CSBJ Daily

The National Association of Realtors reported this morning that pending home sales rose 7.4 percent from July to August, an unexpected piece of positive news for the nation’s battered housing market.

The group said its seasonally adjusted index of pending sales for existing homes rose from a revised July reading of 87 to 93.4. The reading […]

Greater Colorado Springs Chamber of Commerce Military Affairs Division President Brian Binn will now also lead Business Affairs Division.
Vice President of Events Jenifer Furda and Vice President of Membership Katie Stuart will now work with Binn in the Business Affairs Division.
Chamber board members said the changes are intended to promote more […]

Despite the troubled economy, a bit of good news for small business owners and homeowners surfaced this week.
For homeowners, the Department of Housing and Urban Development has approved a higher lending limit for federally insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgages – better known as reverse mortgages.
Previously, limits ranged from $200,160 in rural areas, to $362,790 in […]

Generation Y job-seekers, age 28 and younger, may have to work on improving their image with prospective employers.
Only 20 percent of the recruiters surveyed classified Gen Y workers as “generally great performers” in a recent Jobfox.com survey.
That’s in contrast to Generation X (age 29 to 42) which drew a 58 percent “great […]