by Alessandra Malito | Mar 31, 2014 | Housing
By Alessandra Malito Home prices continued to unimpress this month. For the third consecutive month, the numbers have declined by 0.1 percent. But according to the Case Shiller 20-City Composites study, which gives a broader measure of U.S. home prices, there was an...
by Reem Nasr | Mar 30, 2014 | Personal Income
By Reem Nasr Tim Roman designs luxury kitchens for the wealthiest in Bergen County, NJ. He expects his business to boom in 2014, despite a slowly recovering economy. Tim Roman took a risk when he started a luxury kitchen design business at the height of the recession....
by Alessandra Malito | Mar 27, 2014 | Housing
By Alessandra Malito Kim Erle lost her 1940’s cottage home in Southampton during Hurricane Sandy. So when it was time to rebuild, she and her husband decided they were going to make a ‘green home.’ It was a switch she thought would protect her home — and it...
by Brianna McGurran | Mar 17, 2014 | Retail
By Brianna McGurran Retail sales rebounded in February after a three-month slump, suggesting that consumers’ reluctance to spend is thawing along with the cold. Some retailers even benefited from February’s icy weather. Sales of snow shovels and space heaters made up...