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Apartment Rents: What Goes Up, Must Come Down!

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It’s certainly no secret that in many of the nations housing markets the price to rent an apartment has been going in one direction…up! But, as the famous phrase about gravity suggests, what goes up must eventually come down. After all whether it was tulips during the 1600’s, technology stocks during the late 1990’s or […]

The Housing Market And An Analogy To Rice Krispies!

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In the search for new ways to describe the state of the U.S residential real estate, how about an analogy to breakfast cereal! The article below, ‘Housing Goes Snap, Crackle & Pop?‘, was written by Jonathan Miller. For those that may be unfamiliar, Miller is President and CEO of Miller Samuel Inc., a real estate appraisal and consulting firm […]

Poll: How secure are Americans when it comes to their housing situation?

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While the majority of Americans polled are very stable and secure when it comes to their housing situation, 44% are not! The poll results below came from a survey that was conducted on behalf of the MacArthur Foundation designed to ‘develop a deeper understanding of the experiences, attitudes, and perceptions about housing, particularly of people […]

Critical Data: Week of May 5, 2014

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US Economic Calendar for the Week of May 5, 2014 For anyone concerned with the direction of interest rates, mortgage rates and the overall strength of the US economy, the data to be released in the upcoming week along with comments out of members of the Fed will most certainly provide some strong clues about all of them. This […]

Real Estate and the US Economic Calendar: Week of April 28, 2014

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US Economic Calendar for the Week of April 28, 2014 For participants in the real estate market concerned with the direction of mortgage rates, the economic data to be released in the upcoming week will most certainly have some degree of impact on their plans. The economic or geopolitical news could have a direct effect on interest rates or could […]

Business Links of Interest for Monday, December 16, 2013!

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With this the final full week before Christmas and New Years it’s a good time to look ahead to 2014 and new strategies that we might be thinking about implementing or stories that may have an impact in one way or another on our business! These links are to articles that may be of interest. […]