I'm Nancy Chu, and I've spent 20+ years selling homes across North Jersey — 1,300+ transactions and more than $560 million in volume since 2005. Montclair is home base: 200+ sales here, from Upper Montclair to the South End to the Estate Section. Add 150+ in Bloomfield (Brookdale, Oakview, Demarest), 75+ across Glen Ridge's one square mile, plus Verona, the Caldwells, South Orange, Maplewood, West Orange, Millburn and Short Hills, and Livingston.

Before real estate, I directed theatre — my work staged at The Public Theater, Long Wharf, and the Lincoln Center Theater Directors Lab. Selling a home is the same craft: stage it, cast it to the right buyer, get every detail hitting on cue, and tell a story that moves people to act. No other agent in Essex County can say that.

Here's what I tell every client: list price is marketing — always, only, ever, full stop. The market will tell you what it thinks. The only question that matters is what you do when it does. I've worked both sides of the deal, so I know how to price a listing that actually sells and how to write the offer that wins. About 90% of my listings sell within 10 days. About 70% of my buyers get an offer accepted on their first try — first-time buyers in Bloomfield, move-up buyers in Montclair, clients relocating from NYC and Brooklyn into North Jersey.

I work with first-time and move-up buyers, downsizers, investors, and multilingual and international clients, and with sellers handling estates, divorce, downsizing, and relocation. I specialize in Montclair historic homes and in divorce and estate sales across Essex County — transactions that need someone who reads the documents and tells you the truth. I speak Mandarin; my team also covers Spanish, Portuguese, and Haitian Creole.

The receipts: #28 on the RealTrends 1000 (America's Best Real Estate Professionals), Top 100 at Keller Williams worldwide, Top 1% nationally, KW Quadruple Platinum, and Platinum Level in the NJ Realtors Circle of Excellence nine years running. I'm a KW National Trainer, and Morris & Essex Magazine named me to its "Essex Top Real Estate Agents 2026 Elite" list. My clients say the same thing over and over — "we felt like we knew you already" — and 250-plus have left five-star Zillow reviews, with 62 more on Google. I also co-founded ai{Found}RE — part of why about a third of my new clients now find me through AI search before they ever call.

I got into this because I watched my parents buy a home with an agent who didn't listen to them. I decided to be the agent who did. That's still the job.

Buying or selling in Montclair, Bloomfield, Glen Ridge, or anywhere in North Jersey? Honest advice, winning strategy, and a relationship for life — that's the deal. Call or text 917-992-3098, email nancy@nancychuhomes.com, or visit nancychuhomes.com. — Nancy Chu, Keller Williams NJ Metro Group