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National Home Prices Double Dip
Bank owned home sales comprise 34.5 percent of the market. Nationwide, home prices have fallen 11.5 percent in the past 9 months. The housing recession is completely government created, due to saturating the market with “sub-prime” mortgages. Now, big government [...]
Housing Crash goes from Bad to Worse
I keep hoping, as so many of us do, that the economy is getting better. The news relative to housing is bad. “New data just out from Zillow, the real-estate information company, show house prices are falling at their fastest [...]
Surveyors prominently featured in Zurich Panama Canal ad
I love the way the surveyors feature so prominently in this commercial showing Panama Canal construction. That's Leica equipment. I know -- I'm easily amused. Forgive me, surveyors don't get much media play. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DyT6E04Owo[/youtube]
Automation got you down? Improvise, adapt & overcome!
Automation and/or new technology always seems to be putting someone out of a job – at least that has been a common complaint since the Luddites of England smashed the infernal machines which threatened their livelihoods. The reality is, however, [...]
AmeriSurv Editor says “Things are finally looking up.”
Amerisurv: Good news for a change...Recent reports about the construction economy have been encouraging. I follow the information provided by the Associated Builders & Contractors, and their most recent assessment states that, although the last part of the economy to [...]
2011 ALTA/ACSM Land Title Survey Standards Released
The new 2011 Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for ALTA/ACSM Land Title Surveys will be effective on February 23, 2011. The 2011 Minimum Standards represent the latest and 8th version of the Standards which were last revised in 2005. It is [...]
Housing Prices to Fall Further
"[T]he Case-Shiller Index showed prices dropped four times greater than expected: “The biggest year-over-year decline since December 2009,” according to the group. This caused many of those observers to confirm the worse than expected result."
Merry Christmas!
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Preliminary Survey for T. Everette
Preliminary survey for Emory Road at Roberts Road. For client review (UPDATED). Please note that a health department inspection of the existing drainfield is necessary. Call the Knox County Health Department at 215-5200 to schedule an inspection. The preliminary survey [...]
Grubba
For various reasons Microsoft Access was getting to be a bit of a pain for our shared database management. The biggest reason is needing to have a licensed copy for each user. I began searching for other options. I first [...]
Using Animals to Hurt People
These type of incidents are happening all over the country. Animals are being used as weapons to attack people, ruin their livelihoods, shut down their businesses, turn off their water, and condemn their property. How is it that humans are [...]
Housing market dire
David Rosenberg has a series of charts illustrating the dire condition of the housing market. Our economy is very sick, despite propagandist media predilections to the contrary. I fear for the future of my business, my son, and my country. [...]
Eminent Domain, by any other name… still stinks
Via The Daily Caller Imagine you come home from work one day to a notice on your front door that you have 45 days to demolish your house, or the city will do it for you. Oh, and you’re paying [...]
The Great Outdoors Land Grab Initiative
Have you heard of the "Great Outdoors Initiative"? Chances are, you haven't. But across the country, White House officials have been meeting quietly with environmental groups to map out government plans for acquiring untold millions of acres of both public [...]
Survey Affidavit Of No Change
At real estate closings, it has become prevailing practice for sellers to sign, and buyers to accept a "Survey Affidavit Of No Change." This practice may saddle both buyer and seller with more liability than they realize. The practice transfers [...]