Category Archives: New Jersey Real Estate

Does anyone really want Amazon?

Posted on September 20, 2017 by grim

From the Philly Inquirer: Beware, Philadelphia: Amazon could drive up housing prices When Amazon announced its search for a second North American headquarters, government officials, developers, and residents in cities nationwide embraced the prospect as decidedly good news. Including many … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate, Philly | 68 Comments

Best places to live in America

Posted on September 19, 2017 by grim

From Money via the Star Ledger: These 4 N.J. towns are ‘the best places to live in America’ (or so Money magazine says) MONEY magazine’s annual “Best Places to Live in America” list features four towns in New Jersey this … Continue reading →

Posted in New Jersey Real Estate | 200 Comments

Noticing some extra room these days?

Posted on September 18, 2017 by grim

From the Star Ledger: Worry as Census says N.J.’s population shrank for the first time in years New Jersey may have lost population for the first time in a decade, new data shows, potentially imperiling economic growth and the number … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate | 63 Comments

NJ Income Jumps to #3 Nationwide

Posted on September 14, 2017 by grim

From the Star Ledger: N.J. shoots up the state income rankings, reverses depressing trend New Jersey households made $76,126 last year, a 4 percent growth over 2015, according to recently released Census data. The growth shot New Jersey from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate | 145 Comments

Will rent control hinder Newark redevelopment?

Posted on September 11, 2017 by grim

From the Star Ledger: Residents win rent control battle; landlords face steeper hurdle to raise rents Landlords looking to raise rents on rent-controlled buildings will have to meet a higher threshold to do so under new measures passed by the … Continue reading →

Posted in New Development, New Jersey Real Estate | 46 Comments

Hoboken as expensive as Manhattan?

Posted on August 28, 2017 by grim

From HousingWire: New York vs New Jersey — we did the math on where it’s cheapest for commuters to live New York City is the most expensive and the most populated city in America. About 3 million people work in … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, New Jersey Real Estate, NYC | 48 Comments

This makes my head hurt

Posted on August 24, 2017 by grim

From the Real Deal: This is the salary you need to earn to buy a home right now in New York, Miami and LA Using the National Association of Realtors’ data on housing affordability, Business Insider gathered a list of … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, New Jersey Real Estate, Where's the Beef? | 70 Comments

But, can you afford NJ on these jobs?

Posted on August 21, 2017 by grim

From the APP: NJ becoming the warehouse state, and that means more jobs School supplies, shoes, clothing and home decor – Freehold Township resident Blythe Aguayo buys everything online these days. “I get home from work and my kids will … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, New Jersey Real Estate | 93 Comments

School are shrinking – why aren’t taxes dropping?

Posted on August 13, 2017 by grim

From RT40: Mapping New Jersey’s Shrinking School Districts More than half of New Jersey’s school districts have shrunk in the last six years, reflecting wider population moves toward urban areas as well as net migration from the state. School districts … Continue reading →

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

Wise up NJ, or get left behind.

Posted on August 11, 2017 by grim

From the Record: New Jersey’s suburban economy’s existential crisis A new study suggests that New Jersey could expand its economy by $150 billion and create a quarter-million new jobs over the next decade by making a number of policy changes … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate | 49 Comments

Not iffy, recovering, but slowly

Posted on August 10, 2017 by grim

From NJ101.5: The bright side of NJ’s iffy housing market Featuring a worst-in-the-nation foreclosure rate and a significant inventory shortage, New Jersey’s housing market is far from perfect and still reeling from the economic downturn of late last decade. But, … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, New Jersey Real Estate | 68 Comments

New York – Highest Foreclosure Rate in the Nation

Posted on August 9, 2017 by grim

CoreLogic released their monthly delinquency data yesterday, deep in there was an important little stat on the overall foreclosure rate, which NJ has been at the top of the charts for the last two years. For at least the last … Continue reading →

Posted in Foreclosures, New Jersey Real Estate | 66 Comments

Want to live in a spy house?

Posted on July 27, 2017 by grim

From the Record: Russian spy home in Montclair to be sold and renovated Marquette Road is a quiet, sleepy block in the northern part of Montclair near the town’s border with Clifton. The kind of block where Russian spies could … Continue reading →

Posted in New Development, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics | 51 Comments

We can’t build anything anymore…

Posted on July 17, 2017 by grim

From Salon: Chris Christie’s era of misrule in Jersey: The empty swamp mall and the canceled tunnel While Gov. Chris Christie’s Bridgegate gambit rightfully helped kneecap his presidential run, it was his cancellation, in 2010, of a trans-Hudson rail tunnel … Continue reading →

Posted in National Real Estate, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics | 102 Comments

50 years later

Posted on July 12, 2017 by grim

From the Star Ledger: Race, riots and reputation: Has N.J.’s largest city recovered? To this day, you look at so many of the abandoned buildings, the light manufacturing, the old jewelry business, you walk around downtown, you still see the … Continue reading →

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