New Jersey Real Estate - The Garden State
By Raynor James, Fri Dec 9th

New Jersey is often miscast as a less than nice place to live,when the truth is the garden state motto is accurate. New Jerseyreal estate prices reflect Atlantic Ocean influences.

New Jersey

With the crooning of Bruce Springsteen, New Jersey has beendepicted as a non-descript home of industry. Take a ride on theturnpike in the north and you'll agree. Simply put, parts of thestate are unattractive, but much of the rest is very nice. NewJersey is that odd location



where you want to avoid the biggercities and live in the smaller towns. They represent gems on theeastern seaboard with low prices relative to the region. Move toNew Jersey and you'll be close to areas such as the gambling atAtlantic City, beaches on the Atlantic and large cities such asNew York City.

Princeton

Home to the famous and respected Princeton University, the townof Princeton is simply beautiful. You'll find older historichomes, castle-like buildings and green, overgrown landscaping.While this is definitely a college town, the atmosphere fallmore towards the study of intellectual discourse than togaparties. Home to such notable individuals as Albert Einstein,Princeton is a surprisingly quiet and a good place to raise afamily.

Atlantic City

If gambling is your game, Atlantic City is the spot on the EastCoast. Sitting on the coast, this is the home of over the topcasinos with a heavy influence of Trump. To be honest, AtlanticCity is a take it or leave it place. The city has gone throughmajor economic swings and is heavily influenced by the seasons.The winters can be depressing, but spring and summer can be ahoot with a mass of tourist livening up the area. Atlantic Cityis often described as a poor man's Las Vegas, but it is moreakin to the Reno area without the skiing and mountains.

New Jersey Real Estate

New Jersey real estate prices are all over the map. Prices rangefrom the mid $250,000s to as high as the $900,000s for homes.You'll need to research the prices in your area of interest.

On a positive note, appreciation rates are strong in New Jersey.On average, real estate appreciated at a rate of over 16 percentin 2005.

About the author:Raynor James is with http://www.fsboamerica.org - FSBO homes forsale by owner. Visit our home buying page athttp://www.fsboamerica.org/buyer.cfm to see homes for sale byowner.

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