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October 2009
Oct. 30, 2009
This month’s Research Spotlight features Carol Murphy.
Oct. 30, 2009
Did you know that in the third quarter of 2009 national vacancy rates increased to 11.1 percent for rental housing and 2.6 percent for homeowner housing?
Oct. 29, 2009
The 2008 American Community Survey (ACS) median earnings of men in the United States who worked full-time, year-round were $45,556. For women, the median earnings were $35,471, or 77.9 percent of men's earnings.
Oct. 28, 2009
In 2007, nearly three-quarters of severely cost-burdened households had low incomes.
Oct. 27, 2009
Affordability measures typically use the prevailing 30-year fixed mortgage interest rate and assume a 10 percent downpayment to translate home prices into monthly payments.
Oct. 26, 2009
The collapse of cash-out refinancing has left homeowners with less to spend.
Oct. 23, 2009
Existing-home sales surged in September.
Oct. 23, 2009
Did you know that central city residents drive considerably less than their suburban counterparts?
Oct. 21, 2009
Commercial retail space has been in a decline, following significant contractions in demand
Oct. 21, 2009
Did you know that the real median household income in the United States fell 1.2% between 2007 and 2008, from $52,673 to $52,029?
Oct. 20, 2009
Investors betting on a resurgence of warehouse space in the wake of low business inventories.
Oct. 20, 2009
Those that refinanced their home mortgage in the second quarter of 2009 were able to secure a mortgage rate that typically was 20 percent less than their original rate.
Oct. 20, 2009
According to the newly released American Community Survey, nationally 15.5 percent of people aged 65 and older participated in the labor force in 2008.
Oct. 20, 2009
With mortgage rates near historical lows, more borrowers are moving into fixed-rate loans.
Oct. 19, 2009
Despite historically low interest rates and lower prices, housing faces challenges on its road to recovery.
Oct. 16, 2009
While signs of economic recovery are cropping up, the retail sector continues to struggle with slow sales amid consumer concern over job losses.
Oct. 15, 2009
Did you know that that the walkability of cities translates directly into increases in home values?
Oct. 14, 2009
Did you know that households dependent on lower incomes or solely on social security payments in retirement are more like to spend more than half their income on housing?
Oct. 14, 2009
Depressed demand is making it difficult for the market to work off excess vacant units.
Oct. 14, 2009
There is no delight in watching the budget deficit soar. The $1.4 trillion deficit in the completed 2009 fiscal year to September is the highest ever in the U.S. in sheer dollar figures, and the highest since the Second World War if measured in relation t
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