Category Archives: Demographics

Slowing in LI, or still strong?

Posted on April 17, 2019 by grim

From Newsday: LI home prices rise, but sales slow and inventory grows, report shows Long Island home prices kept rising as the spring selling season got underway last month, but the pace of sales slowed and inventory is on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, National Real Estate | 141 Comments

Movement of jah people!

Posted on April 12, 2019 by grim

From NJ Spotlight: IS THE FEDERAL SALT CAP PUTTING NJ RESIDENTS ON THE ROAD TO OTHER STATES? Cindy Myers, the president of a moving company based in Mahwah, said she’s seen a big uptick in out-of-state moves in the past … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, New Jersey Real Estate, Unrest | 75 Comments

Neighborhood makes a difference? Get real.

Posted on April 11, 2019 by grim

From the APP: Middle class in NJ: Where you grow up determines if you will be rich or poor The chartered bus from Long Branch and Asbury Park made good time to New York City, dropping eighth graders at Samsung to see the latest … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate | 51 Comments

Geographic Sorting and Spacial Inequality

Posted on April 4, 2019 by grim

From Citylab: How the 1 Percent Is Pulling America’s Cities and Regions Apart The two gravest challenges facing America today, economic inequality and geographic divides, are increasingly intertwined. Economic inequality has surged with nearly all the growth being captured by … Continue reading →

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

Where do the rich live?

Posted on March 24, 2019 by grim

From Bloomberg: These Are the Wealthiest Towns in the U.S.

Posted in Demographics, Economics, New Jersey Real Estate, NYC | 105 Comments

Facebook attempts to stop discrimination, after supporting it, and profiting from it, for years.

Posted on March 20, 2019 by grim

From HousingWire: Facebook making massive changes to ad platform after being accused of enabling housing discrimination Facebook is making significant changes to its advertising platform after the social media monolith was accused of enabling discrimination in housing, employment, and lending. The … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Mortgages, National Real Estate | 46 Comments

NJ a bit more unequal

Posted on March 17, 2019 by grim

From the Star Ledger: The gap between rich and poor in N.J. keeps getting bigger. See how bad it is in your town. New Jersey is becoming a more unequal place to live. Over the past five years, the gap … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, New Jersey Real Estate | 89 Comments

Blame it on the parents

Posted on March 14, 2019 by grim

From CNBC: Here’s how many millennials got money from their parents to buy their homes Millennials aren’t buying homes like their parents and grandparents did. That’s largely because it’s harder to afford a house these days: high real estate prices, stagnant wages and student … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, National Real Estate | 168 Comments

Shore Uprising

Posted on March 12, 2019 by grim

From the NYT: ‘Airbnb Tax’ in N.J. Opens New Front in Battle Over Internet Economy The Jersey Shore, a storied summer vacation spot, has become the newest national battleground over regulating and taxing the internet economy. New Jersey is one … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Politics, Shore Real Estate | 78 Comments

Going up again?

Posted on March 7, 2019 by grim

From CNBC: Home prices could be on the verge of heating up again, according to CoreLogic Home prices in January rose at the slowest pace in nearly seven years, but buyers shouldn’t feel too confident just yet. Prices might be … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate | 171 Comments

Single women second largest group of homebuyers

Posted on March 4, 2019 by grim

From the Press of Atlantic City: In New Jersey, more single women are buying homes. Here’s why Angela Cottrill likes having control over the place where she lives. The single hairstylist wanted the investment of owning a condo, so she … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, New Jersey Real Estate | 38 Comments

Millennials don’t understand the concept of repair.

Posted on March 1, 2019 by grim

You have an entire generation that grew up in a culture of disposable everything. Why would anyone think houses should be different? You don’t fix things, you get the new version. From CNBC: Most millennial homeowners have buyer’s remorse, a … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, National Real Estate, Unrest | 112 Comments

Still rising?

Posted on February 28, 2019 by grim

From CNBC: Home prices in December rose at the slowest pace since August 2015: S&P Case-Shiller index Homebuyers have a limit to what they can afford, and sellers are slowly having to adjust to that new reality. Home prices increased … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, National Real Estate | 70 Comments

Millennials take the market

Posted on February 25, 2019 by grim

From HousingWire: Millennials have officially entered the housing market It’s long been projected that Millennials are destined to dominate the housing market in upcoming years. Now, new data from Realtor.com reveals that it’s finally happening. Millennials are buying houses. Lots of them. According to Realtor.com, in January … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, National Real Estate | 154 Comments

Stop making sense

Posted on February 18, 2019 by grim

From the APP: Making NJ competitive will do more than $15 minimum wage New Jersey routinely places at or near the bottom in almost every economic analysis of states in America. It’s one of the worst places in the country … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics | 21 Comments