Category Archives: New Jersey Real Estate

How not to do NJ real estate

Posted on April 24, 2022 by grim

From the NY Post: Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz lose more than $6M on NJ mansion sale What a hit! Grammy Award winners Alicia Keys and her producer husband Kasseem “Swizz Beatz” Dean have finally sold their 5-acre New Jersey … Continue reading →

Posted in Lowball, New Jersey Real Estate | 15 Comments

What does 3000 new units look like

Posted on April 18, 2022 by grim

From TAP Wayne: Mapping the New Housing Developments in Wayne  This article is to help Wayne residents visualize where each of the proposed new residential developments will be built in Wayne over the next several years. Below, you will find … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate | 63 Comments

Donuts anyone?

Posted on April 7, 2022 by grim

From Bloomberg: New Yorkers Plan to Cut Time Spent in the Office by Half, Survey Finds Most New Yorkers who worked from home during the pandemic plan to cut their time in the office by nearly half and spend less … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate | 233 Comments

NJ Unemployment down to 4.6%

Posted on March 26, 2022 by grim

From the APP: NJ has regained nearly 90% of jobs lost to pandemic, and pay is rising too New Jersey employers added 25,900 jobs in February, the state Department of Labor and Workforce Development reported Thursday, continuing the job market’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate | 40 Comments

Should I stay or should I go?

Posted on March 24, 2022 by grim

From the Star Ledger: Most residents say N.J. is a good place to live, but a third want to leave, poll shows The majority of New Jerseyans like living here, but more than a third say they’d like to move … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate | 187 Comments

All eyes on school budgets

Posted on March 23, 2022 by grim

From the Star Ledger: Jersey City slams $1,600 school tax hike, but education group says sides ‘need to figure how to make that work’ The Fulop administration slammed the Jersey City Board of Education for its $1,600-per-average-homeowner tax hike in … Continue reading →

Posted in New Jersey Real Estate, Politics, Property Taxes | 132 Comments

Low tax counties see cuts to school aid

Posted on March 13, 2022 by grim

From NJ1015: 6 NJ counties may see property taxes rise due to school aid cuts When Gov. Murphy announces a victory, you always have to look underneath for the real story. That’s because in a tax and spend administration like … Continue reading →

Posted in New Jersey Real Estate, Politics, Property Taxes | 137 Comments

Median list price hits record high

Posted on March 5, 2022 by grim

From the Star Ledger: How much does it cost to own a home in the U.S.? Home prices across the United States have hit an all-time high, meaning more Americans are losing their buying power and fewer Americans are able … Continue reading →

Posted in National Real Estate, New Jersey Real Estate | 189 Comments

Cheaper to live in NJ? Yeah, right.

Posted on March 4, 2022 by grim

From the Star Ledger: Murphy unveils plan for big property tax rebates to nearly 2M N.J. households Gov. Phil Murphy announced Thursday his administration will extend property tax relief to about 1.8 million New Jersey households by replacing the state’s Homestead Benefit … Continue reading →

Posted in New Jersey Real Estate, Politics, Property Taxes | 100 Comments

Isn’t this the American Dream?

Posted on February 25, 2022 by grim

From Yahoo Finance: New Jersey’s American Dream Megamall Is Once Again Sinking in Debt Since its groundbreaking nearly two decades ago, the megamall built in New Jersey’s Meadowlands has done little except hemorrhage cash. Now, less than two years after … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, Employment, New Development, New Jersey Real Estate, Risky Lending | 326 Comments

Sorry New York

Posted on February 22, 2022 by grim

From Fox News: Wall Street’s hybrid work model likely to squeeze New York’s budget Wall Street’s hybrid work week is here to stay and the economic implications on New York City and New York State’s budgets could prove to be devastating. Some of Wall Street’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate | 82 Comments

Why does NJ think it’s even part of the conversation?

Posted on February 18, 2022 by grim

From NJBIZ: NJ rolls out roadmap for 21st century ‘future of work’ State officials on Feb. 17 published a long-awaited slate of recommendations laying out how the New Jersey workforce of the 21st century needs to change in the decades … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate | 135 Comments

Up Up Up

Posted on February 15, 2022 by grim

From the APP: NJ inflation: Energy, furniture, food soar, and retirees may need jobs to pay for it As Valentine’s Day approached, Lou Smith, the owner of Blend on Main in Manasquan, last week found the wholesale price of a 2-pound … Continue reading →

Posted in Economics, New Jersey Real Estate, Where's the Beef? | 90 Comments

NJ Unemployment Falls to 6.3%

Posted on January 25, 2022 by grim

From ROINJ: New Jersey adds jobs for 12th straight month; unemployment rate falls to 6.3% New Jersey Department of Labor & Workforce Development figures for December show the state added 10,100 jobs, according to preliminary estimates by the U.S. Bureau of Labor … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Economics, Employment, New Jersey Real Estate | 112 Comments

Shovels Ready

Posted on January 21, 2022 by grim

From the Star Ledger: Feds clear the way for Gateway Tunnel project to get billions in funding The final hurdle needed to qualify for federal funding to start building the $12.3 billion Gateway rail Tunnel was cleared Thursday when the Federal … Continue reading →

Posted in New Development, New Jersey Real Estate, NYC | 104 Comments