Category Archives: Politics

Bow to your municipal overlords

From the Star Ledger: Bamboozled: What’s wrong with some local N.J. governments? This. New Jersey is bloated with hundreds of little fiefdoms. Local governments allow red tape to rule the day, and they forget they’re supposed to serve their constituents. … Continue reading

Posted in New Jersey Real Estate, Politics | 68 Comments

Blue Horseshoe loves Ben Carson

From HousingWire: Housing industry rallies around Ben Carson for HUD secretary Do you remember that controversy about former presidential candidate and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson being nominated as the next secretary for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development? … Continue reading

Posted in Mortgages, National Real Estate, Politics | 22 Comments

A little bit easier to live (and die) in NJ

From Newsworks: New Jersey deploys tax changes for elderly and veterans in 2017 The legislation that raised New Jersey’s gas tax 23 cents in November also includes some tax cuts that have taken effect with the ringing in of 2017. … Continue reading

Posted in Demographics, Economics, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics | 36 Comments

Cost of regulation holding back new home sales/construction?

From Seeking Alpha: Trumponomics In The Housing Market With the market soaring high on Trumponomics (the belief that Trump’s business experience will fix the country), we should take a look at some of the “unnecessary regulation” that might seem ripe … Continue reading

Posted in National Real Estate, New Development, Politics | 17 Comments

A Trump Housing Market

From the WSJ: Trump Win Makes It Tricky to Foresee Path of Housing Market Before the presidential election, economists anticipated the housing market would continue its steady recovery in 2017. Growth in home prices and sales likely would slow after … Continue reading

Posted in Economics, Housing Recovery, National Real Estate, Politics | 39 Comments

Don’t get it, we don’t need the $180 million?

From the Star Ledger: Christie keeping income tax agreement with Pennsylvania Gov. Chris Christie announced Tuesday he will keep in place a decades-old agreement that allows New Jersey and Pennsylvania residents who work across state lines to pay income taxes … Continue reading

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The Trump Housing Market – Up or Down?

From Forbes: How President Trump Could Affect The Value Of Your Home In July the U.S. Census Bureau announced that the homeownership rate in this country had hit its lowest level since the government began measuring the stat in 1965. … Continue reading

Posted in National Real Estate, Politics | 71 Comments

Open your wallets, someone needs to bail out Atlantic City

From the Morning Call: Will demise of North Jersey casinos bring $100 million in new building at Bethlehem Sands? While the rest of the country was transfixed by the presidential race, Sands Casino Resort Bethlehem officials kept one eye on … Continue reading

Posted in Politics, South Jersey Real Estate | 142 Comments

NJ Votes!

From the Star Ledger: N.J. votes to dedicate gas tax revenue to transportation projects New Jersey voters on Tuesday approved a constitutional amendment dedicating gas tax proceeds to transportation projects, locking in more than $1 billion a year in new … Continue reading

Posted in Economics, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics | 249 Comments

“Inner Cities” Thriving?

From Forbes: Trump May Think Inner Cities Are A Disaster, But Home Prices Tell Another Story Donald Trump mentioned “inner cities” 10 times in last night’s second presidential debate, using words like “disaster” and “devastating” to describe them. When neighborhoods … Continue reading

Posted in Economics, National Real Estate, Politics | 104 Comments

Tax tax tax tax tax tax tax

From the Star Ledger: N.J. Legislature passes 23-cent gas tax hike, road funding plan New Jersey is poised to lose its claim to the second-lowest gas taxes in the nation. The state Legislature on Friday passed legislation raising the tax … Continue reading

Posted in Economics, New Jersey Real Estate, Politics | 91 Comments

Looks like PA’s tax benefit is dead (good riddance)

From NJ Biz: Editorial: Christie makes right call to nix Pa. tax deal Gov. Chris Christie last week signaled he will end the income tax reciprocal agreement that New Jersey has shared with Pennsylvania for nearly 40 years. To quickly … Continue reading

Posted in Politics, South Jersey Real Estate | 53 Comments

NJ/PA Tax Reciprocity Agreement Nearly Dead

From the Philly Inquirer: Christie ends income tax pact with Pa.; commuters could pay more Cross the Delaware River for work? Your taxes could go up in 2017. Gov. Christie on Friday scrapped a decades-long agreement between New Jersey and … Continue reading

Posted in New Jersey Real Estate, Politics | 52 Comments

Sorry Pennsylvania

From the Star Ledger: Christie eyes scrapping tax deal with Pa., which could cost some N.J. residents more Gov. Chris Christie will contemplate ending a 38-year-old agreement with Pennsylvania that allows New Jersey and Pennsylvania residents who work across the … Continue reading

Posted in Politics | 43 Comments

Will 24 mortgages even make a dent?

From HousingWire: New York launches “first of its kind” program; will buy delinquent mortgages from FHA In what officials are calling a “first of its kind” program, the city of New York announced Thursday that it is plans to buy … Continue reading

Posted in Foreclosures, NYC, Politics | 20 Comments