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“I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.” – Fred Allen
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One of our advisory board emailed this in over the weekend, and we chatted about it on Saturday; lo and behold Barry Ritholtz over at The Big Picture had it up early on his blog today.
Vladimir Klyuevj, one of the research economists at the IMF has published a fascinating project report on the IMF website […]
Economic development updates for Yakima covering recent months include:
Adventure Manufacturing LP, a Canadian recreational vehicle manufacturer, is relocating their operations to Yakima from Abbotsford, British Columbia. Rising inflation in the greater Vancouver area has forced the move. The company will initially employ 30 workers, but that number could grow to over 100 in the future.
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Economic development updates for Wichita covering recent months include:
Wichita was recently ranked second in the nation by Forbes.com in their report “Best Cities for Jobs 2008”. Five different factors were considered: the state’s unemployment rate, job growth, median household income and cost of living for full-year 2006. Wichita was only slightly behind Salt Lake City, […]
One of the most interesting categories of information that we track is job growth in individual markets. It almost goes without saying that job growth is an extraordinarily critical contributor to creation of housing demand in a market, and therefore is of paramount interest to both multifamily and single family investors.
As noted in previous posts […]
“Our bravest and best lessons are not learned through success, but through misadventure.” – Amos Bronson Alcott
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For those of you who haven’t seen this yet, Professor Randy Pausch’s touching and inspiration last lecture is worth an hour of your time. Pausch died yesterday (October 23, 1960 – July 25, 2008) at his home in Virginia surrounded by family after struggling with pancreatic cancer.
On September 18, 2007 Pausch gave his last lecture […]
In a rare Saturday session, the Senate voted 72-13 in favor of what has been called the housing rescue bill; the House voted 272-152 on Wednesday in favor of passage. As you’ve no doubt heard by now, the President has backed off his early pledge to veto and will apparently sign the bill quietly.
Provisions of […]
“Find something you love to do and you’ll never work a day in your life.” – Harvey MacKay
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Don’t know what it’s like around your office or home today, but we’ve run out of gas in terms of dealing with the news this week. That said - here are a couple of somewhat interesting odds and ends from the day.
Barry Ritholtz over at The Big Picture has posted a link to an article / […]
Economic development updates for Lincoln covering recent months include:
Lincoln Composites, a manufacturer of containers for compressed natural gas and hydrogen, is expanding their operation in Lincoln. The new plans call for an increase in production capacity of up to 60 percent. Up to 60 new jobs will be created by the expansion.
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Economic development updates for Missoula covering recent months include:
Pyramid Mountain Lumber, Inc., a local lumber mill, recently received financial help from several local organizations, allowing it to stay in business. Not only was the mill able to retain 93 jobs, but 46 new jobs were created as well.
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Yesterday’s Daily Data Discussion post spent some time reviewing a bit of the background information on the Milken Best Performing Cites ranking tool; we hope you spent some time looking over the myriad offerings the Milken Institute makes available. They have some very intelligent and creative minds on their team.
Today’s post deals with the markets […]
“If you want to leave your footprints on the sands of time, make sure you’re wearing work boots.” – Italian Proverb
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The NAR’s report today proffers data that is sobering, and the media is making hay as you’d expect. Here are the “highlights” –
Existing home sales (includes single family, townhomes, condos and coops) fell 2.6% to an SAAR of 4.86 million units in June; the June value is 15.5 % less than June 2007
Single-family home sales […]
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