Ingram's Magazine: March 2013
Home prices have stabilized, housing inventories are shrinking, and interest rates—for now—are near all-time lows. If you haven’t already, it’s time to ask yourself: How do you position yourself to get the best mortgage interest rates and the most favorable…
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For the past decade, commercial realty professionals have lived in a world that is positively Dickensian—the best of times, and the worst of times. Until 2007, it was difficult to lose money in commercial real estate (CRE) and financing was…
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To an outsider, that may sound like a recipe for a statewide identity crisis. To any-one who understands the people, companies and institutions that define the Show-Me State, it’s a formulation for success—a combination of two equally valid ways of…
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Wayne Carter runs through a mental checklist of the life-sciences, research and commercialization assets at work in the Kansas City area and comes to this conclusion: “We are at an inflection point where we’re beginning to bring asset together and…
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Last fall, the nation witnessed a presidential election featuring these two views on innovation: The challenger called it key to economic growth and job creation, increasingly important to American competitiveness in the global economy; the incumbent declared that America’s economic…
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For starters, builders and realty professionals just finished their best year since pre-recession 2007. The trend is fueled by a combination of basic economic factors including supply, demand and cost. “As recovery gains its footing … prices should continue to…
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