There's a dark side to those delightfully low gas prices: Housing markets are slumping in communities that were recently flush from the U.S. shale oil fracking boom.
Thanksgiving travel estimates are up slightly this year, with cheaper gas prices likely to prompt many New Jersey residents to go "over the river and through the woods."
This might put a bit more "jingle" in your pocket for the holidays: analysts are predicting that gas prices in New Jersey may drop to as low as $1.50 by Christmas.
Tom Kloza, global head of Energy Analysis of the Oil Price Information Service in Lakewood says the savings will likely begin next month...