I’d like to know which ones of our council members will attend this hearing and speak out against the outrage that is called “affordable housing.” Ridgewood should be out front leading this effort, not wallowing in self-pity and over-development and cowering to the developers seeking to profit from their strangulation of our town
Mayor Hache?
Deputy Mayor Knudsen?
Councilman Sedon?
Councilman Voight?
Councilwoman Walsh?
Let us know what you are doing to stop the over-development, or at least come out and say you support it and wish to see it continue.
These narcissistic and self-serving Council members already hired lawyers once to fight Citizens’ groups opposed to the development. They only care about their narrow self-interests like Schedler and making sure to change hiring requirements so their children are hired by the Village …
Good luck
If your house is not already on the market, then you are not sitting on what you think will be a sizable retirement plan. Have you noticed how many for sale signs there are? Way more than is seasonably normal. There are a number of reasons for this exodus, some of it due to national and international changes, and some of it local. The local stuff that is negatively affecting real estate are things like the new SALT changes to what is tax-deductable in property taxes. The Ridgewood issues are the loss of that special vibe that Ridgewood had, which is quickly fading with affordable housing, apartment blocks, and a multi-story car park. Other factors that once made Ridgewood a highly desirable place to live was its schools reputation. This was mostly a myth, made possible by realtors, and parents that had fallen for the bs and now needed to re-state the myth to friends so that their home investment was maintained. These days, we live in a world of data. Home buys have a multitude of online tools where they can do their school research.
The world is also changing. There’s a gradual flattening process in terms of work. NYC generates most of the high-paying 6 figure salary jobs that fuels places like Ridgewood. These high paying jobs are slowing moving out. The advancements in technology are slowing changing the global landscape and places like NYC will no longer be one of the special places where “the talent” is.
I am moving out, having sold my place already. I’ve enjoyed my time here but I won’t be looking back at Ridgewood with any fondness.
There’s just under 200 homes listed on record for sale and many more to come
When I see a for sale sign, it usually has an “under contract ” sign added to it shortly thereafter. I grew up here, never had kids in th schools, but chose to buy a place here instead of mahwah Ramsey or wyckoff. This is a more desirable market to the schools reputation, vibrant downtown , paid full time fire department, good municipal services and proximity to the NYC jobs. Mahwah and Ramsey are a longer commute and my Friends who bought there ( they didn’t want their wives to be with the $pending $limber$ here have had a very difficult time selling their homes when they decide to beat feet out of NJ due to the socialist regime running this state looking to milk every dollar out of the suburbs and flush it down the toilet in the big cities. Ramsey is a nice town with nice schools but the taxes are high and it’s too far from NYC with respect to added commute time and too close to the shit hole of Rockland county. Glen Rock taxes are higher and it’s too close to Paterson. If you have a home in Ridgewood less than a million dollars I am sure it’s a lot more “liquid ” than the surrounding towns, and that’s why I own here. I’m one of the people that actually likes living in NJ and this is certainly a desirable town.
So is Glenrock, So is Hohokus, so is Allendale. Please give me a break.
Sounds like the “45 years in the biz” realtor is a bit jealous she can’t break into the Ridgewood market.
As of this morning Ramsey: 51 active listings all prices. 27 under contract all prices. Ridgewood: 107 active listings all prices. 71 under contract all prices. That’s a healthy amount of activity. As far as the extra 10-minutes on the train being a problem. I have to wonder why everyone is so impatient? BTW, Ramsey’s station parking is $15 per year, for three cars.
“Ramsey is a nice town with nice schools but the taxes are high…”
Where are you getting your data from???
Here is the REAL DATA:
Ramsey (Borough) 2.352
Cliffside Park (Borough) 2.392
Rochelle Park (Township) 2.398
Moonachie (Borough) 2.411
Norwood (Borough) 2.43
Demarest (Borough) 2.484
River Vale (Township) 2.488
Westwood (Borough) 2.509
Tenafly (Borough) 2.523
Ridgewood (Village) 2.538
As you can plainly see, the tax rate in Ridgewood is *lower* than the tax rate in Ramsey!
Please do your homework before you post factual inaccuracies that the sheep on this website will perceive as fact.
My friends had a beautiful house in Ramsey in the club. Could not get close to the 800ish they wanted.. Taxes were close to 20k. Plus club dues..so close to 25k per year and the houses are on smaller lots, you can look out the window and see your neighbor taking a dump…..and no paid fire department…. And the residents from Rockland county infiltrated the public parks… No thanks. .I’ll stick with Ridgewood
“And the residents from Rockland county infiltrated the public parks”
By “residents”, I assume you mean hasidic Jews? Yeah, I would choose Ridgewood, too! (as would most sane people)