Just as the new-home construction sector appears to be strengthening, some homebuilders here worry that they'll face a shortage of land to build on in coming years, when a recession-related bottleneck in lot development could constrict market each
Once troubled waters surrounding the Inland Northwest waterfront real estate market have calmed, and current sales data suggests consistency has returned to that high-profile niche market.Realtors who market property say they're witnessing an in
Since the mid-1980s, unrestrained household spending has damaged American family finances, despite the fact that globalization and technological change have caused consumer prices to fall widely, asserts a sociologist at Queens College in New York
Early summer increase is typical, though more pronounced this year
August 15, 2013
The June Mortgage Monitor report released earlier this month by Jacksonville, Fla.-based Lender Processing Services found a nearly 10 percent spike in the national delinquency rate in a month-to-month comparison. The company's mortgage report in
A new report co-authored by Vanderbilt University health policy expert Dr. John Graves, assistant professor of preventive medicine, has found that as many as a quarter of people eligible for subsidized health insurance under the Affordable Care Act
In 2002, the federal government mandated that corporate boards of directors include at least one audit committee financial expert to help avert future accounting scandals. The title and description of that position, however, might have an on of
A student investment club formed at Whitworth University north of Spokane in April 2012 got its feet wet during the last school year and will become more fully immersed in the world of stock trading when the new academic year begins this club, the
With the second-quarter corporate earnings season nearly over, new research from theStanford University Graduate School of Businessexamines the usefulness of financial statement and market data for investors who want to ascertain the likelihood 1
Spokane Valley-based Numerica Credit Union plans this fall to open a downtown Spokane branch in a 3,000-square-foot space on the ground floor of the former First National Bank Building, at 502 W. Riverside. The credit union plans to employ six at
Washington Federal Inc.'s acquisition of 51 Bank of America branches will give the Seattle-based bank a presence in the Inland Northwest for the first time in its 96-year history.After it takes ownership of branches in small markets in Eastern a