Category Archives: Demographics

Can’t lose in real estate

Posted on June 4, 2025 by grim

From Realtor.com: Home Prices Are ‘Not on the Verge of a Nuclear Crash’: Economist Projects Modest Price Gains of 3% in 2025 National Association of Realtors® Chief Economist Lawrence Yun has said that he believes home sales will pick up in the second half … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 117 Comments

What will tip the market?

Posted on June 3, 2025 by grim

From Quartz: America’s housing market is cracking After more than two years of relentless price increases, the fundamentals are shifting. Home prices are starting to fall, unsold inventory is piling up to levels not seen since the 2008 financial crisis, … Continue reading →

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Expensive houses going to get even more expensive

Posted on June 2, 2025 by grim

From NJ Spotlight News: As housing prices rise, Murphy wants a tax increase With housing prices rising steadily and aggravating affordability concerns, Gov. Phil Murphy wants to hike fees levied on New Jersey’s priciest real estate sales, a tax increase … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Housing Bubble, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics, Property Taxes | 107 Comments

Double up!

Posted on May 31, 2025 by grim

From NJ1015: A housing trend that is exploding in NJ Is it the money? Is it the melting pot? It’s both. There is a huge, growing trend happening in New Jersey. Increasingly, families are living in multigenerational households, where three … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, National Real Estate, New Jersey Real Estate | 20 Comments

Case Shiller starts to show red

Posted on May 29, 2025 by grim

From Housingwire: Pace of home-price appreciation falls for the second month in a row Home-price appreciation continues to grow in 2025 and another report confirms that. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Home Price Index for March rose 3.37% year over year. That pace is … Continue reading →

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Will a recession tip the market?

Posted on May 27, 2025 by grim

From Barrons: Home Sellers Are Dropping Prices, but Buyers Aren’t Budging. What Could Change That. The number of homes listed for sale this spring has jumped, but as costs remain prohibitive, buyers aren’t returning with the same enthusiasm. A recession … Continue reading →

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

Jersey Works

Posted on May 21, 2025 by grim

From ROI-NJ: Report shows N.J. office market doing better than national average A CommercialEdge report says office vacancy rates in the nation’s central business districts continue to struggle as declining listing rates and high vacancy levels persist as the effects of the … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate | 275 Comments

Clifton #1

Posted on May 20, 2025 by grim

From US News and World Report: Best Places to Live in New Jersey in 2025-2026

Posted in Demographics, New Jersey Real Estate, North Jersey Real Estate | 60 Comments

Unemployment ticks up in NJ

Posted on May 19, 2025 by grim

From the NJBIA: NJ Unemployment Rate Rises to 4.8%  New Jersey employers added 4,800 jobs in April, but the unemployment rate inched up to 4.8%, the highest it’s been in over three years, according to preliminary federal data released Thursday … Continue reading →

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

Go West, but not too far west.

Posted on May 16, 2025 by grim

From CBS News: Here’s where it’s toughest for the middle class to find an affordable home Homeownership is considered a mainstay of the American dream, but a shortage of affordable homes is blocking that pathway for many middle-income families, according … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 121 Comments

Foreclosures ticking up (but still low)

Posted on May 15, 2025 by grim

From Realtor.com: 2 Southern States Lead the U.S. With the Highest Number of Foreclosures Foreclosures have continued to inch upward, signaling that homeowners are being squeezed by the high cost of homeownership. There were a total of 36,033 U.S. properties … Continue reading →

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

Used houses get even more used

Posted on May 13, 2025 by grim

From Redfin: The Homes Americans are Buying are Older Than Ever The typical home bought in the U.S. hit a record age of 36 years in 2024. That’s nine years older than the median age of homes purchased in 2012, … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate, New Development | 66 Comments

Nearly half of non-homeowners aren’t considering buying

Posted on May 8, 2025 by grim

From Gallup: Housing Market Perceptions Dampen Homebuying Intentions Homeownership appears to be further out of reach for non-homeowners in the U.S. Two-thirds of these Americans report being priced out of the market, and the smallest percentage recorded in years say … Continue reading →

Posted in Crisis, Demographics, Economics, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 100 Comments

North Jersey market stats for April

Posted on May 7, 2025 by grim

From the Record: Is the housing market starting to rebalance? How NJ real estate performed in April Of New Jersey’s 21 counties, 13 had an increase in new listings compared with April 2024 and 15 counties had an increase in … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble, New Jersey Real Estate | 84 Comments

Slowdown? Maybe not.

Posted on May 5, 2025 by grim

From the APP: NJ home prices: Here is what roiling stock market has done to spring 2025 home buying Home buyers continue to descend on the Jersey Shore, shrugging off high mortgage rates, a faltering stock market and economic uncertainty … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble, New Jersey Real Estate | 56 Comments