Halloween appears to have scared off many open houses this week. Only about 50 properties are showing, down by over half compared to prior weekends. Many list prices have been cut in recent weeks, including 29 Stephen St., Montclair, pictured at left; the price of the nine-room Tudor was reduced $50,000. The list price is now $649,000; open house 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The price of the Maplewood Tudor featured in the Oct. 3 roundup was also lowered, by $30,000, and is showing from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. There are no Glen Ridge properties showing this week.
35 Marquette Rd., Montclair
List Price: $599,000
Taxes: $14,322
Lot Size: 0.19 Acres
3BR/2BA
Featuring a view of the Bonsai Nature Reserve, this seven-room Colonial has central air, a large family room, a private outdoor space with a large deck and patio and a one-car attached garage. Rooms are generously sized, and there is ceramic tile and slate throughout the house. The wood stairs have ceramic risers. This ca. 1950 house also has a stone fireplace, crown molding, partially-finished basement and thermal windows and doors. Open house 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
9 Bolton Pl., Bloomfield
List Price: $275,000
Taxes: $9,281
Lot Size: 0.11 Acres
3BR/1.1BA
Built in approximately 1940, this seven-room Colonial has hardwood floors, Anderson windows, an energy efficient furnace and central air. Located within walking distance to the New York City train and close to Brookdale Park, the house also has a a redwood deck  and a one-car attached garage. The kitchen and bathrooms are dated but the house has been nicely maintained. Open house 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
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Sure there are your princesses, football players and  superheroes, but this year there seems to be more of the year of the wink-wink High Concept Halloween. Coming to my door tonight was a kid dressed as Comedy Central, another kid dressed as Obama (accompanied by his father, Bill Clinton) and a Lady Gaga who looked to be about 8. Across the street a teenager who’d been to the Rally to Restore Sanity yesterday carved a pumpkin of Stephen Colbert, and not from a stencil. Our own correspondent Kristie Cattafi camed dressed as “Lois Lane” (“Modern day lois lane is a blogger..true story,” she posted on Facebook.)
