Thanks to Wal-Mart and nonprofits, the commercial real estate outlook is a little rosier for 2012. Although office vacancies remained unchanged this year, retail and industrial vacancies dropped some, according to Sierra Commercial Real Estate. Throughout the city, office vacancies are about 17 percent – but that number trends higher in the northern area of [...]
“I don’t set trends. I just find out what they are and exploit them.” Dick Clark Because we work with business owners, we like to keep an eye on trends that might affect them. This is especially true in times of uncertain economy, when businesses might need to adjust their product or service offerings to [...]
Continue reading …Record low interest rates are having a positive effect on mortgage hiring. The number of mortgage jobs was up 2,300 positions in July compared to the same time last year,according to data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Headcount in the real estate finance sector climbed to 246,700 employees from June’s revised 244,400. [...]
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