains, you'll want to be as informed as possible about real estate conditions in this town. Here's what you need to know for this month. Inventory: There are currently 115 homes offered for sale in Scotch Plains with an average list price of $570,112. Inventory typically increases in the spring, which is exactly what we're seeing in Scotch Plains. The difference this year is that the inventory is so much lower than it's been for the past several years.     Prices: The average sale price of a home in Scotch Plains in March was $431,825, about 10% lower than the average sale price over the last 12 months.      Team Zuhl is here to help you every step of the way. Please call or email us when you're ready to get your home on the ma... 04/23/2014

  Team Zuhl is here to help you every step of the way. Please call or email us when you're ready to get your home on the market! Good luck! For more information on selling a home:  3 Simple Steps To Selling Your Home Fast - 03/26/12 4 Ways to Get Union County Homes to Sell Quicker!! - 01/12/12 For more information on Scotch Plains Real Estate: Homes are Selling Quickly in Scotch Plains! 1/18/2014 Scotch Plains Real Estate Market Report - 12/14/13 October in the Scotch Plain Real Estate Market - November, 2013 The Scotch Plains Real Estate Market Report - October, 2013 Scotch Plains Real Estate Market Report - August, 2013 - 08/06/13  Sell My Scotch Plains Home in 7 Steps - 06/03/13 Scotch Plains Real Estate Market Report for April, 2013 - 05/27/13 Scotch Plains Real Estate Market Repor... 03/09/2014

Scotch Plains, NJ Market UpdateFebruary,  2014 The year started off strong for the real esate market in Scotch Plains, NJ.  New listings were up 50% in January over December, 2013.  While this is not uncommon as the cyclical nature of home sales usually has new listings slow down during the December holiday season. More telling however, is that the available inventory is down slightly both from December and year-over-year.  Additionally, the absorption rate (how long it would take for all of the inventory to sell if nothing new came on the market) is down from January, 2013 and stable from last month, at 3.8 months.  A six-months supply is deemed a "normal" market, and 3.8 months does lean toward a Seller's Market. This indication is further bourne out by the median sales price of home... 02/18/2014

About 23,000 people live in the beautiful Union County town of Scotch Plains. Many of those people take advantage of the 45 minute easy commute via New Jersey Transit to Manhattan. Public school children in Scotch Plains are served by the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District and attend Howard B. Brunner Elementary School, J. Ackerman Coles School, Evergreen School, William J. McGinn School, School One, Park Middle School, Terrill Middle School, and Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. The Union County Vocational Technical Schools are in Scotch Plains as is Union Catholic Regional High School.   There are currently 80 homes offered for sale in Scotch Plains, ranging in price from $135k to $1.56M. This is a lower inventory than most of the past 2 years, but not abnormally low for ... 02/14/2014

Do you want a fun, tasty and affordable way to spend Valentines Day? Team Zuhl has a great suggestion for you. The Stage House is a great restaurant/tavern located on  Park Avenue in downtown Scotch Plains.  The building was a true stage house in the 1700's.  There's a LOT of history in the building.  Combine  that with a spectacular chef and  pleasant staff, the Stage House is great for Lunch, Dinner or just "hanging" at the bar.   This Friday, February 14th, the Stage House is featuring a Valentines Day special for only $49 per person.  You're treated to a 3 course meal with a choice of 4 different appetizers, 5 different entrees and 3 different desserts.  Each meal includes a free Champagne Toast, chocolate covered strawberries and tickets to the 80's Party.  The 80's Throwback Party... 02/09/2014

Scotch Plains, NJ Market ReportJanuary, 2014 Home sales in Scotch Plains, NJ remain stable.  Data from the New Jersey Association of Realtors® and 10K Research for single-family homes sales indicates a steady market. Key metrics including the number of new sales and closed sales, median sales price, list price to sales price ration, and absorption rate all support this. In 2012, there were 352 single-family homes that came on the market, and 223 that sold.  Through December of 2013, there were 368 homes that had come on the market, while 224 of them had sold.  Statistically, 2012 and 2013 were almost identical for sales numbers. Additionally, the absorption rate (the months supply of inventory if no new homes came on the market) year-over-year was constant as well at around 3.8 months. ... 01/25/2014

About 23,000 people live in the beautiful Union County town of Scotch Plains. Many of those people take advantage of the 45 minute easy commute via New Jersey Transit to Manhattan. Public school children in Scotch Plains are served by the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District and attend Howard B. Brunner Elementary School, J. Ackerman Coles School, Evergreen School, William J. McGinn School, School One, Park Middle School, Terrill Middle School, and Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. The Union County Vocational Technical Schools are in Scotch Plains as is Union Catholic Regional High School.   Inventory: There are 63 homes offered for sale in Scotch Plains, ranging in price from $199,999 to $799,000. Inventory is a little low - on average, 138 homes are on sale at any given tim... 01/24/2014

About 23,000 people live in the beautiful Union County town of Scotch Plains. Many of those people take advantage of the 45 minute easy commute via New Jersey Transit to Manhattan.   There are currently 116 homes offered for sale in Scotch Plains, representing a 20% decrease in inventory over the past 3 months. Only 9 homes were sold in November, compared with 28 sold in October and an average of 32 sold each month this summer.     The average price of a home sold in Scotch Plains was $545,278 in November, compared with 10% higher this summer. The average price of a home sold in 2013 so far is $495,384 compared with an average of $484,174 in 2012.     The average home that sold in Scotch Plain in November had been on the market for 78 days, up from 46 in September but still lower than t... 12/17/2013

About 23,000 people live in the beautiful Union County town of Scotch Plains. Many of those people take advantage of the 45 minute easy commute via New Jersey Transit to Manhattan. There are currently 138 homes offered for sale in Scotch Plains - compared to the summer peak of 173 homes on the market, this is a low inventory. Twenty-six homes sold in October, about 20% less than the summer peak of 33 homes. Homes that come on the market are selling quickly - the average Days on Market of a sold home in Scotch Plains was 58 days in October. This is about 40% faster than the average home sold in October of 2012, which took 96 days to sell. Homes in Scotch Plains sold for an average of $495,302 in October, nearly 25% higher than in October of 2012.    Team Zuhl is here to help you every st... 11/13/2013

Scotch Plains, NJ is home to about 23,000 people in southern Union County. It was the site of the Battle of Short Hills during the  American Revolution. It was also home of the first African American country club, the Shady Rest Country Club, now the site of the Scotch Hills Municipal golf course. Students in Scotch Plains are served by the Scotch Plains-Fanwood Regional School District which includes five elementary schools, two middle schools, and Scotch Plains-Fanwood High School. Scotch Plains is also home to theUnion County Vocational Technical Schools and Union Catholic Regional High School. Union County College has a facility in Scotch Plains as well. New Jersey Transit passes through Scotch Plains and carries passengers to the Port Authority in Manhattan in about 45 minutes, mak... 10/28/2013