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Monthly Archives: December 2008
“You can sort of feel the local economy on the edge of a cliff.”
From the Wall Street Journal: New York, Boston Prices Expected to Fall Further By JUSTIN LAHART and CONOR DOUGHERTY DECEMBER 31, 2008 Although New York has been at the epicenter of the financial crisis, housing prices in the city haven’t … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Housing Bubble, New Jersey Real Estate
212 Comments
New Jersey Home Price Tracker
NJ Home Price Tracker has been updated with S&P Case Shiller October HPI Data: (click to enlarge) Or in spreadsheet format for those who prefer: NJ Home Price Tracker (XLS) For those looking for volume measurements, the most recent version … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, New Jersey Real Estate
114 Comments
S&P Case Shiller October Home Price Index
From the AP: Home prices post 18 percent annual drop in October A closely watched index shows home prices dropped by the sharpest annual rate on record in October. The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city housing index released Tuesday fell by … Continue reading
“It’s about as bad as we’ve seen in several decades”
From the Daily Record: Economic woes loom large as N.J. closes ’08 It’s a bad sign when mild-mannered nonpartisan legislative analysts start measuring the depth of the state’s budget problems by how many decades back you have to look to … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics, Property Taxes
309 Comments
History Rhymes: Gold Coast Loses Its Glitter
I came across “Housing Inventories on the Rise” this morning and thought it sounded a bit familiar. Sure enough, the same story was published in the New York Times nearly 18 years ago, when the last real estate bubble burst. … Continue reading
Weekend Open Discussion
This is the time and place to post observations about your local areas, comments on news stories or the New Jersey housing market, open house reports, etc. If you have any questions you wanted to ask earlier in the week … Continue reading
Posted in General
288 Comments
BusinessWeek: 2009 Real Estate Forecast
From BusinessWeek: 2009 Real Estate Forecast: Troubles Spread Wealthier neighborhoods that avoided subprime borrowing will be hurt in the new year as the downturn weakens even healthy markets 2008 was the year that subprime borrowers and speculators got hurt by … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, National Real Estate
211 Comments
November New and Existing Home Sales
From the AP: Existing home sales sink by 8.6 percent in November, as prices plunge a record 13.2 percent A real estate group says sales of existing homes plummeted far more than expected last month as buyers reeled from October’s … Continue reading
Predictions 2009!
OK pompous prognosticators, dust off those crystal balls and lets hear ’em! Ground Rules Predictions provided should either be for June 30th, 2009 or December 31th, 2009, please specify. Provide justification for your forecast, where applicable (unless you are just … Continue reading
Posted in Economics
315 Comments
Realtor Chief Economist: “I spun”
AKA: Why you should ignore your Realtor and everything the National Association of Realtors Says David Lereah was the Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors (NAR) up until April 2007, the time period otherwise known as the “Bubble”. … Continue reading
Posted in Housing Bubble, National Real Estate
281 Comments
North Jersey November Residential Sales
Preliminary November sales and inventory data for Northern New Jersey (GSMLS) is in. Please note that this data is subject to revision. The first graph plots the unadjusted sales data (closed sales) for the counties listed. Please note the lower … Continue reading
Posted in New Jersey Real Estate
423 Comments
NJ Unemployment Rises to 6.1%. 6,200 jobs lost in November.
From the NJ Department of Labor and Workforce Development: Employment in New Jersey Fell by 6,200 in November;Unemployment Rate Rose Slightly to 6.1 Percent New Jersey employers shed jobs for the fourth consecutive month in November while the state’s unemployment … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, New Jersey Real Estate
202 Comments
Time to start the real cuts, Jon.
From the Record: Corzine looking for another $1.2B to cut from budget Governor Corzine will announce new spending cuts early next month, his response to a recession-fueled budget deficit that is now $459 million and likely heading to well over … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics, Property Taxes
123 Comments
A Bank Too Important To Fail
Kudos to Deborah Smith over at the Jersey Bites Blog for putting the “Blogging Out Hunger” campaign together. Deborah managed to get more than 100 blogs to spread this very important message. Economy Leaves Americans with Empty Plates More than … Continue reading
Posted in General
251 Comments
Record foreclosures clog NJ courts
From the Record: Credit crunch cases clog the courts New Jersey’s courts are feeling the pressure of the ongoing recession with mortgage foreclosures soaring and credit-card debt lawsuits on the rise as well. The state court system in October posted … Continue reading
Posted in General
411 Comments