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Texas is Tops
Watch video about the advantages of living and doing business in Texas Fort Worth and Arlington are ranked as the least likely in the country to experience home-price depreciation in the next two years. PMI Group, Inc., October 2008 Fort Worth is ranked fourth in the nation for real estate investing. HomeVestors of America, 2008 “Fort Worth is [...]
Posted in Texas, Top Housing Markets |
More Good News for North Carolina!
There was good news for the North Carolina housing market last week! Builder Magazine published a report with the top 15 healthiest housing markets in the United States.  North Carolina took 3 spots:  Raleigh was #6, Charlotte #13 & Wilmington #14. The study was done in conjunction with Hanley Wood Market Intelligence and identified the [...]
Posted in Activities |
More Good News for Texas Economy
CNBC named Texas as the #1 state for doing business in 2008. The report said that Texas has the best all-around economy, a good transportation system, low cost of living, good quality of life and a good environment for business. With the 12th largest economy in the world (if it were considered a nation), Texas [...]
Posted in Top Housing Markets, U.S. Economy |
Texas Housing Market Tops Again!
There was good news for the Texas housing market last week! Builder Magazine published a report with the top 15 healthiest housing markets in the United States.  Texas took the top 5 spots in this order:  Houston, Austin, Fort Worth, San Antonio & Dallas. The study was done in conjunction with Hanley Wood Market Intelligence [...]
Posted in Activities |
10 Most Stable Housing Markets
Again, 4 of Bluegreen Communities®’ housing markets were represented when PMI Mortgage Insurance Co.  <http://www.pmi-us.com/> released its rather bleak first quarter 2009 Economic and Real Estate Trends Report <http://www.pmi-us.com/> , earlier this month, they included a list of the 10 most stable housing markets among the 50 largest metropolitan statistical areas (MSAs) in the nation. PMI’s [...]
Posted in Mortgage Rates, Top Housing Markets |
Video Tours Online
Many property owners have turned to online videos to take advantage of the Internet’s influence. In fact, ABC News featured a story on Good Morning America’s On the Front Lines American Housing on 02/19/2009 showing the increasingly creative ways sellers are presenting their homes to prospective buyers on the Internet. Of note is the level of [...]
Posted in Land Buying Advice |
The Healthiest Housing Markets for 2009
Six of Bluegreen Communities®’ active markets were recently named “The Healthiest Housing Markets for 2009″ by Hanley Wood Market Intelligence. Here are the specifics: With most economists and builders expecting a national market decline this year, this may not seem like the best time to be selecting the “healthiest” markets in the country. Virtually every market was [...]
Posted in Homebuilder Resources, Top Housing Markets |
Raleigh #6 Housing Market in the Nation
Another state capital with multiple universities, Raleigh was still adding jobs at a 1.9 percent annual rate though the third quarter of last year. With a population of more than 1 million, it also has one of the highest rates of population growth of any top metro market in the country over the last five [...]
Posted in Top Housing Markets |
Credit Market is Thawing
Credit is beginning to open up for well-run companies. Cisco was the latest company to take advantage of improving credit markets and lower interest rates.  Cisco raised $4 billion yesterday by selling bonds, a significant boost for the economy.
Posted in U.S. Economy |
Administration unveiling bailout overhaul
The Obama administration has promised to aggressively combat the current financial crisis and just unveiled a program that could mobilize well over $1 trillion in public and private support to get the frozen credit markets functioning again. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Tuesday the new plan would bring the full force of the federal government to [...]
Posted in U.S. Economy |
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