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Looking back: Ralph Boe

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Retailers were spread all over the place and very small; there was no one who really had the dominance from a sales standpoint. David Kolb asked me to stay, and I said, “Will I report to you?” He said, “No, you will report to [Don] Mercer.” After Horizon, he asked me to come up to Detroit and want- ed me to work in his company.

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Examining the exodus: Impacts of urban migration

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Housing statistics from 2020 revealed the densely populated areas that people were moving out of included New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Detroit. Urban housing markets also saw a decline in overall home sales, according to a report by realtor.com. How are suburban and urban retailers handling the shift?

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STATS: Housing regroups after tumultuous start

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With home building considered an essential business, this solid sales report is another indicator that housing is leading the economic recovery,” he recalled. Census Bureau’s “Quarterly Residential Vacancies and Home Ownership—First Quarter 2021” report, home- ownership rates rose significantly in 2020. According to the U.S.

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Construction Corner: Some Housing Markets May Take a Decade to Reach Pre Recession Levels

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Danielle Hale, director of housing statistics for the National Association of Realtors, told the paper this: “These areas probably had more building and sales and home activity in general during the periods of peak values. years; Detroit-Dearborn-Livonia, MI. years; Phoenix-Scottsdale, AZ.