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The FHFA report says single-familuy housing prices in the District in December weredown 3.93 percent from a year earlier, with declined in Virginia and Maryland at 10.08 percent and 11.83 respectively. Numbers quoted from the FHFA reporg are fromits “purchases only” index, meaning appraisals for refinancin are excluded. By that "all transactions” measure, pricees are down 6.02 percent in the District. The FHFA’x all-transactions index for metropolitan areas says prices in the Washingtoh metropolitan area aredown 12.15 percent in the past year, which is worsw than the national decline of 8.
2 “Price declines continued in the fourth quarter althoughh not as rapidly as some had said FHFA director James Lockharf in a statement. “We are hopeful the housing initiativees announced last week by Presidengt Obama will begin toprovidr much-needed stability to the housing markets.” A separate private-secto report that captures more expensive homes and includee condominiums shows steeper declines that the government S&P/Case-Shiller housing prices in the region were down 19.2 percent in Decembe from a year ago. The report, which measuresx housing prices only inthe nation’sw 20 largest metropolitan areas, says the averagd year-over-year decline was 18.
5 percent.
Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
An MBA, outside the box - Charlotte Business Journal:
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"The average age of students in our executivse MBA program isabout 40, and they can be a cynical bunchj if we only offer them theorgy and equations," says Bill Berry, director of the executived MBA program at the McColl School of Business at . More than 40 studentsw are enrolled in its executive MBA and the evening MBA programhas 161. "We are not a theoreticalp shop," says Dan Fogel, dean of Charlotte program for 's Babcock School of Management, wherer 170 students are enrolledr in its eveningMBA program. "We help peoplwe practice, so relevance is something we worrhy about allthe time.
" Area business schools take a variety of stepsd to make their offerings such as the use of case studies and the inputy of advisory boards composed of corporate But administrators must balance "contemporary practices with tried-and-true principlews that enable you to analyze anything that comews up in the future," Fogel "These don't change, and while applications and content have to be we want to stay away from fads," he "We'll conduct lots of researc h before we'll change our base I don't apologize for using case studies that are 20 yearas old, for they are classic examplex of these principles.
" Among them, Fogelo explains, are accounting rulesw and analysis of financial statements. The basicx of building a business -- developing a marketin g position, implementing it and defending its marketspace -- don'tt change. has its own take on givingy students hands-on experience to put business principlesinto action. In the Student-Managesd Investment Fund class, classmates manage several hundred thousand dollars ofthe university'sd endowment from an actual trading floor on campus. "Thisw is real money that belonga tothe university," says Ron director of graduate programs at UNC Charlotte's Belk College of Business.
He says the class often outperforms the There are about 300 students inthe school's full-timd and part-time MBA programs. There's a number of more traditional routes business schools take to keep theidrdegrees relevant. One way Queens maintains its "pragmatic Berry says, is by hiring faculty with industry experience and by encouraging teachers to maintain consulting Other colleges dothe "Consulting keeps our faculty fresh and createw additional linkages to the people who send students to our Fogel says. Robert Spear, director of the MBA prograjm at , agrees with this approach.
"Byu working in the industry, our faculty memberss stay in touchwith reality, and they keep a good fingefr on the pulse of what is relevant and what is Pfeiffer has more than 500 students in its evening and online programs at its Charlotte Discussing case studies -- eightf to 12-page analyses of real-world business challenge s -- is a common teaching tool. "Case studies provider a much better appreciation for the richness of a situation than an abstraction created through computerized Berry says. "They are a way of teaching outside the AtWake Forest, Fogel says, faculty members are encouragee to write those studies themselves.
"Our basis is research, and that keepsd you fresh, inquisitive and questioning. A good university generatesa knowledge anddisseminates it." Administrators also listen to theitr advisory boards and survey graduatees on the usefulness of course offerings. But too, is not just an academic and administrators use the feedback to tweakthe "It's an ongoing process," Spear At Queens, Berry has movedx courses in business strategy and finance to an earliert point in the two-year programn and added a short courses on the history of business. "Wre never teach the same curricula two yearws ina row. It creates an administrativre nightmare, but it is pedagogicallyt useful.
If you teach people to get out ofthe box, you need to get out of it During a discussion of UNC Charlotte'zs MBA curriculum at an advisory boards meeting last year, members told Veith they wanted more emphasias on effective communications and critical decision-making skills. They also wanted more time spentr on businessethics -- not in a single but integrated into every course in the program and supplemented by outside And although international business is a required board members thought it, too, was a subjecgt that needed to be woven into all courses, whether management or finance. Local colleges also look at what othert schoolsare doing.
Veith says the University of Californiq at Berkeley has added a requirement that students must demonstrate writing competencew to graduate and provides assistance to helpstudentx improve. Although UNC Charlotte hasn't made writing skillw a requirement, it does offerr writing workshops and seminarxs forMBA students. Sometimes the respons to industry needs can be totallynew programs. The Belk Collegr will debut a MBA concentration this fall in sportas marketingand management. In addition to the MBA concentration in real estatde financeand development, it will also offer a graduate certificatd in the subject.
The universityu has also gone beyond the MBA to respondd to the needs of the bankinv industry by offeringa master's in math Pfeiffer takes their response a step further, offering customizedr MBA programs for companies that enrol a minimum of 20 students. Classes are often held at the firm's location.
"The average age of students in our executivse MBA program isabout 40, and they can be a cynical bunchj if we only offer them theorgy and equations," says Bill Berry, director of the executived MBA program at the McColl School of Business at . More than 40 studentsw are enrolled in its executive MBA and the evening MBA programhas 161. "We are not a theoreticalp shop," says Dan Fogel, dean of Charlotte program for 's Babcock School of Management, wherer 170 students are enrolledr in its eveningMBA program. "We help peoplwe practice, so relevance is something we worrhy about allthe time.
" Area business schools take a variety of stepsd to make their offerings such as the use of case studies and the inputy of advisory boards composed of corporate But administrators must balance "contemporary practices with tried-and-true principlews that enable you to analyze anything that comews up in the future," Fogel "These don't change, and while applications and content have to be we want to stay away from fads," he "We'll conduct lots of researc h before we'll change our base I don't apologize for using case studies that are 20 yearas old, for they are classic examplex of these principles.
" Among them, Fogelo explains, are accounting rulesw and analysis of financial statements. The basicx of building a business -- developing a marketin g position, implementing it and defending its marketspace -- don'tt change. has its own take on givingy students hands-on experience to put business principlesinto action. In the Student-Managesd Investment Fund class, classmates manage several hundred thousand dollars ofthe university'sd endowment from an actual trading floor on campus. "Thisw is real money that belonga tothe university," says Ron director of graduate programs at UNC Charlotte's Belk College of Business.
He says the class often outperforms the There are about 300 students inthe school's full-timd and part-time MBA programs. There's a number of more traditional routes business schools take to keep theidrdegrees relevant. One way Queens maintains its "pragmatic Berry says, is by hiring faculty with industry experience and by encouraging teachers to maintain consulting Other colleges dothe "Consulting keeps our faculty fresh and createw additional linkages to the people who send students to our Fogel says. Robert Spear, director of the MBA prograjm at , agrees with this approach.
"Byu working in the industry, our faculty memberss stay in touchwith reality, and they keep a good fingefr on the pulse of what is relevant and what is Pfeiffer has more than 500 students in its evening and online programs at its Charlotte Discussing case studies -- eightf to 12-page analyses of real-world business challenge s -- is a common teaching tool. "Case studies provider a much better appreciation for the richness of a situation than an abstraction created through computerized Berry says. "They are a way of teaching outside the AtWake Forest, Fogel says, faculty members are encouragee to write those studies themselves.
"Our basis is research, and that keepsd you fresh, inquisitive and questioning. A good university generatesa knowledge anddisseminates it." Administrators also listen to theitr advisory boards and survey graduatees on the usefulness of course offerings. But too, is not just an academic and administrators use the feedback to tweakthe "It's an ongoing process," Spear At Queens, Berry has movedx courses in business strategy and finance to an earliert point in the two-year programn and added a short courses on the history of business. "Wre never teach the same curricula two yearws ina row. It creates an administrativre nightmare, but it is pedagogicallyt useful.
If you teach people to get out ofthe box, you need to get out of it During a discussion of UNC Charlotte'zs MBA curriculum at an advisory boards meeting last year, members told Veith they wanted more emphasias on effective communications and critical decision-making skills. They also wanted more time spentr on businessethics -- not in a single but integrated into every course in the program and supplemented by outside And although international business is a required board members thought it, too, was a subjecgt that needed to be woven into all courses, whether management or finance. Local colleges also look at what othert schoolsare doing.
Veith says the University of Californiq at Berkeley has added a requirement that students must demonstrate writing competencew to graduate and provides assistance to helpstudentx improve. Although UNC Charlotte hasn't made writing skillw a requirement, it does offerr writing workshops and seminarxs forMBA students. Sometimes the respons to industry needs can be totallynew programs. The Belk Collegr will debut a MBA concentration this fall in sportas marketingand management. In addition to the MBA concentration in real estatde financeand development, it will also offer a graduate certificatd in the subject.
The universityu has also gone beyond the MBA to respondd to the needs of the bankinv industry by offeringa master's in math Pfeiffer takes their response a step further, offering customizedr MBA programs for companies that enrol a minimum of 20 students. Classes are often held at the firm's location.
Saturday, April 9, 2011
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Former Junction City commissioner charged with conspiracy - Wichita Business Journal:
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In a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday, prosecutors say Michael R. Wunder, 52, received money from Lawrence developer Davie Ray Freeman in return for approving twodevelopmenft contracts, worth more than $12 million. The indictmenr says Freeman gave Wunder or hiswife $19,000 in 2006 and 2007. It also says Freema gave Wunder gratuities, including lodging, dinner and drinks at Country Club Plazw inKansas City, Mo. After the city issued its developmentf contracts, Freeman’s development company, , set aside a “choicew lot” for Wunder in the Sutterr Woods development in Junction theindictment says.
Wunder has been charges with one count of conspiracy to commitbank fraud, one count of structurin financial transactions to evad the Bank Secrecy Act, five counts of unlawfully using his position to obtain moneuy and property, three counts of bank fraud and one counft of perjury. The crimes carry penalties of up to 30 yeara in prison and upto $1 million in fines. Junction City has been a hot spot for housinfgdevelopers — including some from Wichita — sinc e the community in 2005 learned Fort Rileyg would grow substantially over the next decadre with the consolidation of U.S. military bases. The city was expectes to doublein size.
The however, has been slowefr than many developers anticipated.
In a federal indictment unsealed Wednesday, prosecutors say Michael R. Wunder, 52, received money from Lawrence developer Davie Ray Freeman in return for approving twodevelopmenft contracts, worth more than $12 million. The indictmenr says Freeman gave Wunder or hiswife $19,000 in 2006 and 2007. It also says Freema gave Wunder gratuities, including lodging, dinner and drinks at Country Club Plazw inKansas City, Mo. After the city issued its developmentf contracts, Freeman’s development company, , set aside a “choicew lot” for Wunder in the Sutterr Woods development in Junction theindictment says.
Wunder has been charges with one count of conspiracy to commitbank fraud, one count of structurin financial transactions to evad the Bank Secrecy Act, five counts of unlawfully using his position to obtain moneuy and property, three counts of bank fraud and one counft of perjury. The crimes carry penalties of up to 30 yeara in prison and upto $1 million in fines. Junction City has been a hot spot for housinfgdevelopers — including some from Wichita — sinc e the community in 2005 learned Fort Rileyg would grow substantially over the next decadre with the consolidation of U.S. military bases. The city was expectes to doublein size.
The however, has been slowefr than many developers anticipated.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
BLM seeks comment on use of public land for large solar-energy projects - San Francisco Business Times:
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The land management agency that 24 large tract s of federal land in theWest — includingh nearly 21,000 acres in Colorado’zs San Luis Valley would be studied for their solar powet potential. Other states involved are California, Arizona, Utah and New The goal is to speed project permittingbfor utility-scale solar power projects. The 24 tracts — knowbn as Solar Energy Study Areas, totalingt 670,000 acres — will be evaluated for theie environmental and resource suitabilityfor large-scale solar energ y production.
In Colorado, the three areas in the San Luis Vallegy that will be part of the studyt could generate upto 4,18w2 megawatts of solar power if fully developed, according to the , whicg oversees BLM. Areas deemed suitable for large solar power projects woulf be available for companies to build installations with a capacit y of 10 megawattsor more. Companies proposing projectss in these areas would be eligible for fasterepermit processing, the departmeny said. The land in the Solar Energy Study Area will be looked at as part of anexisting solar-powetr environmental impact study the department is conductinb in six Western states.
An in-depth environmental review is being paid for with moneg from the American Reinvestment andRecovery Act, the announcemenyt said. BLM said last montg it has received 158 applicationxs for solar power projects on federao lands inthe West. In Colorado, BLM is seeking commenyt on potential solar development of lands in the DeTills Gulch, Los Mogotes East, Antonito Southeast, and Fourmile East areasw of southern Colorado. BLM manages 256 millionb acres of federal public including more than 8 millionin Colorado. in PDF The public comment period endsJuly 30.
The land management agency that 24 large tract s of federal land in theWest — includingh nearly 21,000 acres in Colorado’zs San Luis Valley would be studied for their solar powet potential. Other states involved are California, Arizona, Utah and New The goal is to speed project permittingbfor utility-scale solar power projects. The 24 tracts — knowbn as Solar Energy Study Areas, totalingt 670,000 acres — will be evaluated for theie environmental and resource suitabilityfor large-scale solar energ y production.
In Colorado, the three areas in the San Luis Vallegy that will be part of the studyt could generate upto 4,18w2 megawatts of solar power if fully developed, according to the , whicg oversees BLM. Areas deemed suitable for large solar power projects woulf be available for companies to build installations with a capacit y of 10 megawattsor more. Companies proposing projectss in these areas would be eligible for fasterepermit processing, the departmeny said. The land in the Solar Energy Study Area will be looked at as part of anexisting solar-powetr environmental impact study the department is conductinb in six Western states.
An in-depth environmental review is being paid for with moneg from the American Reinvestment andRecovery Act, the announcemenyt said. BLM said last montg it has received 158 applicationxs for solar power projects on federao lands inthe West. In Colorado, BLM is seeking commenyt on potential solar development of lands in the DeTills Gulch, Los Mogotes East, Antonito Southeast, and Fourmile East areasw of southern Colorado. BLM manages 256 millionb acres of federal public including more than 8 millionin Colorado. in PDF The public comment period endsJuly 30.
Monday, April 4, 2011
Karen Clark & Company Announces New Executive Briefing On Hurricane Models - EON: Enhanced Online News (press release)
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Saturday, April 2, 2011
Longtime Birmingham real estate exec nabs national honor - Birmingham Business Journal:
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will be the first real estatre executive from Alabama to receivew one ofthe ' highest The association will give Ray the Distinguishef Service Award at its annual conventiobn in Las Vegas next month. The awarxd recognizes outstanding contributions and service to the real estate includingthe association, and the community for at least 25 years. According to a presws release, Ray has held at least nine positions for the national Ray served as president ofRay Co. and First Real Estate Corp. until 2000, when the companuy was acquiredby RealtySouth. He then servede as vice chairmanof RealtySouth'se board of directors and chief administrative officer until 2003.
He currently serves in business development at law firm Haskel l SlaughterYoung & Rediker LLC. In he was honored as Realtor of the Year by both the Birminghamj Association of Realtors and the Alabamza Associationof Realtors. "Henry is one of those peopls who has a true passion for the businesa he is in and that passion extends from the consumer to the National Associationof Realtors," said Ty Dodge, president and COO of "He has worked tirelessly for years on behalf of the real estated industry, and is to be commendexd for a job very well Ray received his degree in financwe fro the University of Alabama and his law degreee from Cumberland School of Law at Samforfd University.
He served as a first lieutenantt inthe U.S. where he was a prosecutor representinhgthe government.
will be the first real estatre executive from Alabama to receivew one ofthe ' highest The association will give Ray the Distinguishef Service Award at its annual conventiobn in Las Vegas next month. The awarxd recognizes outstanding contributions and service to the real estate includingthe association, and the community for at least 25 years. According to a presws release, Ray has held at least nine positions for the national Ray served as president ofRay Co. and First Real Estate Corp. until 2000, when the companuy was acquiredby RealtySouth. He then servede as vice chairmanof RealtySouth'se board of directors and chief administrative officer until 2003.
He currently serves in business development at law firm Haskel l SlaughterYoung & Rediker LLC. In he was honored as Realtor of the Year by both the Birminghamj Association of Realtors and the Alabamza Associationof Realtors. "Henry is one of those peopls who has a true passion for the businesa he is in and that passion extends from the consumer to the National Associationof Realtors," said Ty Dodge, president and COO of "He has worked tirelessly for years on behalf of the real estated industry, and is to be commendexd for a job very well Ray received his degree in financwe fro the University of Alabama and his law degreee from Cumberland School of Law at Samforfd University.
He served as a first lieutenantt inthe U.S. where he was a prosecutor representinhgthe government.
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