Judith She`'s (bowdensmarketbarometer) Blog

All real estate practitioners must read this article.  It's mind-boggling. http://www.bigbuilderonline.com/industry-news.asp?sectionID=364&articleID=1461869

The growing interest in environmental responsibility has resulted in an unprecedented amount of green legislation pending in Washington.  Ten years ago, three or four pieces of green legislation would have been a lot.  In comparison, (read more)

The Spring 2010 edition of “Resort Real Estate Survey, Industry Perspective on Consumer Trends Emerging from Economic Crisis” conducted by Christopher Kelsey and David Norden, in which industry professionals and second home property owners participated, concluded that the mood of the resort devel...

People are moving again.  Domestic migration edged up last year, after falling to a 60-year low, brought about by languishing economic conditions that negatively affected the two primary catalysts for relocation -- jobs and primary residence equity. (Read more)  

Affluent households are spending again and cash is king.  Recent research conducted by Moody’s Analytics indicates that the top 5% of American households  . . .  read more  

Economic conditions have prompted a variety of knee-jerk reactions including LOL guffaws and repetitive head scratching.(Read on -- laughter is the best medicine)  

While it appears, on the surface, that the housing situation is not making progress, the traditional form of analysis does not provide sufficient indicators -- one way or the other. At this juncture, year-over-year comparisons are not necessarily viable because of the tax credit incentive.  In th...

Just published the September edition.  While it was tough finding positive trends under current economic conditions, things are trending upward, albeit is slowly, and there are many markets that are not only stabilized but both housing sales and prices are on the rise.  We also looked at migratio...

Two steps forward, one back . . .   The Consumer Confidence Index plunged in June following three consecutive months of increases to a reading of 52.9 from 62.7 in May.  The number of people surveyed that were planning to buy a home within the net six months declined to 1.9% from 2.1% in May, and...

Arkansas offers a diverse array of retirement and second home destinations ranging from the “spa” towns of Eureka Springs, nestled in the Ozark mountains, and Hot Springs located in the center of the state, just south of Little Rock, to Little Rock itself, a dynamic, contemporary city with a thri...