From Princeton Perspectives: 2025 New Jersey Economic Outlook Real Estate – In real estate, the housing market could see moderate growth, however, housing affordability will remain a challenge. New Jersey’s municipalities are currently contemplating the impact of having to come ..read more

From RENJ: Judge: State can continue rollout of affordable housing law, pending outcome of legal challenge A judge has denied a request by some two dozen towns to halt the rollout of New Jersey’s new affordable housing law, in a ..read more

From NJ1015: Trump wants pardoned NJ real estate developer for US ambassador President-elect Donald Trump said Saturday he intends to nominate real estate developer Charles Kushner, father of Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, to serve as ambassador to France. Trump made the ..read more

From NJ Digest: NJ Residents Pay More in Taxes Than Anywhere in Nation, New Study Finds  New Jersey residents will pay more in taxes over their lifetimes than those in any other state, according to a recent study by Self Financial ..read more

From Mansion Global: Housing Was a Factor for About 40% of Early Voters in the U.S. Presidential Election For U.S. adults who voted in the presidential election by Nov. 1, about two in five said the housing market was a ..read more

From NorthJersey.com: Do presidential elections affect the housing market? Here’s what experts had to say The time surrounding a presidential election is often said to see a slowdown in real estate activity in some markets. Though not by a significant ..read more

From NJ1015: NJ changes home-buying rules: what this means for you Some big changes to the process of buying or selling a home in New Jersey are now in effect. The aim of the new rules, created through legislation that ..read more

From CNN: Harris seeks to rally Democrats after Biden drops out of race Harris begins 2024 bid: Vice President Kamala Harris is marching to the Democratic nomination as broad swaths of the party — including potential rivals, lawmakers, governors, influential labor and advocacy groups and more — line up behind her bid to take on Donald Trump. Gaining support: No serious challenger has emerged yet after President Joe Biden announced his exit from the race. And the party’s best-known governors, several of whom had been seen as potential challenge ..read more

From NJ.com: The property tax overhaul New Jersey’s property tax breaks, including the popular Senior Freeze and ANCHOR benefits, could soon undergo dramatic changes as the state tries to keep its promise to further cut taxes for senior citizens under the Stay NJ law, according to recommendations released Thursday. The long-awaited 101-page report comes from the Stay NJ Task Force,which was charged with figuring out how to implement the complicated and much-debated law in time for the 2026 deadline for when payments are scheduled to start ..read more

Hat Tip Gator. From NJ101.5: NJ Democratic boss stares down officials at corruption-case news conference Like a boss, Democratic power broker George Norcross sat defiantly in the front row on Monday as the state Attorney General’s Office outlined a blockbuster corruption case. Attorney General Matthew Platkin and his team said the charges were rooted in a years-long investigation involving a criminal enterprise run by the 68-year-old Norcross and at least five associates. One of his brothers, 61-year-old Philip Norcross, of Philadelphia, and former Camden Mayor Dana Redd, now living ..read more