The HBA held the 2010 Mid-Year Economic Housing Forecast yesterday.
The program was presented by Dr. Ted C. Jones, PhD, Senior Vice President and Chief Economist for Stewart Title Guaranty Company. After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Economics from Colorado State University, Ted earned a PhD in finance with a minor in statistics [...]
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Forbes.com’s search for the best places for business and careers spanned 200 communities, ranging in size from the New York metropolitan area, home to 11.7 million people, to the Merced, Calif., area, with a population of 245,000.
Each community was ranked according to 12 metrics, including costs (business and living), job growth (past and projected), income [...]
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I just finished what turned out to be the absolute worst move in the history of moves. Granted I was spared what a college roommate went through when the container ship carrying all his family’s possessions sank, but still hiring movers to help ease the stress of moving did not help!
I have a very hard [...]
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In April of 2008, Austin was ranked the third most recession proof city by Forbes because of a lack of a housing bubble, low median home price, low unemployment, and strong job growth segments that would recover more quickly. Plus, Austin was known as “Silicon Hills” for its growing tech sector industries.
Now, over two years [...]
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According to the Federal Housing Finance Agency and the data collected by Moody’s Economy.com, home prices in the Austin area should stop falling by the final quarter of this year. Furthermore, according to a Fiserv Inc. report that was released earlier this month, the prices of homes in the Central Texas area are likely to [...]
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