As we continue to work through the health crisis that plagues this country, more and more conversations are turning to economic recovery. While we look for signs that we’ve reached a plateau in cases of COVID-19, the concern and fear of what will happen as businesses open up again is on all of our minds. This causes confusion about what an economic recovery will look like. With this in mind, it’s important to understand how economists are using three types of sciences to formulate their forecasts and to work toward clearer answers.

Business Science – How has the economy rebounded from similar slowdowns in the past?
Health Science – When will COVID-19 be under control? Will there be another flareup of the virus this fall?
People Science – After businesses are fully operational, how long will it take American consumers to return to normal consumption patterns? (Ex: going to the movies, attending a sporting event, or f ...

Why the Housing Market Is a Powerful Economic Driver


With businesses starting to slowly open back up again in some parts of the country, it’s important to understand how housing can have a major impact on the recovery of the U.S. economy. As we’ve mentioned before, buying a home is a driving financial force in this process. Today, many analysts believe one of the first things we’ll be able to safely bring back is the home building sector, creating more jobs and impacting local neighborhoods in a big way. According to Robert Dietz in The Eye on Housing:

 “The pace of new home sales will post significant declines during the second quarter due to the impacts of higher unemployment and shutdown effects of much of the U.S. economy, including elements of the real estate sector in certain markets. However, given the momentum housing construction held at the start of 2020, the housing industry will help lead the economy in the eventual recove ...

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Dear Pam:
 
Donna and I want to express to you our deepest appreciation for both the selling of our home and the buying of another.  Your excellent crew of professionals were A-1 in every way.  I want to commend Vickie for her expertise/knowledge, her availability to help us through each step of the sale and her professionalism.  To put everything together in order to close in such a hurried, short period of time was something I don’t think too many real estate companies could have done.  All with very little stress, at least on our part.  Along with Vickie’s help, Mike was always there to make sure there were no glitches and that all went smoothly.  And with all the potential for failure all went through perfectly!
 
Then after the close, Mike made us feel like we were his only client.  He was so helpful in every way as we looked at numerous homes on a number of occasions.  Mike w. ...