by countyproperties | Feb 17, 2012 | Finance, Latest News
Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said community banks are improving. The long maligned sector has accounted for a majority of bank failures since the 2008 financial crisis. Of the 392 bank failures between January 2008 and September 2011, 326 were community...
by countyproperties | Feb 12, 2012 | Finance, Latest News
The economy added 243,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%, its lowest level since February 2009. The Labor Department said large gains in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and manufacturing jobs drove the gains, which...
by countyproperties | Feb 4, 2012 | Finance
The economy added 243,000 jobs in January and the unemployment rate fell to 8.3%, its lowest level since February 2009. The Labor Department said large gains in professional and business services, leisure and hospitality, and manufacturing jobs drove the gains, which...
by countyproperties | Jan 21, 2012 | Finance, Latest News, Real Estate news
Interest rates are the lowest in decades, enticing many borrowers to shop for a loan. Mortgage lenders adjust their rates based on perceptions of risk, so unless the borrower can show they’re a low-risk individual, the borrower is unlikely to qualify for a rate...
by countyproperties | Jan 21, 2012 | Finance, Latest News
Recent news on December job creation showed that 200,000 non-farm jobs were added in December 2011. Including December’s data, the economy is nearly one-third of the way to recovering the 8.8 million jobs that were lost during the recession (we’ve gained...
by countyproperties | Jan 7, 2012 | Finance, Latest News, Real Estate news, San Diego Foreclosure news, San Diego Investment Properties, San Diego Real Estate, San Diego Short Sales
Just as in 2011, in 2012 many will be trying to figure out where housing is headed. While the housing market didn’t worsen in 2011, it also didn’t stabilize either. This year, the story will be about local markets. While many housing markets rose and fell...
