Tag: Economy
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5 Business Value Concepts for the Professional Land Surveyor
Let’s start off with two sides of the value proposition, external and internal. External value is what you’re striving to provide your clients and the perceived value, in their minds, your clients receive from your services. Internal value is everything that improves and grows your professional land surveying company, which most of the time your…
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Recession Forces More Brits to Make Life-Changing Financial Decisions
A new survey from Selftrade reveals a marked shift is taking place in people’s attitudes to money – as major life changes during the recession in 2009 create a society intolerant to debt and less likely to trust others to manage their money. London (PRWeb UK) April 14, 2009 — With the economic slowdown forcing…
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April Interest Rate on SBA 504 Loans Declines to Record Low – 5.25%
The Small Business Administration’s (SBA) 504 loan program is currently providing long-term, fixed rate financing for commercial real estate at the lowest interest rate since the program’s inception. The SBA’s lending partners, Certified Development Companies (CDCs) are busy working with small business borrowers who are taking advantage of this record low interest rate to finally…
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French Property Market Update – April 2009
A moderate price reduction but no risk of a property crash The last market review published by the Fédération Nationale de l’Immobilier (FNAIM), which is the French National Federation of Real Estate Agents, confirmed the general trend with price reductions during the 1st quarter of 2009 but emphasise on the fact there is no risk…
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Mortgage Applications Increase in Latest MBA Weekly Survey
WASHINGTON, D.C. (April 8, 2009) — The Mortgage Bankers Association (MBA) today released its Weekly Mortgage Applications Survey for the week ending April 3, 2009. The Market Composite Index, a measure of mortgage loan application volume, was 1250.6, an increase of 4.7 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis from 1194.4 one week earlier. On an…
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Europe News-Buyer Interest in UK Property Market Increases for Fourth Month in a Row
Buyer interest in UK property market increases for fourth month in a row. Read this informative and interesting article about the UK housing market which indicates an improving housing market in the United Kingdom. Below is a small snippet of what would appear to be a sign of some economic recovery. “Buyer interest in the…
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Australian and New Zealand Housing Market Improving
RTTNews – Australian and New Zealand Housing Market Improving RTTNews reports economic improvements in the Australian and New Zealand Housing Markets. The first quoted material below relates to the Australian housing market and the second to the New Zealand housing market. Read the full story with the above link. “Data released by the Australian Bureau…
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NEWS RELEASE-Autodesk Reports Fourth Quarter And Full Year Fiscal 2009 Financial Results
Autodesk Reports Fourth Quarter And Full Year Fiscal 2009 Financial Results SAN RAFAEL, Calif., Feb. 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Autodesk, Inc. today reported revenue of $490 million for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2009, a decrease of 18 percent over the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008. GAAP diluted loss per share in the fourth quarter was…
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SURVEY – Has the Economy Hit Bottom?
Take the Professional Land Surveyor Survey Now! [poll id=”10″] The Here and Now The 64-thousand dollar question (or more likely trillion), is has the economy hit bottom? Everyone is playing a waiting game, holding their breath, waiting for the economy to bottom out so things can start getting better – it’s like trying to catch…
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SURVEY: Have There Been Layoffs or Reduced Work Hours at Your Company?
Lately I’ve been thinking about the current economic conditions and the record number of people who are now joined in the ranks of the unemployed. How are the Land Surveying, Engineering, Mapping, Architectural and GIS industries fairing? I imagine it’s getting ugly out there, but maybe it’s because when your in the forest, all you…
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PROFESSIONAL LAND SURVEYOR SURVEY: Is the 700-Billion Financial Rescue Plan the right solution for the economy?
Now that 700-Billion Financial Rescue Plan (not counting the added pork) has been approved, all the questions about this plan, and other plans suggested, will be answered with time. This is where the rubber hits the road and when we discover if the “Pundits” really know what they’re talking about. What do you think? [poll…