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We’ve answered this question frequently in the past 10 days or so and wanted to make it readily clear today - if you or your team orders more than 5 different community reports at a time (either the multifamily or single family), we offer a 20% discount for the total order. If you order more than […]
Interesting commentary today in the WSJ on the fate of the falling dollar and skyrocketing oil futures (dancing near $120) last week. This Wednesday the Fed meets to chart the course for short term interest rates; the money appears to be on one further quarter point rate in the overnight Federal funds lending rate to […]
“Every noble work is at first impossible.” - Thomas Carlyle
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In yesterday’s Daily Data Discussion Post we surveyed some of the data we collect regarding single family building permits and showed that despite what the media represents there are markets out there that continued to build homes in 2007 at a brisk clip.
That fact was not the case in most of the markets we’re tracking; […]
Talking to a friend yesterday about an issue the potential for a big increase in capital gains taxes led to a recommendation to check out Larry Kudlow’s blog on the National Review website; yes, the NR guys and gals are rapid conservatives, though Kudlow has some very rational insights into current economic events - we […]
The House Financial Services Committee voted on Wednesday of this week to approve $15 billion in loans and grants for local governments to purchase foreclosed homes. The logic behind the move appears to be a desire to help local governments combat eroding local tax bases and to maintain foreclosed homes to prevent blight.
The $15 billion is […]
“A true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence.” - Amos Bronson Alcott
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Sales of new single family homes slid 8.5% in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 526,000, the lowest project volume since 1991, and down 36.6% compared to this time last year. February’s data was revised downward to an annual sales rate of 575,000. Nationally there’s slightly over 11 months inventory of new homes […]
As you are we’re intrigued to hear the media announce with great fanfare that housing starts continue to decline, and have done so for more than a year.
As you well know, national level statistics can be very deceiving as you look at individual markets. There are markets, despite the construction slow down that started almost […]
Though the sunspot issue has been make the rounds for some months now, here’s a thought provoking look at some global cooling data that’s worth a read. Here’s the link…..
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“In fact, if all the country’s economists were laid end to end, they still wouldn’t reach a conclusion.” - Malcomb Forbes
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Next month’s issue of the Multifamily Emerging Market Report went to press today, and there are a couple of articles that are particularly timely in this issue. By the way we’ve expanded the issue by 25% this month to cover all the interesting offerings we have in order.
Our special feature article is “Why Follow Single […]
Today’s data discussion post is tied to yesterday’s - as we noted yesterday historically multifamily investors have done well in markets where there is a high proportion of the population in prime tenant age bands.
One of the prime “traditional” tenant age bands is the 20-24 age group; students make up a significant component of this […]
We picked this up with the release of Fortune’s data recently, and note it’s headlining the RECON newsletter today – Texas now hosts more corporate headquarters than any other state in the union with 58 (New York is second with 55, California third with 52 though reports are at three are considering leaving California as […]
Houston based Dynegy and Zachary Construction have broken ground on a new coal fired power plant near Waco recently, and the plant will require 2 years to complete (late 2012). 1200 construction jobs will be filled and the plant will add 100 full time jobs to the local economy.
The project is actually a joint venture between the […]
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