A combination of rent controls and Fed money pouring into the greater Silicon Valley area is pushing rents through the roof in Northern Cali...

Butter futures prices on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange have reached an all-time high. On Friday, the October contract traded as high as ...

 The One-Cent Magenta from British Guiana A  one-cent postage stamp from the 19th century — sold for $9.5 million on Tuesday, the most ev...

Bloomberg reports : Manhattan’s apartment market is heating up in the busiest season for moving, sending rents to a five-year high and shi...

Kraft  raised the prices of its Maxwell House and Yuban coffee brands last week, following J.M. Smucker Co. The prices on the brands’ roas...

According to Bloomberg News , developers are seeking $110 million for a penthouse condominium apartment that is located in the Woolworth Bui...

Capital New York reports : A development consortium has purchased the air rights of two Manhattan theaters from the Shubert Organization...

Garth Yamanaka emails: Aloha Robert, Just received my recent update from Marshall & Swift for local multipliers which is utilized fo...

Sam Ro at Business Insider  provides the news : Simply put, the American consumer has been getting squeezed to line the pockets of corpora...

By  Chris Rossini Helicopter money is dropping on Southwest Florida (again). News-Press reports : Sales of multimillion dollar homes i...

Nick Badalamenti emails: Below is a fascinating report from one of my vendors for steel. Notice not only the price increases in every cate...

From CNN : Chipotle has been on an big expansion push, opening new locations around the country with people often lining up for the restau...

Although the California drought may be a catalyst for fruit and vegetable price increases, I have been pointing out in the EPJ Daily Alert ...

LaTi reports : Come grilling season, expect your sirloin steak to come with a hearty side of sticker shock. Beef prices have reached all-...

Despite a boom of apartment building, the condo market in downtown Los Angeles remains tight as a drum. And that’s pushing up prices, repo...

According to the latest report from real estate firm Douglas Elliman, median rental prices in Brooklyn rose 11.6% from this time a year ago...

NyPo reports : Sandy Weill just sold his “maid’s apartment” at 15 Central Park West for around $3 million, more than three times what the...

More than 40 percent of the homes for sale in metro San Francisco are now asking more than $1 million, reports WaPo. That figure, accordi...

Prices for beef saw their biggest monthly change in February since November 2003. (Chart via WSJ )