Describing herself as a true Jersey girl, Paramus native Jessica Chin felt comfortable moving from a Manhattan studio rental to an Edgewater condo. … in her sights as she scanned Trulia, Zillow and other real-estate websites.
Describing herself as a true Jersey girl, Paramus native Jessica Chin felt comfortable moving from a Manhattan studio rental to an Edgewater condo.
Not only did this move allow Chin to realize her goal of owning a home before age 30, but it brought her close to a Hudson River community she knew from her childhood, now a destination for waterfront luxury living, shopping and entertainment on Hudson River’s Gold Coast.
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sales of new U.S. homes were basically flat in January, evidence that recent job gains and relatively low mortgage rates have …
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By JOSH BOAK
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) – Sales of new U.S. homes were basically flat in January, evidence that recent job gains and relatively low mortgage rates have yet to spur the real estate market.
The Commerce Department said Wednesday that new home sales slipped 0.2 percent last month to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 481,000.
LLC in Wyomissing is looking to build a 114-mile, 36-inch pipeline from Luzerne County in northeastern Pennsylvania into Mercer County, N.J. …
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A new study of the proposed PennEast Pipeline project delved into the economic jolt the $1 billion investment could have on jobs, wages and spending in Pennsylvania and New Jersey.
Several speakers discussed the study during an open forum for the project hosted by the Greater Lehigh Valley Chamber of Commerce this morning at DeSales University in Upper Saucon Township.
Home prices are rising faster than most Americans’ wages, slowing sales even as hiring strengthens, consumer confidence grows and mortgages stay …
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By CHRISTOPHER S. RUGABER
AP Economics Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) – U.S. home prices rose in December at a faster pace than the previous month, likely because of a much smaller number of homes for sale.
The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-city home price index, released Tuesday, increased 4.5 percent in December compared with 12 months earlier.
The closings, and the loss of property–tax revenues, would substantially … If market uncertainty affects other New Jersey local governments, then the …
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Marc Pfeiffer
In late January, Gov. Chris Christie issued an executive order appointing experts in restructuring private businesses to look at Atlantic City’s well-publicized financial challenges and recommend ways to address them. His action resulted in a flurry of financial-market concerns about Atlantic City’s fiscal future, but also raised questions about the state’s fiscal commitment to other cities.
A crumbling infrastructure and the state’s exorbitant property taxes are still no deterrent to New Jerseyans, apparently. More than three in five (63 …
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A crumbling infrastructure and the state’s exorbitant property taxes are still no deterrent to New Jerseyans, apparently.
