Single Family Home in a NYC suburb, where to look?

[Shet]

OP, what do you mean by low property taxes? 10k? 20k? 30k?

[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by Sampath_89

I work near Grand Central and have always rented my entire life. My wife is now pregnant and we're trying to think about where to raise our family.

We know that we cant do this in an apartment and need to be in a single family home in a suburb around NYC, with reasonable commute time below 50 minutes. Our budget is around $800k, given current interest rates. We'd also prefer a place with low property taxes (I know its a balance between that and good schooling) but we want to remain within our monthly budget.
Would appreciate any advice.

You might look at West Caldwell NJ. I have a good friend who has lived there for years and loves it. It's just under an hour's drive to Grand Central and convenient to NJ Transit Express bus routes to Port Authority. The schools are in the very good to excellent range with property taxes by area standards fairly low (around 12K-13K per year) https://www.realtor.com/realestatean...ll_NJ?view=map

[MKTwet]

What's wrong with renting? I think there's a lot of wrongs right now to buying.

[neil1973]

If you work within walking distance to grand central it opens up the majority of Westchester. There should be a decent amount of options there.

[bolobrick]

Originally Posted by wydings

You don't have much options if you're not willing to pay insane property taxes. I'd recommend Marlboro in NJ. I've only been there once for my friend's house warming, but I really liked this little town. It also fits your 800k budget. You can get a massive house there for 800k with a big yard.

NJ Transit doesn't go to Grand Central idiot.

[chatspicy]

Originally Posted by Sampath_89

I work near Grand Central and have always rented my entire life. My wife is now pregnant and we're trying to think about where to raise our family.

We know that we cant do this in an apartment and need to be in a single family home in a suburb around NYC, with reasonable commute time below 50 minutes. Our budget is around $800k, given current interest rates. We'd also prefer a place with low property taxes (I know its a balance between that and good schooling) but we want to remain within our monthly budget.
Would appreciate any advice.

So you better be taking the train into Grand Central and not driving. So either you can live in Nassau County, Westchester County, or parts of eastern areas of Queens. They all have LIRR access that go to Grand Central Terminal.

Your taxes will be a lot for Nassau and Westchester.