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Preliminary estimates by ADP call for the addition of 176,000 private sector jobs from May to June, more than half of which were in the “small business” (1-49 employees) sector.  The news comes on the heels of a May construction report that shows an increase of 0.9%, the largest in five months. ...
07/05/2012
In an ever-evolving economic environment that has mainstream media predicting the sky is falling, Housing Insider predicts that the housing industry will lead the way in the economic recovery.   Music to our ears.   Read more. . .
07/02/2012
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  The Market Barometer can’t seem to get ahead of all the Good News!  The National Association of Realtors (NAR) just reported that the Pending Home Sales Index is 13.3% higher than it was a year ago. At 101.1, it is as high as it was in June 2010 when buyers were rushing to beat the expiration o...
06/27/2012
As reported in the June/July issue of Bowden’s Market Barometer, the economy is stepping up to the plate and housing is humming in many markets.  According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, unemployment rates were lower in May than a year earlier in 331 of the 372 metropolitan areas, and the na...
06/27/2012
  This nascent recovery does not know what it wants to be when it grows up, but the housing market is humming along . .  . (To read, click here) 
06/26/2012
Trends in the retiree/Active Adult Community (AAC) market have been evolving for years as Baby Boomers continue -- much to their chagrin -- to age. The 75 million Boomers are now between the ages of 47 and 65, in their prime home buying years, albeit move-up, scale-down, vacation, gateway, or re...
06/12/2012
The National Ski Areas Association (NSAA) reported that US ski areas hosted 60.54 million skier/snowboarder visits in 2010/11, the second best season on record. One of the most interesting demographic shifts flies in the face of conventional wisdom:  There has been a trend in recent years toward...
05/30/2012
Bowden's Market Barometer reported in the April/May issue that the McGraw-Hill Companies (www.mcgraw-hill.com) recently released findings from its Green Home Builders and Remodelers Study. According to the study, the construction of green homes is projected to see a five-fold increase over the n...
05/15/2012
Bowden’s Market Barometer discussed the declining foreclosure activity in the April/May edition, and continuing coverage on the subject indicates that the trend has legs!    The volume of homes entering the foreclosure process was down more than 30% in March. This flies in the face of prediction...
05/09/2012
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  The election of new heads of government in both France and Greece suggests a majority of voters weary of austerity measures that have so far failed to pull Europe’s fat out of the fire. Britain’s Conservative-led coalition was also battered recently as local voters favored the opposition Labour...
05/07/2012
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