Category Archives: Demographics

Hellooo 7 point o

Posted on October 8, 2022 by grim

From CNBC: Unemployment rate falls to 3.5% in September, payrolls rise by 263,000 as job market stays strong Job growth fell just short of expectations in September and the unemployment rate declined despite efforts by the Federal Reserve to slow … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, National Real Estate | 41 Comments

Poof

Posted on September 28, 2022 by grim

From CNBC: Home prices cooled in July at the fastest rate in the history of S&P Case-Shiller Index U.S. home prices cooled in July at the fastest rate in the history of the S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Index, according to a … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 69 Comments

“More remote work leads to higher house prices and rents”

Posted on September 27, 2022 by grim

From Bloomberg: Remote Work Drove Over 60% of House-Price Surge, Fed Study Finds The shift to working from home drove more than half of the increase in house and rent prices during the pandemic and will likely drive up costs … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 86 Comments

The starter home may never exist again

Posted on September 26, 2022 by grim

From the NYT: Whatever Happened to the Starter Home? As recently as the 1990s, when Jason Nageli started off, the home-building industry was still constructing what real-estate ads would brightly call the “starter home.” In the Denver area, he sold … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, National Real Estate | 50 Comments

Ain’t gunna happen?

Posted on September 8, 2022 by grim

From the Washington Post: It’s a Housing Slump, Not a Crisis I’m in the process of building a house, so I recently met with the head of a real estate brokerage to discuss selling my current home in about a … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble | 61 Comments

Who pops first?

Posted on September 6, 2022 by grim

From MarketWatch: ‘An increasing squeeze on list prices.’ 3 top economists and real estate pros on the housing markets where home prices will drop the most this year Buyers in some markets are already getting — or may soon get … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, National Real Estate | 128 Comments

Feelin’ hot hot hot

Posted on September 2, 2022 by grim

From CNBC: Afternoon – any initial thoughts about if you need to rearrange resource alignment to accommodate for any changes in the portfolio structure? Job growth in August likely slowed from July’s frenzied pace, but it is still expected to … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, National Real Estate | 163 Comments

Auto default crisis? Or not?

Posted on August 16, 2022 by grim

From Jalopnik: It Sure Feels Like a Car Loan Crisis Is Coming There could be bad news around the corner as more and more car buyers are having difficulty keeping up with auto loan payments. According to a report from Automotive News, … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment | 74 Comments

Jobs Day!

Posted on August 5, 2022 by grim

From CNBC: Stock futures are flat with all eyes on the July jobs report Stock futures were little changed Friday as investors waited for the July jobs report, looking for further clues about the Federal Reserve’s path of rate hikes … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment | 74 Comments

Where people “go” to work

Posted on August 3, 2022 by grim

From the NYT: What Remote Work Debate? They’ve Been Back at the Office for a While. The competition for parking space is getting steeper. Commutes are inching longer. Workplace lounges are filling up with commotion as junior associates play cornhole. … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, National Real Estate | 111 Comments

Who to blame?

Posted on July 25, 2022 by grim

From Vice: Good News: Economy Sucks, You’re Screwed, and It’s All Your Fault, Economists Say Good news everyone: wage increases are slowing, raises are getting smaller, layoffs are beginning to happen, and inflation is all your fault. And you should … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Politics | 46 Comments

Welcome Back to … Normal?

Posted on July 22, 2022 by grim

From the APP: NJ private-sector jobs back to pre-COVID levels. But will hiring spree last? New Jersey added 9,800 jobs and its unemployment remained a low 3.9% in June, the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development said Thursday in … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate | 98 Comments

Relief?

Posted on July 21, 2022 by grim

From the Record: New Jersey taxpayers won’t find relief in Phil Murphy’s budget Gov. Phil Murphy and Democrats in the state legislature are lauding themselves for providing relief and improving New Jersey’s economy with their recently passed state budget. Neither … Continue reading →

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

Get used to it

Posted on July 19, 2022 by grim

From the Record: ‘The new normal’? In NJ, higher prices may be here to stay, say economists With prices rising at their fastest in more than four decades, the question is on the mind of every driver, homeowner, shopper and … Continue reading →

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

Where the money is

Posted on July 18, 2022 by grim

From NJ94.3: 3 New Jersey Counties Are Among The Richest In America We all know there is a lot of money to be found in New Jersey. As a matter of fact, the Garden State is home to three of … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate | 124 Comments