11/22/2008
Surge in unemployment puts California's Inland Empire in tailspin (Los Angeles Times)
Ripples from the real estate bust spread, contributing to the highest jobless rate among the nation's large metro areas. Ken Leaverton sat quietly in the chilly lobby of the Workforce Employment Center in Riverside, still shocked he'd found himself on the front lines of the Inland Empire's ever-growing ranks of the unemployed.
MORE INFO
|
11/22/2008
Oklahoma's homes market remains solid — really (The Oklahoman)
Oklahoma City home values stayed firm in the third quarter despite the onslaught of bad national economic news, the lingering hangover from bad credit and generally bad feelings soaking housing markets from coast to coast.Only 28 of 152 metro areas tracked by the National Association of Realtors showed increases in median home prices — and the Oklahoma City area, again, was one of them, ...
MORE INFO
|
11/21/2008
Region's jobless rate hits 15-year high for month of October (The Journal News)
Joblessness in the Lower Hudson Valley reached the highest rate for the month of October in 15 years, yet the region had the best private-sector job growth among all 13 metro areas in New York, the state Labor Department said yesterday.
MORE INFO
|
11/19/2008
Economy - Tuesday (Investor's Business Daily via Yahoo! News)
Existing-home prices fell in 120 out of 152 U.S. metro areas in Q3, while 28 enjoyed gains and 4 were unchanged, the Nat'l Assoc. of Realtors said. Mounting foreclosures drove national prices off 9% to $200,500. Total existing-home sales, including single-family and condo, fell 7.7% to an annual rate of 5.04 mil in Q3. Distressed sales accounted for as many as 40% of all sales made.
MORE INFO
|
11/19/2008
Citysearch pulls a total overhaul (CNET)
The IAC-owned business reviews site has revamped its product to make social-networking features easier to use, as well as to focus on the "hyperlocal" rather than a few metro areas.
MORE INFO
|
11/18/2008
Median home prices fall in 120 U.S. metro areas in Q3 (San Jose Mercury News)
The National Association of Realtors says home prices fell in four out of five U.S. cities in the third quarter, the latest sign of how the U.S. housing market's decline is spreading throughout the country.
MORE INFO
|
11/19/2008
Median Home Prices Fall In Ohio (WCPO Cincinnati)
A trade group says home prices fell in Ohio's eight largest metro areas.
MORE INFO
|
11/22/2008
Home prices in California down 40 percent (Seattle Times)
Prices of homes in California are down more than 40 percent for their peak, dragged down by the large number of foreclosed homes on the market.
MORE INFO
|
11/19/2008
Median Home Prices Fall In Ohio (The Kentucky Post)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- A trade group says home prices fell in a record four out of five U.S. cities during the third quarter, including Ohio's eight largest metro areas.
MORE INFO
|
11/17/2008
In Texas, Obama scored big in metro areas; some counties flipped (Dallas Morning News)
AUSTIN – Texas has a split political personality, an urban-rural divide highlighted by the presidential race. Finding ways to close that voter gap will be a key to victory for either Democrats or Republicans preparing for the next round of statewide campaigns.
MORE INFO
|