57% Plan Same Spending This Year; Only 4% Increasing Holiday Budget Two-thirds to Spend Under $600; 23% Budget $1000 or More 3/4’s Have Christmas Tree; Artificials Top Real; 30% Believe…
• Majority Believe Personal Finances to Improve in Coming Year • 49% Expect General Economy to Rebound • Gas, Food and Heating Costs Remain Immediate Worry • 32% Get Second…
• Current, Future, Overall – Consumer Confidence Up in NY This Month • National Confidence Slides, NY Trails Nation on Current, Stronger on Future • Buying Plans All UP from…
Current Real Estate Sentiment Plummets; NY’ers See Only Slight Rally Next Year Every Region, Consumers Believe: Current Market Condition and Values Down, Quick Rebound Less Likely than Last Quarter, Seller…
Current Confidence down in Every Region of State; Consumers Continue to Cringe Future Outlook Up in Binghamton, Buffalo, LI, Mid-Hudson and Albany; Still Long Way to Optimism Short Term Buying…
Dreary Statewide Consumer Outlook Unchanged Despite Flat Line Confidence Curve, Buying Plans Up for Homes, Cars, Furniture & Computers Pressure at Gas Pump and Grocery Line Ease for New Yorkers…
Statewide Consumer Non-Confidence Persists; No Signs of Recovery Republicans Hit Record Low in Future Confidence; Most See Continuing Bad Times Ahead Buying Plans: Cars & Trucks at all-time Low; Home…
Consumer Confidence Plummets Nationally; NY Steady, but Lower than U.S. Majority of NY’ers Predict Five Tough Years; Dems, NYC and the Young Slightly More Upbeat, Upstate Outlook Dismal Home Buying…
Overall Real Estate Sentiment Mixed: Difficult Today Yields to Hopeful Tomorrow Consumers Say, “Now is a Great Time to Buy but Tough Time to Sell” Every Region Negative Current View…
Overall Confidence Seesaws across State as Current Outlook Climbs while Future Drops Current Confidence Moves towards Breakeven Point in Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester and Albany; But, Only NYC Predicts OK Future,…