Category Archives: Demographics

Everything is holding housing back

Posted on September 17, 2018 by grim

From MarketWatch: This is why Americans are losing confidence in the housing market Today, less people are buying houses. According to Fannie Mae, a mere 24% of Americans feel like now is a good time to buy a house. Looking … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Recovery, Mortgages, National Real Estate | 37 Comments

We’re #1! In flipped properties.

Posted on September 11, 2018 by grim

From NJ101.5: Home flipping down, but not in New Jersey Home “flipping” — buying and selling a dwelling quickly after renovations for a profit — is slowing in most parts of the country. But flipping activity in New Jersey is … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Foreclosures, New Jersey Real Estate | 64 Comments

NJ economic growth at 18 year high

Posted on September 7, 2018 by grim

From Bloomberg: New Jersey’s Economy Gains, Still Lags New York: NY Fed Data The Garden State is growing. New Jersey’s economy accelerated at the fastest pace in almost 18 years though it lags neighboring New York state as it has … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, New Jersey Real Estate | 90 Comments

More like “Land of the Lost”

Posted on September 5, 2018 by grim

From ROI-NJ: Murphy tells ROI: ‘We’re the land that time forgot here in terms of the development of this economy’ Following in the footsteps of the president under whom he served, Gov. Phil Murphy is trying to bring an innovation … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics | 72 Comments

Good thing the rich are rich

Posted on September 3, 2018 by grim

From CNBC: The $1 billion price cut: Luxury real estate gets slashed The most expensive real-estate in America just became a little less expensive — with $1 billion in price cuts among America’s top listings over the past few months, … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, National Real Estate | 16 Comments

Price growth slows. Pause or Dip?

Posted on August 31, 2018 by grim

From CNBC: Home price gains slow down in June: S&P Case-Shiller Homebuyers are pulling back, and prices are finally following. Home prices are still rising, but the gains are shrinking. In June, prices nationally rose 6.2 percent year over year, … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate | 74 Comments

Taxes trump hometown

Posted on August 25, 2018 by grim

From the NY Times: Minimizing the Pain of Trump’s Tax Law Longtime New Yorkers Joanne and Vince Intrieri left their 3,100-square-foot three-bedroom near the United Nations earlier this year, trading it in for a sunny three-bedroom condominium in Downtown Miami. … Continue reading →

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Plenty of room to run?

Posted on August 24, 2018 by grim

From CNBC: The housing recovery isn’t over, it just feels like it is A slew of negative housing numbers for July are piling up on top of a slew of negative housing numbers from the last several months. Sales of … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Foreclosures, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate | 50 Comments

Urbanization, but only at the right price

Posted on August 21, 2018 by grim

From USA Today: Home prices: Even midsize cities are getting pricey, leading some buyers to smaller markets A couple of years ago, freshly-minted college graduates Jon and Samantha Reidy crisscrossed North Carolina in search of a place to settle and … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, National Real Estate | 45 Comments

Rise of Gen Z

Posted on August 20, 2018 by grim

From Bloomberg: Gen Z Is Set to Outnumber Millennials Within a Year Millennials are about to be surpassed by Generation Z. Gen Z will comprise 32 percent of the global population of 7.7 billion in 2019, nudging ahead of millennials, … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, National Real Estate | 65 Comments

City of the Future?

Posted on August 16, 2018 by grim

First time Outdoor magazine made it to the front page, great great piece: Affordable Housing Is the Key to a Thriving City Almost as long as there have been cities, there have been efforts to revamp their downtowns. But philosophies … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate | 57 Comments

Not sure I believe the analysis here

Posted on August 9, 2018 by grim

From the Star Ledger: The death of N.J.’s suburbs might be a total myth. Even the experts are surprised Want to be on the cutting edge of the hot new trend in housing? It may be time to take a … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Housing Recovery, New Jersey Real Estate | 96 Comments

Will the pause continue?

Posted on August 8, 2018 by grim

Great piece from Citylab this morning: This Housing Price Spike Is Different Housing prices are cooking. Across the nation, the price of homes is rising faster than the rate of inflation—in some places by a factor of three. That’s true … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble, Housing Recovery | 129 Comments

Is Newark sure it wants Amazon?

Posted on August 7, 2018 by grim

From Vice (first time ever?): Cities Are for Rich People Now and Wooing Amazon Only Makes It Worse If there are two facts of life in the modern American city, they are that rent will be too damn high, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate | 70 Comments

Expensive to buy, expensive to rent

Posted on August 6, 2018 by grim

From the Star Ledger: Who the heck can afford N.J.? Search up-to-date prices in every N.J. town for renting, buying If you or anyone you know has been in the New Jersey real estate market, you feel the pain. On … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate | 119 Comments