Blog Posts - Positive Economic News

Homeowners and investors have been subjected to and targeted with a constant barrage of negative news for about seven years now.  The media did nothing else but report doom and gloom for the real estate and housing markets - anything to grab som...

Homeowners and investors have been subjected to and targeted with a constant barrage of negative news for about seven years now.  The media did nothing else but report doom and gloom for the real estate and housing markets - anything to grab som...

This is a reprint of an article by my friend Gary London who is president and chief executive officer of The London Group Realty Advisors: by Gary H. London In my postapocalyptic musing about recovery from our economic collapse, I have...

The focus of supply and demand in the real estate market appears to be in multi-family residential housing.  We see it on the investment side, through the general reports of the market; and in our 1031 Exchange Qualified Intermediary operat...

Experience an incredible eight hours in Pasadena, California exploring the latest in investment opportunities, insights into what may be the future of the financial markets and our country, strategies to potentially reduce taxes and increase cash flo...

Experience an incredible eight hours in Pasadena, California exploring the latest in investment opportunities, insights into what may be the future of the financial markets and our country, strategies to potentially reduce taxes and increase cash flo...

U.S. retail sales increased by 0.4% in March of 2011, slightly less than anticipated, which resulted from a decline in sales at motor vehicle and parts dealers. We think this can be partly discounted as unit vehicle sales numbers still look good.

  Personal income rose by 1.0 % in January ahead of the median forecast, but in line with our expectations due to the payroll tax cut which took effect in then. Personal consumption fell short of expectations, only rising 0.2% in nominal terms,...

Confused About What To Do Next in Real Estate? The "Great Recession" has left many of us scratching our heads and wondering what's next? Where do we go from here? How should we reposition our real estate portfolio going forward now that we are emergi...

Confused About What To Do Next in Real Estate? The "Great Recession" has left many of us scratching our heads and wondering what's next?  Where do we go from here?  How should we reposition our real estate portfolio going forward now that w...

Has The Recovery Really Started?The media is full of comments and opinions today about the global economic recession and/or the recovery.  When is the recovery coming?  Is the recovery here; I mean really here? These questions about th...

The Federal Reserve Bank's Federal Open Market Committee ("FOMC") held its benchmark short-term interest rate ("Fed Fund Rate") at the historic lows again today and pledged to keep the interest rates low for an "extended period" of tim...

Housing (real property) in the United States will begin to gradually recover (read "crawl" out of the hole) in the second half of 2010 according to David Goldberg, home-building analyst for UBS, a global financial services firm.  We thought...

January 7, 2010 -- The University of San Diego's Index of Leading Economic Indicators for San Diego County was unchanged in November. Two of the components--consumer confidence and the outlook for the national economy--were up sharply during the mont...

I just read a fantastic letter addressed to President Obama.  It's entitled "Dear President Obama:  I Think You Have A Problem" by my friend, economist and demographer, Alan Nevin with Marketpointe Realty.  I highly recommned a quick r...

RecoveryNear-term inventory and stimulus-led growth should remain brisk, especially after last week’s data on trade, inventories, and retail sales. In the longer term, headwinds persist in the form of labor weakness, stagnant incomes, higher saving...

There are so many economic opinions circulating today that you have to wonder who to believe, who's right, and who's way, way off. I attended a luncheon this week hosted by the Strategic Trusted Advisors Roundtable, and the key note speaker was none...

Go To Webinar Registrations Are Required Click here to register for this webinar on the California real estate market. Confused About What To Do Next in Real Estate? The "Great Recession" has left many of us scratching our heads and wondering what...

Go To Webinar Registrations Are RequiredClick here to register for this webinar on the California real estate market. Confused About What To Do Next in Real Estate?The "Great Recession" has left many of us scratching our heads and wondering what's ne...

Fannie Mae's housing forecast projected New and Existing Home Sales will be UP 11% next year, with prices flat but stable nationally. They see Existing Home Sales UP 10% (5.46 million), and New Home Sales UP a whopping 24% (498,000) for 2010. The re...

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