Offering another reason to believe the housing industry – and economy as a whole – is strengthening, the NAHB/Wells Fargo Housing Opportunity Index reported that nationwide housing affordability has reached a record high. Based on households earning the...
Welcome to the Kleber & Associates blog! Here’s the latest on Why remodeling is seeing significant growth When Harvard issues a report, people listen. Last month, Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies issued a study entitled “A New...
Consumer spending increased in November for the fifth month in a row, according to Reuters. The article concludes that “with the economic outlook brightening, consumers’ mood is also perking up.” This follows on the heels of other positive economic...
Sales of existing homes rose 5.6% in November, according to articles in the Wall Street Journal and NPR online today. “Sales have now risen in three of the past four months,” writes Mark Memmott of NPR. The Wall Street Journal notes that “prices...
What a way to start December! Despite what industry naysayers have predicted… the market took a big turn for the better. Now, one week does not a stock market make, but consider the recent automotive and construction numbers, and how these have affected the home...
Generation Y, or the Boomer Babies, were born during the 1980s and into the 1990s. They are often described by previous generations as technology-dependent, attention-craving, underachievers. It is also thought by some that Gen-Y should help fix our economy by...
