Sandra Bolcar's (sbolcar) Blog

MY HUSBAND, BOBBY, BOUGHT THIS HUGE 34LB TURKEY AND I MUST ADMIT MY FIRST INCLINATION WAS TO REMARK IT MIGHT BE A TOUGH OLD BIRD!   WELL BOBBY ESTIMATED IT MIGHT TAKE ABOUT 8 HOURS TO COOK IN OUR CONVECTION OVEN SO HE CAREFULLY PREPARED THE MONSTER AND PUT IT IN THE OVEN AT 12:30 A.M. ON THANKSGI...

I HAVE JUST LISTED A DELIGHTFUL 3-4 BEDROOM VICTORIAN HOME IN CALDWELL FOR $462,000.  I'LL BE HOLDING AN OPEN HOUSE THERE THIS SUNDAY FROM 2 TO 4 P.M. ON DECEMBER 5TH.  STOP BY AND SEE HOW IT IS COMPLETELY UPDATED FOR TODAY'S LIVING BUT STILL EXUDES IT'S VINTAGE CHARM.

  Okay, not thinking real estate right now . . .  but getting in the holiday spirit.  Coming from England, I just loved Cheese Straws when I was younger.  I used to make them every Christmas.   Here's a recipe with a tangy twist Red-Pepper Cheese Straws to just give an extra zinger.    I'm going ...

Most sellers think the dead of winter is the worst time to sell a home.  This isn't always the case.  I've been sitting in a seller's kitchen on Christmas Eve, signing a purchase contract as sheets of snow were falling off the roof top.  Most people hold off putting their homes on during the wint...

Otteau Valuations, a well-respected NJ housing market tracker, predicted that home prices may drop another six percent by next year in New Jersey.  Rail towns, e.g. Montclair, South Orange, Maplewood and Summit, may not fare so badly.  Interest rates are expected to creep down even further giving...

  It's been a bit confusing as to what the stimulus package means to homebuyers--especially first time homebuyers who qualify for the $8,000 tax credit.  So here is a little help in understanding all of it, courtesy of David Rubenstein at Wells Fargo Home Mortgage.  Let's talk a little about the ...

I went to visit a customer in Montclair, NJ, to whom I sold a home 8 years ago. The home had a lot of potential back then but money has been tight and her dreams were not realized and now she wants to sell. I gave her a price to really get some interest in the home. She felt the home was worth $7...

As a real estate agent in New Jersey plagued with having to sell foreclosures and doing BPO's on peoples' homes about to go in to this abyss, I am touched by the actual people who are loosing their homes. We tend to forget the human touch that these homes once had and that they are like abandoned...