I’m looking to relocate somewhere in NJ with lower housing prices.

Submitted by Oranginafina t3_y2mde3 in newjersey

I live in a pretty HCOL area and I’m thinking of relocating next year. I want to stay in NJ, but I’m pretty flexible as far as where I move in the state. I thought I’d ask if anyone on here has any suggestions. My dealbreakers are:

  • must have decent housing for less than $200k. I don’t want a McMansion, I just want to be able to buy a place with 2+ bedrooms that isn’t falling apart.

  • low violent crime rate

  • within reasonable driving distance to stores like Walmart or target and grocery stores (15 - 20 minutes).

  • decent schools (I’m a teacher)

That’s pretty much it. Thank you for any suggestions!

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Ilovepizza713 t1_is3rdg0 wrote

My wife and I moved from Hudson, to Ocean, and now Camden County over the past 12 years due to COL. We bought a 3BR (1100 sqft) house that was fully remodeled on a small lot in a nice neighborhood for $155k 3 years ago. Similar homes are going in the mid-high 200’s now, but there’s no doubt that will come back down.

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Ilovepizza713 t1_is3s1mq wrote

Replying to Oranginafina (#90,733)

We live in Runnemede, but some of the surrounding areas should be in your price range once things get back to normal. Somerdale, Glendora, Barrington. If you’re in north Jersey, this may sound ridiculous, but we passed on a house in Somerdale because the taxes were $7k lol. I think our taxes were like $4200 when we bought the house, prob in the $5000’s now

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Oranginafina OP t1_is3t0gn wrote

Replying to Ilovepizza713 (#90,763)

I used to live in north Jersey but now live in central Jersey (yes, it exists!) and I agree those taxes sound insane. Thanks for the info, I’ll add those towns to my list.

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Ilovepizza713 t1_is3thv5 wrote

Replying to Oranginafina (#90,805)

Yeah it would be like $12k+ for a similar home in Hudson County….my in-laws live there and I think they’re up to almost $15k. I can’t imagine paying over $1,000/mo just for taxes

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SnooWords4839 t1_is3xhsl wrote

Mount Laurel has some townhomes and condos under 200k. Great school system.

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Romeo_Scorpio t1_is3zf3d wrote

You are going to have to go down to Ocean or Atlantic counties.

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vocabularylessons t1_is433fb wrote

>decent housing for less than $200k
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>decent schools

My gut reaction is that these are diametrically opposed. But best of luck in your endeavor.

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jcord821 t1_is4yoyq wrote

try another state. if you have the ability to leave NJ- do it

things will not get better

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Ribeye_King t1_is59f7g wrote

$200K is gonna be tough, you will probably need to look in south Jersey. I do know a guy who just bought a 2BR apartment in Ewing for around $200K but the drawback is that you are near Trenton.

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tex8222 t1_is68ort wrote

Replying to jcord821 (#92,370)

Teaching salaries in other states are ridiculously low…. It makes no sense to cut your salary in half in order to save a few thousand in property tax.

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BacktotheFutureTmw t1_is7uel6 wrote

I'm guessing you're in North Jersey. Born and raised there - moved to South Jersey 7 years ago due to being able to afford a house down here. My wife teaches and she is in a district that is constantly looking for educators, and it's a nice place to work.

I'm a realtor that primarily serves Gloucester, Camden, Salem, Atlantic and Cumberland Counties. I have worked with clients recently who were in the same price point and were able to find homes that suited their needs. Feel free to PM me - I work with a bunch of different lenders and have a lot of knowledge of available grants.

I also have an app that links you directly to the MLS versus zillow and such which aren't always 100% accurate as they are third party. Would even be able to give you some info on school districts.

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