Getting Better?

By Mortimer B. Zuckerman
On Wednesday July 15, 2009, 12:09 pm EDT

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We are now looking at unemployment numbers that undermine any confidence that we might be nearing the bottom of the recession. The appropriate metaphor is not the green shoots of new growth. A better image is to look at the true total […]

 weatherize homes
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MONTGOMERY, Ala. – Ready or not, states are getting a tenfold boost in federal money to weatherize drafty homes, an increase so huge it has raised fears of waste and fraud and set off a scramble to find workers and houses for them […]

Tuesday, June 2, 2009
 Growth 

The population of the Austin metro area will grow to more than 2.7 million by the year 2025, according to an analysis of government data by bizjournals.
The projected growth rate of Austin and its suburbs ranks 5th among 250 U.S. metropolitan areas studied in the report.
Bizjournals forecasts that the Austin-Round Rock area […]

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1. “Your open house is really just a networking party for me.”
Hire a real estate broker to sell your home, and one of the first things he’ll likely suggest is hosting an open house so that potential buyers can casually check out your property on a weekend afternoon. But while open houses are promoted […]

Think twice before buying a house in these cities any time soon.
Home buyers looking for a bottom in the real estate market may have been encouraged by housing data released earlier this week. Sales of existing homes rose 2.4% in May, according to the National Association of Realtors. The increase was a little less than […]