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Let’s shift gears today and revisit the Milken Institute’s 2008 Best Performing Cities Index, only for the next couple of days let’s look at what the Milken teams calls the small city rankings.
We’ve reviewed the Milken Institutes Best Performing Cities ranking data for large cities here, and explained previously the factors that are considered. Here’s […]
It is better to give than to lend, and it cots about the same. – Sir Phillip Gibbs
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The debate over helping homeowners who now are faced with a mortgage that exceeds the value of their homes is gaining a broader audience; the issue is fraught with many different potential landmines for homeowners, lenders, credit markets, and the economy.
Among our team we have a very wide range of opinions on the matter, and […]
Inc.com has ranked St. George #2 overall in their yearly Best Cities for Doing Business rankings. The high ranking in the overall category indicates continued growth in business in St. George, although the city fell from a #1 ranking in last year’s report.
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Recent economic development news for Topeka includes:
Aviva, a London based insurance and pension firm, announced that sales were up 39% for the 9 month period previous to September 30. The company bought AmerUs Group Co., who had 200 employees in Topeka, 2 years ago. Since that time, they have added about 100 employees in the […]
In today’s Daily Data Discussion post we’ll finish the discussion started yesterday by looking at the markets around the country with the lowest Class A multifamily cap rates around the country.
A couple of emails came in once again asking about the sourcing of the data. The values presented here have been obtained in interviews conducted […]
We make a living by what we get; we make a life by what we give. – Winston Churchill
A decorated Churchill in 1914
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Here’s another feel good follow up to the story we shared last week about Mr. Adams, the veteran whose picture we posted on Veterans Day. The story keeps getting better and better….
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To be perfectly honest we haven’t wanted to get involved in the row over the potential rescue of the Big Three auto manufacturers in MI. We’ve had and have a bucketful of other more important projects and issues to deal with, and simply haven’t devoted the time and staff effort required to really dig into […]
Here’s a quick reminder that the team over at CalculatedRisk is tracking more or less every day during the work week a summary of credit crisis indicators or markers. Here’s a link to their post from today.
We agree that tracking key indicators for credit issues makes sense, and while CR’s list is not exhaustive, the data […]
Several months ago Commercial Property News published a short article titled “Three Factors Keeping Multifamily Afloat”. Josh Seidman noted a couple of interesting facts in the article that recently surfaced in a discussion one of our team had with an investment group in the Deep South last week.
One of the points of interest in the […]
We’ve had a fair number of questions today regarding when the updated data for state level employment and unemployment will be out this month. The BLS is not consistent with their release times for the information every month – it won’t be released by the BLS until Friday, and we’ll cycle our analysis and have […]
The Shippensburg University Small Business Development Center has recently announced it will be increasing its presence at the Murata Business Center in Carlisle. Here’s a recent quote from SBDC director Mike Unruh -
“SBDC consultants help entrepreneurs develop the planning, management, and financial skills necessary to make their business thrive. Our Center provides one-on-one, no-cost management […]
Today’s Daily Data Discussion post will revisit the markets around the country with the highest Class A multifamily cap rates around the country.
As we’ve detailed before we don’t utilize cap rates in deriving the market rankings for multifamily markets given the very strong local and regional influences on cap rate values. Cap rates do seem […]
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. – Princess Elizabeth Bibesco
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