He said that our area has been so ravaged by the recession that finding a seller with equity is just not going to happen.

They spoke of the airport that would be built and a lake but over the years during great times there was a little development but during the recessions it bottoms out pretty low.

- Invest where the kids learn---college town investments may not be recession proof, but an ongoing and perpetual demand smooths out any rough edges.- Follow the Boomers---By and large, the over 60 crowd is the most affluent generation this country has every seen...The boomers need or will eventually come to need retirement communities, assisted living facilities, affordable housing and businesses to service their wealth

We are only now feeling what most of the country has felt, but in a very diminished way.From what I have seen and read the reason the market is strong is because the market and more broadly the state had a rough patch during the last recession.

The Fed caused the housing boom by dropping interest rates to fix the recession after the dot com bust.

The bigger problem is that we're on course for a major recession.

Once we get into a recession and the job losses start to mount, the foreclosures will really explode.

Some of the areas were in recession so they are recovering now.

Michigan is often described as the one state recession.

Is it a recession now or only on it's way?