Archives » March 19th, 2008

Multifamily occupancies, rents generally up

The Colorado Division of Housing reported this week that overall occupancies fell in the fourth quarter and rents generally increased.
Colorado Springs showed a 10.8 percent vacancy rate, one of the highest in the state, the result of increased troop deployments in fourth quarter. Analysts see the fluctuation as typical of […]

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Billions added to Fannie, Freddie quells market fears

The Associated Press
NEW YORK (AP) _ Stocks wavered Wednesday as investors paused a day after the market’s huge rally and digested better-than-expected results at Morgan Stanley that eased concerns about the investment banking sector.
News that the government plans to free up billions of dollars at Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, […]

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IRS seeks applicants for advocacy panel

The Internal Revenue Service and the Department of the Treasury are seeking applicants for the Taxpayer Advocacy Panel.
The panel includes people from each state help guide IRS decisions.
Members facilitate taxpayer input and make recommendations to the IRS about customer-service issues.
To qualify as a panel member, applicants must be U.S. citizens […]

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Personal touch, Web make for weight loss

The best weight loss programs apparently combine personal counseling and Web-based journaling.
Results of a study printed in the Journal of the American Medical Association repots that the two factors are identified as the key to successful, long-term weight management.
The study, presented at the American Heart Association’s Nutrition, Physical […]

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