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sovinyl t1_ja7zytn wrote

😂 I’m over here in the trenches just trying to look at a cape cod without standing on a line at an open house. Housing market is rough in jersey…

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TodayTimeDeux t1_ja81331 wrote

I am ready to give up lmao

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sovinyl t1_ja81i3x wrote

Hang in there!!!! Eventually…it will get better. My intention was to look at 3 open houses yesterday, all 2-3 bedrooms. Long ass lines outside the house when I pulled up. I thought to myself “nope, I ain’t fighting for a home.” And drove away…. Don’t lose hope!!

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TodayTimeDeux t1_ja820d7 wrote

The prices + rates are one disaster but the inventory is so bleak. We’ll see bc renting is just getting more and more expensive. Maybe OP can rent me their soon to be cute duplex for 2500$ a month lmao

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sovinyl t1_ja82oo1 wrote

Plus utilities…don’t forget utilities.

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TodayTimeDeux t1_ja82rs5 wrote

You’re right. Lets just round up to 3k for a 1 bedroom with shared walls. Can’t wait to move in.

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Summoarpleaz t1_ja88x84 wrote

I loved when I went to look at homes and all of a sudden everyone had different names for styles of homes. Looked up cape cod and understood it meant something like in the style of some older homes that were built on a small footprint so the hallways are more narrow and the rooms smaller generally speaking. We went to see a home and the agent was like this is an “expanded cape cod.” I had no idea what anything was after that.

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BacktotheFutureTmw t1_ja9i67k wrote

Which part of Jersey?

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sovinyl t1_ja9s1zc wrote

Bergen and Passaic 😂😂

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BacktotheFutureTmw t1_ja9w8pj wrote

Good luck! I moved away from there because of traffic and it was just getting way too expensive. A tiny cape cod I used to live in Fair Lawn sold for close to $600k at the end of last year. House was a dump in my opinion...so sad. Had so many issues. I have relatives who paid 75k for a cape there in the 80's. It's ridiculous!

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sovinyl t1_jaa5p4r wrote

The homes aren’t worth that price and I’m not going to participate. I’ll sit and wait. If I’m paying 600k, I want move-in ready, 5 bedroom house. Not a 2 bed, 1 bath with wood paneling walls, a dryer from the 80s, pink bathrooms and checkered linoleum in the kitchen. 😝

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