Will Setting Clear Rules Help Expand Credit?
When lenders originate a loan, they often sell these loans to investors rather than holding the loans in their portfolios. These investors set requirements for the loans they will buy and if those...
View ArticleDemand in REALTORS® Commercial Markets Outpaces Construction in Q2.2015
Commercial space is heavily concentrated in large buildings, but large buildings are a relatively small number of the overall stock of commercial buildings. Based on Energy Information Administration...
View ArticleHousing’s Large Economic Impact
Find out how much the real estate industry is affecting the gross state product for your area. The impact can be direct or indirect, but housing is a significant driver of economic activity. In 2013,...
View ArticleLatest Consumer Confidence (August 2015)
Consumers are confident, even as the stock market gyrates and shakes. Rising employment and a solid boost to housing equity for a majority of households are evidently more than sufficient to overcome...
View ArticleLike-Kind Exchanges: Highlights from Colorado
Based on the latest data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis[1], the real estate industry accounted for $41.3 billion in Colorado. This comprised 13.5 percent of Colorado’s Gross State Product. The...
View ArticleRising Household Formation and Employment Boost Apartment Demand
Economic performance for the second quarter of this year was upwardly revised this past week by the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Real gross domestic product (GDP) totaled $16.3 trillion, an advance of...
View ArticleLike-Kind Exchanges: Highlights from Ohio
Based on the latest data from the Bureau of Economic Analysis[1], the real estate industry accounted for $65.5 billion in Ohio. The figure accounted for 11.2 percent of Ohio’s Gross State Product. The...
View ArticleBaby Boomers Lead Recent Household Formation
The United States Census Bureau compiles data on households through the Current Population Survey, a joint project with the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Based on the latest data, there were 124.5...
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