Category Archives: New Jersey Real Estate

$14.13

From the Daily Princetonian: New Jersey’s minimum wage to increase to $14.13/hour As of Jan. 1, the statewide minimum wage in New Jersey will increase to $14.13 per hour, according to the New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development. This change … Continue reading

Posted in Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate | 87 Comments

Too damn high

From Bloomberg: Manhattan renters face sticker shock with average rent at $5,200 Manhattan rents rose 2% in November, dashing hopes that prices would cool and forcing many renters to give up their leases or downsize, according to brokers. The median … Continue reading

Posted in New Jersey Real Estate, NYC | 22 Comments

Nobody positive about NJ housing

From NJ1015: As interest rates rise, the NJ real estate market’s new twist Interest rates have already been raised several times this year by the Federal Reserve but what’s expected to be another big hike on Wednesday will push the … Continue reading

Posted in Economics, Mortgages, New Jersey Real Estate | 51 Comments

Why the delta?

From Slate: The Reason Home Prices Are Finally Dropping National averages mask significant variation at the metropolitan level. Every one of California’s major cities—including Los Angeles, San Diego, and the Bay Area, some of the most expensive real estate markets … Continue reading

Posted in Housing Bubble, National Real Estate, New Jersey Real Estate, NYC | 83 Comments

Recession Hits Jersey

From ROINJ: N.J. unemployment falls to 3.3%; job growth slows in September On Thursday, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics announced total nonfarm wage and salary employment in New Jersey increased by 3,800 in September, reaching a seasonally adjusted level of 4,239,600. … Continue reading

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Casino in the Swamp

From Forbes: How New Jersey Will Double Down On Gambling If Casinos Come To New York City If the handful of billionaires, real estate developers and gambling companies get their way and bring a Las Vegas-style casino resort to New York … Continue reading

Posted in New Jersey Real Estate, NYC, Politics | 111 Comments

Back to Work

From CNBC: New York City is getting closer to the tipping point in return to office work Jamie Dimon may have been off by a year, but New York City’s offices are finally starting to fill up. In May 2021, … Continue reading

Posted in Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate, NYC | 102 Comments

Recovery

From NJ1015: Jobs in NJ erase pandemic losses — but here’s how economy changed Employment in New Jersey has finally fully recovered from the losses suffered during the economic shutdowns imposed in the first months of the pandemic, according to … Continue reading

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Reinventing Jersey

From CoStar: As Former Toys R Us Campus Awaits New Use, New Jersey Embarks on Transforming the American Office Park The future of the former Toys R Us corporate headquarters is still to be determined in New Jersey, a state that’s … Continue reading

Posted in New Development, New Jersey Real Estate | 31 Comments

NJ: Want your tax break? Get back to the office.

Disregard the source, was trying to find a non-paywalled version of this article yesterday. From Florida Realtors: N.J. to Companies: Make Workers Return While companies continue to wrestle with the employee question – Should they be allowed to work remotely … Continue reading

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Welcome Back to … Normal?

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?

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

Where the money is

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

Sorry, you missed the top

From Fortune: The housing market just slid into a full-blown correction, says top economist Mark Zandi Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi is ready to call it. He tells Fortune that we’ve officially moved from a housing boom into a “housing correction.” The … Continue reading

Posted in Economics, Housing Bubble, New Jersey Real Estate | 21 Comments

Yeah Right

From NJ1015: GOP plan for ‘once-in-a-lifetime opportunity’ to cut NJ taxes Assembly Republicans want to cut income taxes as part of the new state budget, part of a four-pronged plan for responding to an unprecedented surge in state revenues and … Continue reading

Posted in Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics | 302 Comments