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Just finished a most interesting interaction with a woman from Florida - for the second time in as many days. I’ll apologize up front for those who might be / are offended by the title of this post - but it simply fits as you’ll see reading on.
She called yesterday from one of the larger […]
Barry Ritholtz at The Big Picture has a good post up today detailing what very well may be the crux of the housing crisis – the massive shift in lending / underwriting criteria that occurred from 2002-2007.
Here’s a teaser paragraph from the post –
Underlying EVERYTHING – housing boom and bust, derivative explosion, credit crisis – […]
Finally, how one might use the Housing Affordability Index data depends upon a variety of factors.
A multifamily investor would perhaps be most interested in investing in markets that have a very poor (or low) Housing Affordability Index – signifying that single family property prices are too high for many families and first time home buyers […]
Economic development updates for Ogden covering recent months include:
The Hershey Co., the largest manufacturer of chocolate in North America, recently announced plans to open a distribution center in Ogden. The company chose Ogden for a variety of reasons, including location and incentives offered by the state. Over 100 new full time jobs will be created […]
Economic development updates for Oakland covering recent months include:
Developer Shorenstein Properties recently broke ground on a 23-story office tower in Oakland City Center. Once it is completed, the tower will feature almost 600,000 square feet of office and retail space. The scheduled completion date is the fall of 2010. Estimates place the number of jobs […]
Yesterday’s Daily Data Discussion post took a look at markets around the country with the highest percentage of total employment in the leisure and hospitality supersector. Today we’ll take a look at the markets with the lowest percentage of employment in this supersector.
Sorry, couldn’t resist the beach resort picture today - it’s snowing (for the […]
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