Rutgers Center for Real Estate Blog
The one constant: variation?
Income and employment growth is a different animal in every state Executive Summary: Over time, as Julia Coronado showed last week, recent unemployment rates vary by more than a factor of 2, from 4...
Are We at Full Employment?
The economy is sending mixed messages Executive Summary: The conclusion that the economy is at or close to full employment is central to the Fed’s decision to accelerate the pace of interest rate...
Who Said It was Easy?
Housing, interest rates and capital flows: impacts and interrelationships Executive Summary: In four decades of studying housing markets, I’ve learned two things about today’s topic. First, everyone...
Taking the punchbowl away from the party?
Why the Fed is poised to raise interest rates Executive Summary: The Federal Reserve looks poised to raise rates in June. Their decision is based on the fact that, despite relatively sluggish GDP...
Facts Fears and the Urban Future
The complex role of immigration in our cities Executive Summary: Overall the benefits of immigration, like the benefits of foreign trade, are positive and robust. Another similarity with trade is that...
Without the Melting Pot will the Regions Economy Melt Down?
Why the NY-NJ metropolitan area fears curbs on immigration and international visitors Executive summary: Nowhere is the economic threat of restrictions on immigration and the international flow of...
A Higher Level Look at IZ
Photo Credit: Peter Funnell (gettyimages) Will inclusionary zoning (IZ) help solve our affordability problems? Executive Summary: A month ago we took a broad look at housing “affordability” at Rutgers...
Will Washington Shut the Door on Growth?
The prospects for immigration policy on the economy Executive Summary: The Trump Administration is seeking to implement a number of policies that would restrict authorized and unauthorized immigration...
Digging Deeper on Rent Controls
Taking the long view on New Jersey's housing affordability Two weeks ago we took a broad look at housing “affordability” at Rutgers’ BlogˑRE. It surely surprised very few readers that we found that...
Is home owning a “good” investment?
Risk and return to single-family housing in New Jersey Is owning a home in New Jersey a “good” investment? It turns out that answering this seemingly simple question is complicated because it leads to...