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Economic development updates for Knoxville covering recent months include:
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Inc. is opening a facility in Knoxville. The 334,000 square foot plant will employ up to 360 people when it becomes fully operational.
U.S. Cellular is expanding their West Knox County customer care center. About 40 new workers will hired, mainly to fill customer […]
There are many different useful indexes, rankings, and data tools that allow one to measure a unique aspect of a given market, and compare market to market.
One of the measures we rely on to assess a market is the Best Performing Cities Index derived and published by the Milken Institute, a non profit economic and […]
“Small rooms or dwellings discipline the mind; large ones weaken it.” – Leonardo da Vinci
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Thanks for your interest thus far in the Real Estate Market Reference; we’ve been nothing but astounded and almost a bit overwhelmed at the web and phone traffic since we posted the details yesterday. Here’s a link to the web page that describes the Reference in detail, and our IT team has added the live […]
The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index data released yesterday has certainly made the rounds and been commented on ad nauseum. As you’ve no doubt heard by now, the index valued dropped to 50.4, its lowest level since 1992. The Board’s Expectations Index declined to 41.0, it lowest level in the history of the tool.
We’d opine […]
Economic development updates for Des Moines covering recent months include:
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine recently ranked Des Moines as one of the Top Ten Cities of 2008. Factors such as strong local economies, cost of living, and job quality and availability were considered. Des Moines ranked ninth in the nation.
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Economic development updates for Fort Collins covering recent months include:
Woodward Governor Company, a manufacturer of wind turbine inverters, recently announced the creation of up to 100 new jobs for the region. The jobs were created in conjunction with a recent expansion of the company’s current facility.
Vestas, a leading wind turbine technology manufacturer, is opening a […]
Yesterday we looked at markets with high leisure and hospital employment, along with a quick glance at why this sector / supersector is important, both for the multifamily as well as the single family investor.
It was no surprise to see Las Vegas on top, however most people are surprised to note the remainder of […]
“More often than not, things and people are as they appear.” - Malcolm Forbes
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Here’s a quick update on our Real Estate Market Reference we’ve been talking about for the past few weeks. All of the chimps in the office have been working on this one.
Our IT guru has finally posted the new web page today for the Reference – here’s a link right to it.
We’re incredibly excited about […]
Here’s a couple of interesting odds and ends that are worth a look today.
The good folks over at Multifamily Executive (specifically frequent contributor Joe Bousquin) have put together a useful webinar on creating / maintaining a safe environment at your complex. It’s 43 minutes long, though you can easily skip “chapters” using the webinar viewer. […]
Economic development updates for Corvallis covering recent months include:
Country Home Magazine recently named Corvallis as the Number 1 Best Green Place in the country. The magazine looked a variety of factors including mass transit, alternative energy availability and air and water quality.
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Economic development updates for El Centro covering recent months include:
Stirling Energy Systems plans to build the “world’s largest solar plant” in nearby Ocotillo. Construction on the plant could begin in 2010. Over 500 construction jobs will be created, and up to 1,500 jobs could be eventually created by the plant.
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Once again the media is breathlessly reporting the results of today’s S&P/ Case-Shiller data, which details ongoing price declines in “every region of the country”. The 10-City Index is down 16.3% year-over-year and the 20-City Index is down 15.3% year-over-year.
Not mentioned in the vast predominance of the news bytes being served today is the fact […]
Nick Timiraos has written a thoughtful piece in today’s WSJ taking a thoughtful look at seller funded groups (typically nonprofits) that are offering down-payment assistance programs which provide enough down-payment money to buyers to allow them to qualify for an FHA backed mortgage.
As demonstrated in the graph below, the default rate on these loans is […]
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