It’s a positive sign when the largest job market in the nation is in the midst of a strong economic recovery. According to the latest data from the Obama Administration, the local New York economy made modest improvement after the 2001 recession. Nonfarm payrolls rose at an average annual rate of 84,150 jobs, or 1.0%, from the third quarter of 2003 through the first quarter of 2008, the administration said. Compared to the rest of the nation, the impact of […]

Favorable exchange rates, global economic uncertainty, and a desire for nice weather and scenery are driving more international buyers to purchase properties in the United States. How to serve the needs of those buyers was the subject of several presentations at the Global Business & Alliances Committee Wednesday morning during the 2013 Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo in Washington, D.C. Seven percent of all U.S. residential properties sold last year were purchased by foreign consumers, according to the National […]

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Even as the stock market rises and jobs return, commercial real estate in the United States faces a range of challenges, said Tecny Group Inc. and several participants in the Commercial Economic Issues & Trends Forum Thursday afternoon at the 2013 Midyear Legislative Meetings & Trade Expo in Washington, D.C. With commercial property conveyancer ulladulla you will be able to sell and lease your property, they are constantly looking for ways to protect YOUR interests during the purchasing process of […]

School’s coming to Capitol Hill over the next two days as thousands of REALTORS® meet with lawmakers to provide a refresher course on how critical the federal government’s historic support for home ownership is to the country’s future. “We have an unprecedented situation today, because so many members of Congress are new and really don’t always know how important home ownership incentives are to the economy and to the country,” NAR Chief Lobbyist Jerry Giovaniello told thousands of REALTORS® packed […]

Amid all the partisan squabbling in Washington, D.C., that makes national news headlines is a bipartisan effort by the House and Senate chairs of the tax-writing committees to roll out major tax-reform legislation this summer and have it considered by Congress before the end of the year. Warren Payne, policy director on the tax-writing House Ways & Means Committee, met with the National Association of REALTORS®’ Taxation Committee Wednesday morning at the 2013 Midyear Legislative Meetings and Trade Expo. He […]

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Inventories of homes for sale nationwide increased 4 percent in April, but remain 13.5 percent lower than last year’s inventory levels, according to realtor.com®’s latest report. The number of homes for sale remains particularly tight out West. Inventories have dropped the most — more than 52 percent compared to a year ago — in Orange County, Calif. In Oakland, San Jose, Los Angeles, and Stockton, Calif., inventories of for-sale homes were down more than 40 percent year-over-year in April, according […]