Category Archives: Demographics

NJ loses jobs in August

Posted on September 21, 2024 by grim

From ROINJ: New Jersey payrolls decline in August; unemployment rate at 4.8%  New Jersey recorded a decrease of 4,400 jobs between July and August, bringing the seasonally adjusted total to 4,369,400 jobs, according to Thursday estimates released by the U.S. Bureau … Continue reading →

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Starter home? What’s that?

Posted on September 17, 2024 by grim

From CBS News: As more first-time homebuyers are priced out, what can revive the American starter home? Felicia Ellis is actively looking to buy her first home by the end of the year. A three-bedroom, two-bathroom house on a tree-lined street in … Continue reading →

Posted in Crisis, Demographics, Economics, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate, New Development | 103 Comments

Where can you afford to buy?

Posted on September 16, 2024 by grim

From NorthJersey.com: These New Jersey towns have the lowest home prices within 30 minutes of New York City In a new study from PropertyShark, the real estate data provider found the 13 communities with the lowest home prices within a … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble, New Jersey Real Estate, NYC | 49 Comments

Ah damn, now they’ve gone and done it

Posted on September 13, 2024 by grim

From MSN: Home prices almost never go down Beginning in the 70s and into the 80s, baby boomers who were coming of age and entering the housing world fueled a boom, so home prices generally rose (as did mortgage rates). An … Continue reading →

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Vampire squid says prices are going up

Posted on September 11, 2024 by grim

From Goldman Sachs: US house prices are forecast to rise more than 4% next year US home prices are expected to climb as the Federal Reserve begins cutting interest rates while the underlying economy is still firm, according to Goldman … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate | 71 Comments

Prices to fall? Maybe?

Posted on September 5, 2024 by grim

From MSN: These housing markets are poised for a downturn — and they’re not in Florida or Texas ome buyers are contending with record-high home prices across most of the U.S., but some markets are poised for a correction and could offer … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, Housing Bubble, New Jersey Real Estate, NYC | 119 Comments

Can’t afford a house? How about a trailer?

Posted on September 4, 2024 by grim

From MyCentralJersey.com: ‘It’s not your grandma’s trailer’: Mobile homes are affordable solution to homebuyer woes Cesar Gaona Jr.’s story is a familiar one. A native of the Avenel section of Woodbridge in his late 20s, he was excited to buy … Continue reading →

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Can’t afford to stay, can’t afford to go

Posted on September 3, 2024 by grim

From The Hill: Americans moving at lowest rate in decades: Census Bureau analysis The percentage of Americans who move is at its lowest rate in recent history. And new research suggests the rate will stay low for quite some time. … Continue reading →

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Uh oh, are buyers all gone?

Posted on August 31, 2024 by grim

From Barrons: U.S. Pending Homes Sales Slip to Lowest Level on Record The number of homes going under contract in the U.S. fell back sharply in July, reaching its lowest in decades as soaring prices bar many Americans from the … Continue reading →

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Hottest Zip Codes in NJ

Posted on August 22, 2024 by grim

From Fox 5: These NY, NJ towns have the hottest ZIP codes for home sales  Realtor.com has released its 2024 list of hottest zip codes for home sales, and towns in NY and NJ made the list!…Seven of the 10 hottest zip … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Housing Bubble, National Real Estate, New Jersey Real Estate | 53 Comments

Build baby build

Posted on August 20, 2024 by grim

From NJ.com: One of N.J.’s wealthiest towns to get first luxury apartment complex amid controversy Hundreds of rental units are coming to Colts Neck — one of New Jersey’s wealthiest communities — where developers have already broken ground on the … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate, Shore Real Estate | 84 Comments

Go North!

Posted on August 16, 2024 by grim

From the NY Post: Home prices have risen a whopping 79% in five years in this state — and it’s nowhere near Florida or Texas Homebuyers are grabbing their winter gear and flocking to far-flung Maine — where they’ve managed to drive up … Continue reading →

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Grow baby grow

Posted on August 15, 2024 by grim

From NorthJersey.com: North Jersey city to see the region’s third highest number of new apartment units in 2024 In RentCafe’s annual Apartment Construction Report, analysts reviewed new apartment construction data for 369 U.S. metropolitan areas and uncovered which ones are expected … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, National Real Estate, New Development, NYC | 92 Comments

Does it need a comment?

Posted on August 11, 2024 by grim

From Mish: A $150,000 House in 1988 Now Costs $707,500 Thank You Fed

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NJ #2 in price increases

Posted on August 7, 2024 by grim

From CoreLogic: Home-price growth starting to cool: CoreLogic Home prices continue to rise even as low inventory and high mortgage rates are keeping first-time and repeat homebuyers out of the market, but the pace of appreciation is starting to cool. That’s according to CoreLogic’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Housing Bubble, New Jersey Real Estate | 109 Comments