Springfield, Summit, Millburn, Cranford, or Westfield

[elflord1973]

Originally Posted by goonsquad

For me, the average tax bill doesn't matter too much. It matters how much in taxes I'd have to pay for a home assessed at X value. If there were more precise data which factored in assessed values, I'd love to see that.

The GSMLS listings include assessed value and property tax amount.

South Orange is about 2.45%
Millburn looks like it's about 1.67%

Summit is around 3.4% of assessed value, but the assessed values are a fraction of market value (more like 1.5% of market value)

[LilCabinGirl]

I have lived in both Westfield and Cranford and if you have the money, then Westfield is the place to be. I loved, loved, loved living in Westfield. I lived on Westfield Avenue and I walked to the train, downtown, everywhere was convenient. I thought Cranford was nice too but there isn't nearly as much in Cranford as there is in Westfield. I used to drive through downtown Millburn on my way to work and I always thought it was nice but I don't think it was as nice as Westfield.

LCG

[dsp2]

Thanks for all of the great replies. Very helpful! We're still looking and are actually accelerating our search a bit since my lease ends in a few months. May have some additional more specific questions soon, and thanks for the information so far!

[Giantwon]

Mullburn/Short Hills is the best but with that said don't forget about Maplewood or New Providence or Chatum...all nice downtown centers and schools.

[Cerverizzo]

We're selling our Chatham 2BR condo in the Borough FSBO. I was there with my daughter for 7 years walking to train, stores, restaurants. When you say the schools in Millburn (same train line, Midtown direct) are ridiculously high ranked, it's the same in Chatham. Don't know your range but if interested check zillow.com or 380mainstreet22@optonline.net.