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Although many presume that the economy is on its way to recovery, experts at Northeast Ohio construction firm 620 Construction foresee that 2011 will be yet another challenging year for the construction industry. Essentially, these individuals anticipate that the industry will suffer from the lack of available financing.

The amount of financing available within the construction industry has diminished for a collection of reasons. First, accessible financing has lessened because of the general feeling toward commercial real estate among banks; that is, these establishments believe all commercial property to be “high risk,” and consequently, they abstain from financing commercial construction ventures. Although the federal government proclaims that it is encouraging banks to loan money to small companies, bank examiners are nevertheless making it extremely difficult for these organizations to loan such money. Some banks will not even evaluate commercial real estate projects before denying them credit.

Another reason for the reduction in financing available for commercial construction jobs is the reduced and/or eliminated lines of credit offered by banks for these sorts of ventures. In the past, lines of credit could be established so that a project could be begun before permanent financing was arranged. Now, permanent financing must be established before a construction project can start. This procedure causes sizeable delays in commercial construction projects.

A third and final reason that Medina construction specialists imagine that commercial construction tasks cannot acquire financing involves the appraisal system. Because the appraisal procedure is putting a greater emphasis on comparable sales in the marketplace and because recent sales have been under stress, average appraisals have been amounting to approximately 40-45% of the real cost of building jobs. Consequently, owners are either being forced to invest more cash or put up a reasonably greater amount of collateral. This is both retarding the ability for firms to expand and limiting the number of projects in the marketplace.

Ohio construction experts at 620 Construction advise that it now takes two to three times longer to evaluate a loan than it did three years ago. Therefore, the organization advises that any company hoping to expand should plan well in advance, regardless of that organization’s current financial position.

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We are often asked to make a call on how much further home prices have to correct. To do that, we study over 30 data elements on each market, talk to our clients in each market, and rely on qualitative feedback from our consultants who are regularly in the market as well as a top local market consultant.(Foreclosure Investing)

We have spent a lot of time and $$$ trying to perfect the formula to project prices, and so have others, and it just doesn’t work because there are too many criteria (do you know how to model the impact of loan mods, for example?).

Rolling up the data nationally, prices have corrected back to Q1 2003 and our best guess is that they’ll end up near 3Q 2002 prices, which is a 5% correction from here in the Case Shiller Index. However, look at the huge differences by market. In the following chart, we’ve taken median home prices for major metros and plotted them to the year when the current price was last achieved.

The biggest bubble markets like Phoenix, Las Vegas and Stockton have corrected back to 2000 to 2001 median prices. But many of those metros late to the downturn such as Seattle and Houston are still at 2006 prices and are likely to see more price erosion before stability returns.(Learn To Wholesale)

We are showing resale prices above. New home prices, net of incentives, have corrected more, and we have found that they serve as a great leading indicator because home builders react quickly to market conditions.

We are putting the finishing touches on our detailed Strategy & Forecast reports for 2011 for 20 MSAs, which we hope will help you buy the right land and build the best-selling homes. Please respond to this email if you want to be added to an interest list for more detailed information on pricing and specifics, or to talk to one of our local market experts.

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No business operates in a vacuum, and you can’t be productive or relevant if you don’t know what’s going on in the world around you. It is so important to know what’s going on in your industry and to keep up with the latest information. But there are so many of those news sites around. Well, you’re in the right place. Instead of reading hundreds of newspapers, blogs, and other information sources, you can have the news delivered right to you and keep track of it all. Look at these five ways to make sure that you are always in tune with the news:

Set Google Alerts

By now, you already know that Google pretty much controls the world in front of you on your computer. If you communicate to them what you are looking for, they will send the latest and greatest information directly to your e-mail. You could use this solution to spy on your closest competitors to see what they are up to. Get information on your most important keywords. Always make sure that you know when somebody is talking about you, as well! You can set the number of alerts as well as the delivery frequence, and all this is for free! Find out more at Alerts.Google.com. It’s most likely a great idea to make contact with a virtual assistant for support soon

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Alltop stands for “All the top stories.” Guy Kawasaki, who formerly worked for Apple, founded this site and you can pick and choose from a large number of different news sources to put together your own customized newspaper. You can even see what other people are reading and all at no-cost. Find out more at My.Alltop.com.

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The chances are that you have a number of different bookmarks on your browser. Many of these you may never actually have returned to. Fight the bookmark bulge by turning to this great system. Just allocate a special “read later” bookmark against any information that you are interested in. When you get a moment, log in using your iPod, iPhone or computer to check it out. This is all for free. Go to Instapaper.com for more information.

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Track all those great blogs in Google Reader. You will know when they are updated and get fresh content delivered to you, all consolidated together in one place, for nothing. It is so easy. Go to Google.com/reader It’s almost certainly a good notion for you to get in touch with a virtual assistant regarding assistance soon

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Their motto is “all you care about. Now.”Sounds good to me!~This sums it up well!} You can establish different dashboards which you can easily move between to see what’s going on by interest or project. By specifying a topic you get a new dashboard with tweets, conversations, videos, information and pictures, infinitely customizable. Establish one for your finances, for those sporting results, for a special project, or even for one of your crazy hobbies! Whatever you want, all for free! Find out more at Netvibes.com It’s most likely a good idea to speak to a virtual assistant regarding support soon

One word of advice: Don’t become obsessed by information. It’s great to spend time reading blogs, newspapers, and the like, but set a limit on your intake of information. There is definitely such a thing as information overload and if you’re not careful you will read so much that it will become very distracting and lead you to procrastinate so much that you won’t take any action. You shouldn’t need more than 30 minutes, maybe once or even twice a day to keep up with all of this and make sure you are in touch. Then stop and get back to work. That’s where the money is – in action, not in information acquisition.

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Lets not forget the people that are losing their homes. As investors we are always looking for a great deal, but never forget some deals come at a very high price and I don’t mean monetary wise. I’m not saying that you should not work out a great deal, just try to make it a win-win situation. The following is an article by Terry Savage a Sun-Times Columnist dated March 16, 2009.

The problem: The Thornton couple took out a home-improvement loan that was split into two parts. Now, they’ve fallen behind on both loans, and the house is in foreclosure — and they fear they might have to live out of their van.

Chris and Marcia Parker live in south suburban Thornton, a village surrounded by deep pit limestone quarries. The economic slowdown is evident there: With the local Citgo closed, you have to get gas at the 7-Eleven — and even that store has a “For Sale” sign in the window.

They live in a small brick home that Marcia’s father built in the 1950s. She grew up there, and the couple moved back home to care for her elderly mother. At the time, they took out a mortgage to pay for a new roof and new furnace. Their mortgage broker split the loan into two parts — a “piggyback” loan, which is a creative way to avoid paying the extra PMI insurance that protects the lender.

Their story is not one of greed or speculation. They had a small business, which failed, causing them to file bankruptcy. Then both got jobs with the same company, and were laid off at the same time last July. Recently, Chris found an auto sales job — straight commission. Marcia has sent resumes, scoured the Internet for job postings, but still brings in only part-time earnings.

Bottom line: They fell behind on their mortgages, both the first and second. They’ve had the house up for sale, and reduced the price — but no takers. After first making inquiry about a loan modification, they avoided their lender. The inevitable happened: They received a foreclosure notice with the date set for March 30. Today, they are living amid packing boxes, with nowhere to go.

Worst fear: Chris says they’ve looked to rent another place, but they are turned away by landlords when their credit report reveals a bankruptcy and foreclosure. They’re seriously thinking that they’ll have to live out of their van.

Ray of hope: Late last week, their primary lender, HSBC, talked with them about a forbearance program after determining the Parkers are serious about saving their home. There’s financial counseling to help them create a budget, and monthly payments they can afford. The foreclosure sale was delayed three months, and their situation will be reviewed again later in spring. It’s not a solution, but if Marcia can find work to help with the payments, they may retain the home.

Lesson learned: Don’t avoid your lender when problems arise, and don’t be intimidated by the first rejection. HSBC said, in a statement: “Under our foreclosure avoidance and account modification programs, in 2008, we modified approximately 92,500 loans with a dollar value of $13.5 billion.” And that was before the new administration’s foreclosure-prevention plan.

Terry Savage
savage@suntimes.com

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