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Move-Up Sellers
Selling in Lacey and buying your next home at the same time? You get one plan for both sides: what yours sells for, what you can buy, and two closings lined up so you move once.

Realtor® · Master CDRE®
He has sold homes in Forked River and Lanoka Harbor, and in his opinion both are hidden gems.
Lacey Township, Ocean County, NJ
Dennis Mark Interdonato is a Realtor® and Master CDRE® who leads The Dennis Mark Group at Keller Williams Realty Ocean Living, with offices in Brick and Point Pleasant. Since January 2024 he has sold 4 homes in Lacey Township: three in the Barnegat Pines section of Forked River, and one in Lanoka Harbor for clients moving up from the home he sold for them. At the end of 2023, he won a waterfront home in Forked River priced over $1 million for his buyer, in a multiple-offer situation.
Lacey Township sits on Barnegat Bay and takes in Forked River, Lanoka Harbor and Bamber Lakes. In Dennis Mark’s words, both Forked River and Lanoka Harbor are niche markets: “Forked River is naturally going to bring you closer to the water, whereas Lanoka Harbor is going to give you more of an intimate suburban neighborhood feel.” More than 95 percent of the township’s homes are east of the Garden State Parkway; west of it is Pinelands forest, rising to the Forked River Mountains.
Both are hidden gems, in his opinion, and each has a luxe feel of its own. He has a real affinity for both, and he believes they’re the next areas to be built up. Taxes help: Lacey’s average residential property tax bill was $7,902 for 2025, under the Ocean County average of $8,114 and well under the New Jersey average of $10,340.
Most of his clients are making a move: selling one home and buying the next, often at the same time, or selling at the Shore to move out of the area. He brings a builder’s background to every sale. He has been in construction since 2003, including years building and remodeling New Jersey homes, so he walks a Lacey house the way a builder does, and he knows who to call when something needs fixing before it lists.
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Selling in Lacey and buying your next home at the same time? You get one plan for both sides: what yours sells for, what you can buy, and two closings lined up so you move once.
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Leaving Lacey for another state or another part of New Jersey? He and his team handle the prep, the repairs and the showings, and you hear about every milestone while you get on with the move.
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Lagoon homes get their elevation, water rights, bulkhead and dock answers sorted out before they list, or before you make an offer.
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He holds Keller Williams Luxury agent status, an earned production status inside Keller Williams, and won a Forked River waterfront home priced over $1 million for his buyer in a multiple-offer situation.
Lacey Township
The township: Lacey Township, Ocean County. Forked River (ZIP 08731) and Lanoka Harbor (ZIP 08734) are sections of the township, not separate towns, so a Forked River or Lanoka Harbor address is a Lacey Township home.
On the bay and the lagoons: Forked River Beach, Sunrise Beach and Bayside Beach, near the mouth of the Forked River.
Through the rest of town: Forked River along Route 9, Lanoka Harbor, Barnegat Pines, and Bamber Lake in the Pinelands west of the Parkway.
55+ communities: Pheasant Run at Forked River and Sea Breeze at Lacey.
Places people search by: Barnegat Bay, the Forked River, the Forked River State Marina, Gille Park, Lacey Road, Route 9, Garden State Parkway Exit 74 and the Forked River Service Area, the Barnegat Branch Trail and Popcorn Park Zoo.
Next door: Berkeley, Barnegat, Manchester and Ocean Township in Ocean County, and Woodland Township in Burlington County.
Market Snapshot
Median sale price, September
$450,000
Down 8.7% from September 2025
Homes sold, September
27
46 in September 2025
Median sale price, 2026 so far
$515,000
323 homes have sold this year, with the median up 3.0% from last year
Homes for sale in September
109
110 in September 2025
Median days on market
19 days
For homes sold in September
Months of supply
2.8 months
How long the homes for sale would last at the current pace of sales
Source: MOMLS (Monmouth Ocean Multiple Listing Service), Market Summary, Residential, September 2026, pulled October 5, 2026. Residential sales reported to the MLS; deemed reliable but not guaranteed. These are MLS figures, not Dennis Mark’s own. For what your home could sell for today, ask for a home value.

Why Dennis Mark
As he puts it: “Your decision to sell or not should be based on your personal goals, not what I believe is the right choice right now.”
Lagoon Homes
Much of Lacey’s waterfront is lagoon homes off Barnegat Bay and the Forked River. Before his buyer makes an offer on one, Dennis Mark checks four things first:
“Naturally, bulkhead and dock inspections are always important,” he says. Sellers get those answers ready before the home lists, so they don’t surprise a buyer during inspections. See Waterfront Homes.
The market snapshot on this page updates each month from the MLS. In September 2026, the Lacey Township homes that sold spent a median of 19 days on the market, 27 homes sold, and 109 were for sale, about 2.8 months of supply. Your street and price range can move faster or slower, which is why his plan starts with a market evaluation of your home.
Lacey Township’s median sale price for 2026 through September was $515,000, up from $500,000 in the same months of 2025. That’s the whole township, from inland homes to lagoon homes, so your home’s number comes from its own comparable sales. Dennis Mark’s market evaluation covers those sales, his read of the home, a recommended list price and the marketing plan. What’s My Home Worth?
“Your decision to sell or not should be based on your personal goals, not what I believe is the right choice right now.” Dennis Mark says. So the conversation starts with your goals, and his market evaluation shows what your home would sell for today. What’s My Home Worth?
Yes, and most of his clients do. His usual plan uses about 60 days from the end of attorney review to line up both deals, often closing on the same day: your sale in the morning, your purchase in the afternoon. Your lender confirms what you can carry. Selling and Buying at the Same Time
Yes. He and his team handle the showings, the repairs and the paperwork, and you hear about every milestone from listing to closing wherever you are.
For tax year 2025, the average residential tax bill in Lacey Township was $7,902, under the Ocean County average of $8,114 and the New Jersey average of $10,340. Any one home’s bill depends on its assessment. Source: NJ Division of Taxation.
The home’s elevation and whether it would need to be raised, whether the water rights carry over with the sale, and inspections of the bulkhead and the dock. Dennis Mark checks all four before his buyer makes an offer.
No. Both are sections of Lacey Township, each with its own ZIP code: 08731 for Forked River and 08734 for Lanoka Harbor.
The Lacey Township School District, kindergarten through 12th grade. Its high school, Lacey Township High School, is in Lanoka Harbor.
NJ TRANSIT Route 559 follows Route 9 north to Toms River and south to Atlantic City, and Academy’s Parkway express buses to New York leave from the Forked River Service Area on the Garden State Parkway. Lacey has no train station.



The Record
Sales figures are from Flexmls (MLS). Lacey sales since January 1, 2024 and sales since 2020 were checked October 17, 2026; listings over asking and days on market cover the 12 months to September 30, 2026. The Forked River purchase closed at the end of 2023, as Dennis Mark tells it. Every home and every sale is different, and past sales don’t predict what any one home will sell for.
That’s your call, so here’s what to weigh. Dennis Mark Interdonato leads The Dennis Mark Group at Keller Williams Realty Ocean Living, with offices in Brick and Point Pleasant. He has sold 4 homes in Lacey Township since January 2024, won a Forked River waterfront home priced over $1 million for his buyer, and 14 of his 17 listings in the 12 months to September 30, 2026 sold over asking. Read his reviews and decide for yourself.
Forked River is part of Lacey Township, and Dennis Mark has sold there: three homes in the Barnegat Pines section since January 2024, and a waterfront home priced over $1 million that he won for his buyer at the end of 2023. He checks a lagoon home’s elevation, water rights, bulkhead and dock before an offer goes in.
Dennis Mark holds Keller Williams Luxury agent status, an earned production status inside Keller Williams, and works with luxury buyers and sellers, at $850,000 and up, in Lacey and throughout New Jersey. Luxury Homes
The Dennis Mark Group’s team office is at 44 Princeton Ave, Suites C and D, Brick, NJ 08724, and his brokerage, Keller Williams Realty Ocean Living, is at 1513 Richmond Ave in Point Pleasant, (732) 598-2672.
No. Brick and Point Pleasant are home base. He works with buyers and sellers throughout New Jersey, with Monmouth and Ocean County as his main area. Where We Work
Word for word from Dennis Mark’s Google reviews, from clients across New Jersey.
“... I hired Dennis in the summer of 2025, to sell my house and help me into a new one. It wasn't an easy sale and my needs in a new house, were complicated at best. Dennis attacked this situation with serious energy and a critical attention to detail. My home sold pretty quickly and by October we were ready to wrap everything up. ...”
Google review, sold and bought
“... One of the things that stood out to me the most was Dennis's exceptional handling of negotiations on my behalf. He approached each negotiation with confidence, skill, and tact, always keeping my best interests at the forefront. ...”
Google review, buyer
“... Full transparency, I am close friends with Dennis but he still knows how to differentiate business and friendship. Dennis made this experience absolutely stress free from the uncanny marketing of our property to alleviating all stress and always ensuring us he has everything and to just let him do what he does best. That is what he did and after so many offers in such a short timeframe we successfully sold our home and could not be happier. ...”
Google review, seller
Ask about your home, your street or your timing, and Dennis Mark will get back to you. Prefer to keep reading? See living in Lacey Township or how he sells homes.
Sources: Dennis Mark’s sales figures are from Flexmls (MLS): homes sold in Lacey Township since January 1, 2024 and sales since 2020, checked October 17, 2026; listings sold over asking, closed sales and days on market, with the Ocean County average, for the 12 months to September 30, 2026. The 2023 Forked River purchase is Dennis Mark’s own account. Lacey market figures: MOMLS (Monmouth Ocean Multiple Listing Service) Market Summary, Residential, September 2026. Property taxes: NJ Division of Taxation, 2025 Average Residential Statistics. Schools: Lacey Township School District. Commuter buses: NJ TRANSIT and Academy. Photos: Barnegat Bay from above Forked River (James Loesch, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0); Looking east from the Forked River Mountains, Lacey Township (MNTNMAN, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0); The Lacey Schoolhouse Museum, Forked River (Jerrye & Roy Klotz, MD, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0); Salt marsh along Barnegat Bay from above, Forked River (James Loesch, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0); A summer day on the lake in Forked River (JLWoodruffphotos, Flickr, CC BY 2.0). The lagoon checklist is general information, not legal, survey or insurance advice.
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