Category Archives: Employment

Jobs Day

Posted on April 5, 2019 by grim

From CNBC: Friday’s jobs report could eliminate market’s recession fears Companies seem to have done a lot of hiring in March, and if Friday’s jobs report is as strong as expected, it could go a long way towards reducing speculation … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Employment, National Real Estate | 91 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

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

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

Minimum wages up – Property taxes up

Posted on March 5, 2019 by grim

Oh, you’ll find a way. From NJTV: How will NJ’s new $15 minimum wage affect local governments? Middletown has a population of 66,000. The Monmouth County city has horse farms, the beach and Big Mike’s Little Red Store. Middletown Mayor … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics, Property Taxes | 68 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

Uh oh.

Posted on February 15, 2019 by grim

From the Star Ledger: N.J. revenues continue to slump, and Trump tax reforms are blamed New Jersey’s state budget is really feeling the effects of the federal tax reform hangover now. Last month, Gov. Phil Murphy’s administration warned tax revenues were … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics, Property Taxes | 105 Comments

Another hit to the shore

Posted on February 3, 2019 by grim

From Shorebeat: Legislators: N.J. Minimum Wage Hike A ‘Death Sentence’ for Jersey Shore Economy Shore area businesses will be forced to either raise prices, cut workers or close down entirely in the wake of the state’s proposed law that gradually increases … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Employment, Shore Real Estate | 79 Comments

An Icon Falls

Posted on January 31, 2019 by grim
Posted in Economics, Employment | 35 Comments

Nice house, if you can afford it

Posted on January 28, 2019 by grim

From HousingWire: Redfin: Middle class buyers are being priced out of housing market Although housing inventory is increasing, affordability for the typical middle class household is retreating, according to new data from Redfin. “Homeownership is increasingly out of reach for … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate | 73 Comments

Thank Trump for Housing?

Posted on January 24, 2019 by grim

From Yahoo Finance: Shiller: Trump is a ‘psychological boost’ to the housing market “I describe the current boom in U.S. home prices as the third largest boom since 1890. And so it’s big, and people are starting to think that … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate | 92 Comments

Realtors confused … what else is new?

Posted on January 23, 2019 by grim

From CNBC: The unusually large drop in home sales has real estate agents baffled Real estate brokers are trying to figure out why sales of existing homes plunged in December. The 6.4 percent monthly move was unusually large, regardless of … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, National Real Estate | 59 Comments

NJ labor force shrinking

Posted on January 22, 2019 by grim

From ROINJ: GSI analysis: 2018 jobs report shows N.J.’s lost steam, economy falling behind Garden State Initiative has released an analysis of New Jersey’s monthly jobs report for December 2018, and in it said the economy is not moving forward … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate | 60 Comments

NJ nears $15

Posted on January 17, 2019 by grim

From the Star Ledger: N.J. minimum wage to rise to $15 an hour as Murphy, top Dems strike deal New Jersey’s Democratic governor and lawmakers have reached a highly anticipated agreement to raise New Jersey’s minimum wage to $15 an … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate | 88 Comments

Keep Manhattan, just give me that countryside

Posted on January 10, 2019 by grim

From Forbes: People First, Jobs Follow: Cause And Effect In Real Estate And Its Impact On Affordability Earlier this year, the U.S. Census Bureau shared its latest data concerning suburban population demographics from 2016 to 2017, revealing a trend that … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, National Real Estate | 48 Comments