If the best that can be said about today’s housing market is that things appear to have gotten “less bad” in the first quarter, then there’s still some cause for optimism. At least, that was the message two economists, Mark Zandi of Moody’s Economy.com in West Chester and David Crowe of the National Association of Home Builders, conveyed yesterday during a gathering of more than 200 national builders for a three-day symposium on the over-55 housing market at the Marriott in Center City.
7 months ago • 0 notesPhiladelphia will invest $60 million in neighborhoods over the next six months as part of a strategy to grow businesses and create jobs, including the award Tuesday of $3.4 million in funding to businesses, and the launch of a small business loan guarantee program.
7 months ago • 0 notesAlaska Gov. Sarah Palin will sign bills accepting most of the federal stimulus funds available to the state, her spokeswoman said Tuesday. Palin initially said she would accept only about two-thirds of the $930 million available to Alaska.
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