Visit this * DISTINCTIVE Landscape AWARD Winner * Home in Oakland, NJ.

Realtor TOUR --- Tuesday, July 15, 10:30 am to 2:00 PM

OPEN HOUSE --- Sunday, July 20, 1 to 4:00 PM

This is a *** CERTIFIED HOME *** which features a physical, radon & pest inspection, title & flood certification and includes a ONE YEAR homeowner's Warantee for the New Home Owner.

Abbott & Caserta Realtors Pamela Stetson Multi-Million Dollar Club '04,'05,'06,'07 Office: 201.447.6600 x 007 Mobile: 201.675.1618 Email: CupaT@aol.com Website: Click to open

www.StoneFenceRd.com Distinctive Landscape Award Winner Stone Fence Road Oakland, NJ 07436 Meticulously cared for Colonial on one of the nicest cul-de-sac streets in Oakland. Very close to the Franklin Lakes border. This home offers a resort-style yard with an in-ground pool, full paver patio and walkways, mature landscaping and extremely private yard. $899,000 ------------------------------------------------- Thinking of buying or selling your home in Bergen County, New Jersey? Let me help you. Know the sales value of your new home and your new neighborhood * based on actual market comps. Allow me to present a Comparative Market Analysis to you that is customized to your home, finances and your specific needs. This will give you detailed information about pricing and selling your home in the current market or BUYING your home in your new neighborhood. For more information about buying or selling your largest financial asset, contact me at CupaT@aol.com. Copyright - Pamela Stetson 2008, http://www.pamelastetson.com/

Kermit the frog was wrong! It is EASY to be green.

As a former marketing consultant for a few area energy companies, we used to recommend these tips and more to our area customers. Share them with your listings, too. It helps save homeowners towards their energy bills and you will do your part to help conserve energy.

You can also contact your local energy utility --- most offer a home energy audit --- that will help you save money in your home. If you are getting ready to list your home for sale be sure to have a PRE-Home Inspection. You will get valuable tips from the licensed home inspector about how to save $$$ in your home AND you can write up a list of those tips for the new buyers. See PSEG offer for an online analysis at: http://www.pseg.com/customer/home/save/njenergysmart.jsp .

1. Check your windows and doors. Air conditioned or heat loss here can be significant. Remove or replace caulking and weather-stripping. You can save 10% or more on your energy bill by reducing leaks with caulking or weather stripping. Close off vents or registers in rooms that you are not using and close the door

2. RAISE your thermostat. Set your thermostat to 73 0r 74 degrees. For every degree you raise the thermostat, you can save 3% on your air conditioning bill. The opposite holds true for heating, turn the thermostat down 2 or 3 degrees and you will save! In the winter , turn down your thermostat 5 to 10 degrees at bedtime.

3. Take showers instead of baths. Bathing uses more hot water in the average household - up to 25 gallons. A five-minute shower uses less hot water and could add up to substantial savings over time.

4. Keep COOL air inside. Make sure all windows are closed tightly and locked. Close shades and close the curtains during the day particularly those rooms that get full sun exposure. ( Do the opposite in the winter to take advantage of the sun's solar energy ).

5. Turn down your water heater to 120 Degrees. You may save up to 50 percent of a household's water cost.

6. Keep the garage doors closed if the garage is attached to the house. Even better --- change the garage doors to new, more energy efficient and insulated ones. You will be quick to realize the savings.

7. Remove furniture or items which block vents supplying and returning air to the air condenser. Also, use fans to help circulate air.

8. Increase insulation in the attic, crawl spaces, and basement. Adding a layer of insulation to your attic is one of the most cost effective ways to conserve heat and to keep homes cool during the summer.

9. Clean or change your air conditioning filters so that your air conditioner doesn't have to work as hard.

10. Change your lightbulbs. Compact fluorescent bulbs are the most energy-efficient of all light bulbs. It has been reported that they use 67 percent less energy than standard light bulbs. And, they last up to 16 times longer. See the light and change the bulbs!

According the the New Jersey Website on Energy and Global warming: If every U.S. household replaced one incandescent light bulb with an energy-saving compact fluorescent light (CFL) bulb, global warming pollution would be reduced by more than 90 billion pounds over the life of the bulbs.

Wow....that is incredible. It goes on to say,

If every American home replaced just one light bulb with an ENERGY STAR qualified bulb, we would save enough energy to light more than 3 million homes for a year, more than $600 million in annual energy costs, and prevent greenhouse gases equivalent to the emissions of more than 800,000 cars.

Those statistics are worth screaming about!

And, imagine what would happen if we replaced 5 or more in our home? I challenge you to go out, buy 5 CFL bulbs and replace them in your home and your office. It is simple, cost effective and something you not only can control --- you can include your children in the process so they understand that we are all doing a small part to save energy!

For more information go to:

Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs : ENERGY STAR

Give a pack to your listings AND your buyers at closing...And, challenge someone else to save energy....It is that EASY!

Contact your local utility for more energy saving tips. You will realize the savings on your bills AND you will be doing your part to conserve energy, too.

http://www.pseg.com/customer/home/save/tips.jsp

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Thinking of buying or selling your home in Bergen County, New Jersey?

Let me help you. Know the sales value of your new home and your new neighborhood * based on actual market comps. Allow me to present a Comparative Market Analysis to you that is customized to your home, finances and your specific needs. This will give you detailed information about pricing and selling your home in the current market or BUYING your home in your new neighborhood.

For more information about buying or selling your largest financial asset, contact me at CupaT@aol.com.

Copyright - Pamela Stetson 2008, http://www.pamelastetson.com/

Kermit the Frog is a copyright of Disney.

PERFECT FOR SKIN CARE PROFESSIONAL OR DERMATOLOGIST

Beautiful, spa-like office condo to share with thriving dental practice in upscale town of Wyckoff. Freshly painted, new cabinets and fixtures plus plenty of parking makes this a terrific opportunity to share with owner/doctor. Plenty of parking and visible from Wyckoff Avenue.

WYCKOFF - $3,000 Community Information View WYCKOFF School Information View WYCKOFF Neighborhood Information Property Highlights Listing Number: 2823546 Town: WYCKOFF Price: $3,000 Style: OFFICE Additional Photos

All information deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

One of my favorite areas in New Jersey is the town of Ringwood. I spent my early childhood there and have very fond memories of learning to swim in Cupsaw Lake ( my mom held the record for swimming the length of the lake for many, many years ).

My grandparents owned a real estate brokerage there on Carltondale Road and I grew up sitting at the typewriter banging on the keys....and literally, messing up my Be-bops ( my pet name for my grandfather ) key board. Not the keyboard on the typewriter....he had a key board with all the listing keys hanging from cup hooks. Then, the lakes were a sleepy summer community filled with summer rentals. Ahhh.... the memories of running barefoot, drinking fanta orange soda from icy cold glass bottles and the jingling of keys....

Here are the current stats for the area based on number gleened from the NJMLS.

Look for a FABULOUS new listing coming soon in RINGWOOD....

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Thinking of buying or selling your home in Cupsaw or Erskine Lake, New Jersey?

Let me help you. Know the sales value of your new home and your new neighborhood * based on actual market comps. Allow me to present a Comparative Market Analysis to you that is customized to your home, finances and your specific needs. This will give you detailed information about pricing and selling your home in the current market or BUYING your home in your new neighborhood.

For more information about buying or selling your largest financial asset, contact me at CupaT@aol.com.

Copyright - Pamela Stetson 2008, http://www.pamelastetson.com/

All information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

They say that a picture is worth a thousand words....and if that is the case, what are the words trying to say here? This photo is from a listing in which the asking price is over $ 500,000. That is correct. One half a million dollars and the most outstanding feature the agent can find --- is this closet.

I know this has been discussed, over and over again. But, it never ceases to amaze me that photos like this one are used to market the homes best assets and features.

And as if the photo above --- were not enough --- check out this one:

We cannot make this stuff up folks. What frightens me is that the seller actually hired the agent as a professional marketer of their home. As I had mentioned , this home is priced over $ 500,000. No glamour shots here.

Agents --- please call a professional photographer if, you cannot find an outstanding feature in the home perhaps the photo'g can find one or two OR find a neighborhood feature... to feature....

This could be added to Andrew Lenza's nightmare, http://activerain.com/blogsview/521903/When-Salespeople-Sell-to .

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Thinking of buying or selling your home in BERGEN COUNTY, New Jersey?

Let me help you. Know the sales value of your new home and your new neighborhood * based on actual market comps. Allow me to present a Comparative Market Analysis to you that is customized to your home, finances and your specific needs. This will give you detailed information about pricing and selling your home in the current market or BUYING your home in your new neighborhood.

For more information about buying or selling your largest financial asset, contact me at CupaT@aol.com.

Copyright - Pamela Stetson 2008, http://www.pamelastetson.com/

All information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

COME OUT AND SUPPORT THE MAHWAH GIRLS SOCCER PROGRAM

WHERE: MAHWAH HIGH SCHOOL FIELD

TICKET PRICE: $10.00/Doors open at 7:30

Show starts at dark/ Concession to be sold! Bring your own chair/blanket.

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*** Classic Disney animation meets contemporary urban chaos when a frightened princess is banished from her magical animated homeland to modern-day New York City in a romantic comedy penned by Bill Kelly (Blast from the Past), directed by Kevin Lima (Tarzan), and featuring music by composer Alan Menken ***

Mahwah has seen quite a bit of activity in the past 6 months. See the statistics below as garnered from the NJMLS. I tried to capture as much data as possible in order to get the right picture of the activity. Over 38 homes have sold in the past 6 months in Mahwah.

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Thinking of buying or selling your home in BERGEN COUNTY, New Jersey?

Let me help you. Know the sales value of your new home and your new neighborhood * based on actual market comps. Allow me to present a Comparative Market Analysis to you that is customized to your home, finances and your specific needs. This will give you detailed information about pricing and selling your home in the current market or BUYING your home in your new neighborhood.

For more information about buying or selling your largest financial asset, contact me at CupaT@aol.com.

Copyright - Pamela Stetson 2008, http://www.pamelastetson.com/

All information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.

Just doing my weekly stats and thought I would share the sales for the past 6 months in Oakland, New Jersey. As you can see 43 have SOLD and 14 are under contract in this great Bergen County town. I think Oakland is one of the last areas of opportunity here and there are plenty of nice, affordable homes located in a town with terrific schools, recreation department and it is close to all.

Check out the stats as gleened from the NJMLS.

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Thinking of buying or selling your home in BERGEN COUNTY, New Jersey?

Let me help you. Know the sales value of your new home and your new neighborhood * based on actual market comps. Allow me to present a Comparative Market Analysis to you that is customized to your home, finances and your specific needs. This will give you detailed information about pricing and selling your home in the current market or BUYING your home in your new neighborhood.

For more information about buying or selling your largest financial asset, contact me at CupaT@aol.com.

Copyright - Pamela Stetson 2008, http://www.pamelastetson.com/

All information is deemed reliable but not guaranteed.