Real estate agent in Jersey City, NJ
Who you are working with
I am Bogdan Nicolae Rus, a REALTOR® with eXp Realty, New Jersey license #2186044, with my office at 50 Harrison St, Suite 205, in Hoboken, one town north of Jersey City. I work in Jersey City as a buyer’s agent, a listing agent and a rental agent, and I have been licensed since January 2020. I work in English, Romanian and Spanish.
Jersey City is also where I live: I bought my own two-family home in the Heights, and before that I rented in Journal Square and in Newport. More on the About page.
Buying in Jersey City
Jersey City is seven neighborhoods with different housing, commutes and prices, and my first job is to put you in the right one. Downtown is mostly 19th-century row houses, many divided into condos, with three PATH stations and the World Trade Center under ten minutes from Grove Street. Paulus Hook, Exchange Place and Newport are the towers: doormen, the PATH at Exchange Place and an eight-minute ferry to Lower Manhattan. The Heights has no PATH but has the two-family houses with yards, priced meaningfully below the waterfront. Journal Square has the PATH hub, about thirteen minutes to the World Trade Center, new towers around the station and older two- and three-family houses behind them. Bergen-Lafayette, the West Side and Greenville run on the Hudson-Bergen Light Rail and still sell a house with a driveway.
Per the U.S. Census Bureau ACS (2024 five-year estimates), Downtown alone has 34,671 residents with a median age of 34, and Journal Square 67,402. Each neighborhood has its own page here:
- Downtown Jersey City
- Paulus Hook & Newport
- The Heights
- Journal Square
- Bergen-Lafayette
- West Side
- Greenville
For buyers, the boring part comes first: a real pre-approval and the all-in monthly number, because here the good listings move in days and a seller’s attorney will not read an offer without a lender’s letter. Representation is agreed in writing before we tour; then come the comparable sales for that exact block, and attorney review, inspection, appraisal and a closing usually 45 to 60 days after the offer. Read how I work with buyers, the first-time buyer guide and, for a two- to four-family, house hacking in Jersey City.
Selling in Jersey City
A Jersey City home is priced against its block, not the city. A parlour-floor condo in a restored Downtown brownstone and a top-floor unit in a new building trade at different speeds; in a Newport tower the view line is the biggest price factor, and two identical layouts eight floors apart are not the same apartment. Within 24 hours you get a written pricing analysis: the closed, pending and active comparables a buyer would look at, and three scenarios, move fast, market, test the top, with the reasoning. Then what to fix and what to leave, photography, floor plans and video, showings I run myself, every offer explained line by line, and attorney review to closing in English, Romanian or Spanish.
Start with what my home is worth, see what it costs to sell a house in New Jersey, and read how I price a home in Hudson County.
Renting in Jersey City
I rented in Journal Square, in Newport and in a three-family house before I ever sold a home, so I know the drill from your side. I confirm every listing with the owner and tell you the full move-in cost before we tour: first month, a deposit New Jersey law caps at one and a half months’ rent, and any broker’s fee. Your folder is ready before the first showing, I read the lease with you before you sign, and we photograph move-in so the deposit comes back within the 30 days the law allows.
For landlords: pricing from the rentals that closed on your block, showings, screening, a New Jersey lease and a move-in report, under eXp Realty. More on the rental agent page and on Rent.
Why a local agent matters in Jersey City
Every standard New Jersey residential contract goes through a three-business-day attorney review after both sides sign, and either side’s attorney can change it or cancel it during that window. The agent matters most on the day you decide what to offer and the day something goes wrong in that window.
In Jersey City the transit map is the price map. Grove Street, Exchange Place, Newport and Journal Square have PATH stations; Paulus Hook has the ferry; the waterfront, Bergen-Lafayette, the West Side and Greenville have light-rail stops; the Heights has none and rides the bus down Palisade Avenue or Kennedy Boulevard, or the Ninth Street–Congress light rail elevator down to Hoboken. Downtown and on the waterfront, ask about the flood zone and the elevation certificate before you fall for a garden-level unit; I ask for you. In Journal Square I tell you which blocks I would buy on today and which I would wait on.
My closed sales and reviews
No addresses or prices here: my closed sales are on my Zillow profile, and what clients wrote is on Google, Zillow, Yelp and Realtor.com, gathered on my reviews page. License #2186044 can be checked on the New Jersey Real Estate Commission’s licensee search.
English, Romanian, Spanish
I work in English, Romanian and Spanish. Vorbim românește. Se habla español. Every document, showing and negotiation in the language you think in.
Jersey City real estate agent: your questions
Who is a good real estate agent in Jersey City?
Check the license on the New Jersey Real Estate Commission’s licensee search, ask how many homes they closed in Jersey City last year, who pays their fee and how much, ask whether they attend every showing themselves, and whether they speak your language. I offer license #2186044 with eXp Realty since January 2020, reviews on Google, Zillow, Yelp and Realtor.com, closed sales on my Zillow profile, a two-family home of my own in the Heights, and three languages.
Do I need a buyer’s agent in Jersey City?
Nothing requires one, but here the good listings move in days and a seller’s attorney will not read an offer without a lender’s letter, so most buyers want the pre-approval, attorney and inspector lined up first. Representation and how it is paid are agreed in writing before we tour. Details on Buy.
How much does it cost to sell a house in Jersey City?
The same as anywhere in New Jersey: a commission negotiated with the broker (no law sets it), a flat attorney fee, the state Realty Transfer Fee charged to the seller on a sliding scale, and on sales of $1,000,000 and more the so-called mansion tax on the whole price, seller-paid since July 10, 2025: 1% to $2 million, 2% to $2.5 million, 2.5% to $3 million, 3% to $3.5 million, 3.5% above, per the New Jersey Division of Taxation. Full table: what it costs to sell a house in New Jersey.
Can you help me rent an apartment in Jersey City?
Yes, anywhere in the city. I confirm the listing is real, tell you the full move-in cost before we tour and read the lease with you. New Jersey caps the deposit at one and a half months’ rent, returned within 30 days; who pays any broker’s fee depends on the listing. More on the rental agent page.
Do you speak Romanian or Spanish?
Yes: vorbim românește, se habla español. I work in English, Romanian and Spanish from the first call to closing. More on working with me in Romanian and in Spanish.
Which Jersey City neighborhoods do you cover?
All of them; seven have their own page here: Downtown, Paulus Hook and Newport, the Heights, Journal Square, Bergen-Lafayette, the West Side and Greenville. I also cover Hoboken, Bayonne and the rest of Hudson County, and I am licensed statewide.
Talk to me about Jersey City
Tell me what you are trying to do in Jersey City, buy, sell or rent, and I answer myself.
Call (201) 584-6156 · Text mebogdan@bogdannicolaerus.com
eXp Realty, 50 Harrison St, Suite 205, Hoboken, NJ 07030