The change in status will allow these investment firms to take deposits, which in turn will provide them a steady source of financing, Both institutions had come under pressure ever since the bankruptcy filing last week by investment bank Lehman Brothers and the forced sale of investment bank Merrill Lynch to Bank of America.We may see more mergers coming in the financial sector, Watch for Wachovia Bank.

Economic growth or decline at a local level cares little about international currency trading levels.More important, I think, is that somewhere down the road we need to see a return to the correlation, at least on a national level, of inflation to real estate apreciation that went out of whack early in the last decade.IMO, real estate values will remain location, location, location.

Income approach is one of three methods of valuation recognized by the Appraisal Institute.

Maybe as Introduced, Not as Passed"The National Association of Realtors said that the energy bill, as introduced, may have caused some problems for sellers of existing homes.Section 204 of the bill authorizes the Department of Energy to create a building energy labeling program to "enable and encourage knowledge about building energy performance by owners and occupants and to inform efforts to reduce energy consumption nationwide."

But those occupations all require training classes, licensing, and employment agreements with established institutions in order to get started.Now, maybe it’s just because many don’t understand that the word “broker†has several common definitions.

Another way is to check the FDIC institution directory and look for smaller banks with real estate loans on their books.

We are BP Nation and will represent that among each other as we do here on the site.

The national debt is exceeding $16 trillion.

That is an interesting exercise because that price level is relative to the institutional market.

Pensco and equity trust are both national.