WAYNE, NJ — While housing markets across much of the United States have cooled over the past year, Wayne, New Jersey is moving in the opposite direction. Multiple offers are the norm, homes are routinely selling well above asking price, and buyer demand has shown no sign of softening heading into spring 2026.
Artur Tyszka, founder of the Tyszka Team and a Wayne-based agent with over eleven years in the local market, says the conditions driving this are not going away anytime soon. “Since New Year’s, my phone has not stopped ringing,” he says. “The year just kicked off at full speed and it hasn’t slowed down.”
The numbers bear that out. A four-bedroom home listed at $709,000 in Wayne recently drew multiple offers, with buyers weighing bids of $150,000 to $200,000 over asking – with no guarantee that would be enough. A comparable situation played out in nearby Bergen County, where a home listed at $1.8 million attracted fourteen offers and sold for an estimated $500,000 to $600,000 above ask.
Tyszka points to three forces keeping demand elevated. Mortgage rates hovering around six percent have not discouraged buyers the way many expected. Supply remains extremely tight. And Wayne’s proximity to Manhattan, its school district reputation, and its established infrastructure continue to pull in buyers who might otherwise have looked elsewhere.
Buyers priced out of Bergen County and other high-demand markets are increasingly turning to Wayne as an alternative – and that spillover is now pushing up values in towns that saw little of this pressure just a few years ago. “Once it starts, it doesn’t stop easily,” Tyszka says.
The effect is spreading further. Towns like Hawthorne, historically outside the high-demand corridor, are now seeing multiple bids on mid-range listings as buyers extend their search into less familiar territory.
Tyszka says the agents consistently closing deals in this environment share two traits: strong relationships with local agents, lenders, and attorneys, and clients who are thoroughly prepared before the first offer is submitted. The Tyszka Team, which includes Artur, his mother, and other family members, has built its practice around both.
He does not expect a correction. With demand outpacing supply by a wide margin, he sees prices leveling off over the next two to three years rather than falling. “There’s too much demand and not enough homes for a real correction to take hold,” he says.
For buyers, sellers, and investors tracking the Northern New Jersey market, the Tyszka Team can be reached at tyszkaproperties.com.
About the Tyszka Team: The Tyszka Team is a family-run real estate group based in Wayne, New Jersey, serving buyers and sellers across Wayne and Pompton Lakes. Led by Artur Tyszka alongside his mother and fellow team members, the group brings over a decade of local market experience to every transaction. Learn more at tyszkaproperties.com.
