POWER BROKER Report Archives

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Consumer Confidence Index Declined The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® decreased in December, following a modest improvement in November. The Index now stands at 122.1 (1985=100), down from 128.6 in November. The Present Situation Index increased from 154.9 to 156.6, while the Expectations Index...	2017-12-27
Consumer Confidence Increased Marginally in July The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® increased marginally in July, following a modest decline in June. The Index now stands at 127.4 (1985=100), up from 127.1 in June. The Present Situation Index improved from 161.7 to 165.9, while the Expectations Index...	2018-07-31
Consumer Confidence in March Missteps Consumer confidence fell in March, according to an industry measure. The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index® for March posted a 124.1 reading, a decrease from 131.4 in February. The Expectations reading, which assesses attitudes on business, employment and...	2019-03-29
Construction in February Hit by Red Tape and Weather Builders were challenged in February by ongoing pressures and unfavorable weather. According to the Commerce Department, builders churned out a disappointing 1.16 million housing starts, down 8.7 percent from January—which posted a windfall—and 9.9 percent...	2019-03-29
Construction Imbalances to Inform Market in Next 10 Years In 2018, 1.2 million households materialized. In the same time, builders completed 1.18 million units, and initiated 1.2 million starts. Close-but-not-quite-enough construction is the determining factor for the future of housing, according to Harvard University's recently...	2019-06-27
Construction Execs See Market Shifting into Recovery Mode According to a survey of construction executives in a recent issue of Engineering News-Record (ENR) magazine and on ENR.com, the construction industry has indeed begun its recovery and 2013 is expected to show meaningful gains in what has been a sluggish industry. The ENR Construction...	2013-04-01
Confronting Inventory Shortage, Brokers Get Creative...and a Little Aggressive With the current shortage of inventory across the nation, many real estate brokers are facing a challenge they haven’t dealt with in a long time. In today’s market, it’s no longer about getting buyers to buy—it’s about getting homes on the market in the...	2013-05-05
Confidence in American Dream Eroding but Financial Satisfaction on the Rise Though the U.S. economy is showing signs of recovery, Americans' belief in the American Dream remains deeply shaken. Of the older millennials (ages 25 – 32) surveyed in a recent study from MassMutual, half feel the American Dream is disappearing completely. Forty-five percent...	2014-01-22
Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index Improved in March The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Index®, which had decreased in February, improved in March. The Index now stands at 96.2 (1985=100), up from 94.0 in February. The Present Situation Index declined moderately from 115.0 to 113.5, while the Expectations Index increased from...	2016-03-30
Compensation Steadily Rises for Corporate Real Estate Professionals In a recent survey of corporate real estate executives at corporations around the globe, 81 percent reported that their base salary increased from 2015 to 2016 by an average of 4.6 percent. In addition, 75 percent projected further increases in 2017, according to a survey conducted by...	2017-01-26
Commercial Real Estate Pros Share Positive Outlook on Local Economy The new Business Creation Index (BCI) was launched by the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® (NAR) to monitor local economic conditions from the perspective of NAR’s commercial members. The quarterly report offers insight from commercial real estate professionals into whether...	2016-12-27
Commercial Real Estate Execs More Confident, Although "Headwinds" Remain U.S. commercial real estate markets continue their gradual recovery from recession — as reflected by improving fundamentals, transaction volumes and capital flows (especially in non-"gateway" markets) — and will likely remain on a modestly upward trajectory over...	2014-02-24
Commercial Real Estate Conditions Remain Strong, yet Outlook Softens amid Risks Amid continued strengthening in commercial real estate markets — attributable to broader economic improvement and strong capital availability — The Real Estate Roundtable's latest quarterly "Sentiment Index" dipped slightly in the first quarter as survey...	2015-02-25
Commentary: Why Being All-In Is Critical to Your Team and Business As leaders, we expect our teams to buy into the vision and goals we’ve set for our business. We want them to not only commit to their roles, but also commit to improving themselves and the company as well. But what about us? Do we demand the same from ourselves? Teams...	2015-10-29
Coming to America: More People Moved to U.S. from International Locations in 2013 The United States experienced an influx of people from international locations in 2013, with more household goods moves made to the U.S in 2013 than moves from the U.S., according to the International Migration Study recently released by UniGroup Relocation. The U.K. is the top...	2014-01-21
Co-opetition: The Morphing Role of Movers There have always been trucks. Before relocation became an alphabet soup of RMCs, DSPs, HSA and CRPs, movers served the fundamental need of mobility: “Get my stuff to my new home.” It’s complex, sensitive and unglamorous work in a highly competitive industry. Movers...	2017-03-29
Cloud Security Both a Benefit and Cause for Concern for Many Enterprises Medium and large enterprises in the U.S. have mixed feelings about cloud infrastructure security, according to a new survey conducted by Clutch, a leading B2B research firm. While 22 percent of enterprises ranked security the number one cloud computing benefit, 31 percent also...	2016-03-03
Climbing the Ladder at a Family Real Estate Business: The Rungs are No Closer Together If you think getting along with coworkers is hard, or if getting along with your family is a challenge, imagine if your coworkers were your brothers and sisters, and your boss was your mom. Or your dad. Or even your grandmother. While for some this sounds harrowing, for many...	2014-11-19
Clash of the Titans? Looming Mobility Industry Consolidation Just in time to catch the usual seasonal wave of relocation volume, the courtships among buyers and sellers of mobility companies is heating up. Some owners are primping up their dowdy offspring to attract the best of suitors and dowries. Others are banking on unsolicited outside...	2015-03-26
Chris Trapani: Focused on Experience When Chris Trapani, founder and CEO of Sereno Group Real Estate, graduated from Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo in 1990, he immediately went to work in the real estate business as an agent and had the opportunity to experience a number of different roles in the industry over his first 16...	2016-11-28

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