Chester is a antique shopping village town of roughly 1,650 people in Morris County, part of the Skylands of New Jersey. Buyers find their way here when the larger Morris County market doesn't quite have what they're looking for — and many never leave.
On the executive-suburb and equestrian-estate side of the market, Chester usually trades in step with the Morris County median of $700,000, with price-per-square-foot heavily influenced by school catchment, lot size, and whether the property has been updated in the last five years.
Buyer strategy in Chester: pre-approval first, then build a daily watch list, then be the first showing on opening weekend. Seller strategy: don't chase the market down — list at value, hit the first weekend hard, and adjust quickly if showings aren't converting.