New Year Economic Outlook

Welcome to the Kleber & Associates blog! Here’s the latest on the New Year Economic Outlook As we look forward to another mutually successful year, I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for being a valued reader of our blog, newsletter and...

Extended Family Living: What’s Old is New in American Living

Here’s the latest on Extended Family Living: What’s Old is New in American Living As the economy still looks to recover from the recession and the housing market continues to be deflated, more and more families are looking to save money by living in...

Year End Economic Outlook

December began with the stock market’s best performance in almost three years.   The unemployment rate fell to a 2 ½ year low, while the number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes surged to the highest level in a year. Homebuilders are now...

Has Housing Finally Bottomed?

Welcome to the Kleber & Associates blog! Has Housing Finally Bottomed? Here’s the latest. Nov 2011 For the last five years, below-trend new home supply has likely more than compensated for the prior six-year bubble of overbuilding.  Why so...

Better Design for Small Spaces

In case you missed it, I had the pleasure of hosting a webinar last month with Leah Thayer of Daily 5 Remodel on the small-spaces trend for homes that has swept the nation. The trend toward larger homes in the U.S. stopped abruptly in 2007, and the resulting trend...

Overstuffed: Is less really more?

It seems the more you have, the more you need. What if Americans traded in all of their “somethings” for nearly nothing? The recent “extreme-downsizing” trend is becoming a tempting challenge for many, and – as their piles of possessions...