David Robinson

The Buffalo Niagara job market isn’t showing any signs of cooling off as summer ends. The region added 9,200 jobs over the past year – a 1.6 percent annualized growth

Here are the projected job openings in the financial services industry through 2030, according to the state Labor Department.

Buffalo Niagara's job growth over the past year ranks 15th among the nation's 56 metro areas with a population of at least 1 million people, according to new data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Since 2007, home prices in the Buffalo Niagara region have soared by nearly 149%, which is much faster than the nearly 93% increase nationally.

The region's unemployment rate inched lower during May to 3.2% – its lowest in two years – as employers continue to scramble to fill open positions in a market where the supply of available workers remains constrained, the state Labor Department reported Tuesday.

Solar panels typically generate electricity at only around 13% of their stated capacity. For windmills, it's around 22%. And those figures vary by month.

Manufacturers say business was good in November

Over the last year, local home prices have jumped by 7.5%, according to a home price index from the U.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency, based on second-quarter price data.

Homeowners here were able to sell their homes in just 37 days last month – more than three weeks less than it took the typical U.S. home seller to find a buyer, according to a new report from Realtor.com.

Our commutes take an average of 21.5 minutes, which is almost six minutes faster than the national average of 27.2 minutes, according to new data from the U.S. Census Bureau.