Americans are feeling less discouraged about the housing market, according to a new national survey by FindLaw.com. The percentage of Americans who say they are sitting on the sidelines rather than considering buying a house has dropped by more than half in the past two years. In 2010, 63% of Americans said they were less… [Read More]
Approaching the Fiscal Cliff….
Now that the elections are over, one of the biggest questions facing our economy is what will happen as we approach the “Fiscal Cliff.” Read on to learn what this is about-and what it could mean for home loan rates. Last week, President Obama was re-elected to a second term in office and the market’s… [Read More]
How Economic Factors Effect Home Buyers
A tale of three stories. That’s a great way to describe last weeks news, as a string of positive economic reports, news out of Europe, and hints that inflation is heating up all worked together to impact Bonds and home loan rates. Here are the details! There was a double dose of good news on the… [Read More]
Land is Key to Oregon’s Economic Growth
Source: The Oregon Prosperity Project Another Piece of Our Economic Puzzle Severe Lack of Available Land Will Restrict Oregon Job Creation “Our dwindling inventory of available industrial lands is making it difficult to respond to companies interested in expanding their operations into Oregon. We need to find strategies to make potential sites shovel ready so we… [Read More]
