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		<title>2nd Quarter Economic Indicator Report completed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Center for Regional Studies has completed the 2nd quarter 2010 Economic Indicators Report and posted it to the website. There have been some positive indicators in the economy of the past few months, which is VERY good news after the past few years of nearly continuous doom and gloom.  The chart below gives a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://centerforregionalstudies.org/2010/09/01/2nd-quarter-economic-indicator-report-completed/</link>
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		<title>July Home Sales &#8212; Yikes!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Center for Regional Studies has just completed the July 2010 home sales and foreclosure statistics for Washoe County, and the news isn&#8217;t great.  Given that the rest of the economy is still a mess, this shouldn&#8217;t come as a surprise&#8230;but if there&#8217;s anyone out there who still thinks that housing is going to lead [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://centerforregionalstudies.org/2010/08/26/july-home-sales-yikes/</link>
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		<title>2q10 Housing Reports are Completed!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Center For Regional Studies has just completed the second quarter housing reports for Washoe County.  Builders have been slowly working their way through the stockpile of finished units, and there were less than 1,200 units in &#8220;standing inventory&#8221; at the end of June (including model homes).
Each quarter we are seeing more and more tentative [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://centerforregionalstudies.org/2010/08/10/2q10-housing-reports-are-completed/</link>
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		<title>Another look at the 2q2010 Housing Data for Washoe County</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Housing in the 2nd quarter posted relatively strong sales (up 34% from Q1 and up 12 from last year), and distressed sales (REO or short sale) accounted for about 7% less of the total than they did last quarter – all good news.  Also, NODs filed in the second quarter numbered 30% fewer than in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://centerforregionalstudies.org/2010/08/05/another-look-at-the-2q2010-housing-data-for-washoe-county/</link>
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		<title>2nd Quarter 2010 Home Sales and Foreclosure Data for Washoe County</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Center for Regional Studies has just finished compiling the latest data for home sales and foreclosures in Washoe County and posted them to the website.  Here are some of the highlights:

There were 209 new single family home sales in the second quarter &#8212; up 365% from the first quarter and roughly even with 2q09 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://centerforregionalstudies.org/2010/07/27/2nd-quarter-2010-home-sales-and-foreclosure-data-for-washoe-county/</link>
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		<title>Unemployment Rate Drops for Most Nevada Counties in May</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s hard to believe that Nevada has finally passed MICHIGAN of all places to take the crown for highest unemployment in the nation&#8230;no matter how bad things got, one could always rest a little easier knowing that things were worse in Michigan.  No more.  In May 2010, Nevada&#8217;s unemployment rate hit 14%, or 13.8% with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://centerforregionalstudies.org/2010/07/09/unemployment-rate-drops-for-most-nevada-counties-in-may/</link>
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		<title>May Home Sales and Foreclosure Data for Washoe County, NV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Center for Regional Studies has just finished updating the May 2010 home sales and foreclosure data for Washoe County and the news is mixed.  First, the good news: sales of new and existing single family homes were up 4% in May compared to a year ago, and it wasn&#8217;t just because of strong existing [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://centerforregionalstudies.org/2010/06/30/may-home-sales-and-foreclosure-data-for-washoe-county-nv/</link>
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		<title>Presentations Added to the Center for Regional Studies&#8217; Website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Two new presentations have been added to the CRS website:
http://centerforregionalstudies.org/about/what-we-provide/presentations/
On June 15th, Brian Bonnenfant spoke to the Association of General Contractors about the current state of the economy in Washoe County, and on June 18th Brian Kaiser was part of the Nevada Council for Affordable Housing&#8217;s conference in Reno.  PDF copies of both presentations are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://centerforregionalstudies.org/2010/06/22/presentations-added-to-the-center-for-regional-studies-website/</link>
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		<title>1q2010 Economic Indicators for Washoe County</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Washoe County’s economy may still be in the dumps, but the latest round of indicators from the first quarter of 2010 shows some signs of life and offers hope that the worst is behind us.
Although total employment in the Reno MSA was down in March from the previous month and the previous year, the rate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://centerforregionalstudies.org/2010/06/03/1q2010-economic-indicators-for-washoe-county/</link>
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		<title>April 2010 Home Sales and Foreclosure Data for Washoe County</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The latest home sales and foreclosure data for Washoe County has been updated and the reports are available on our website.
There were 43 new home sales in April, which was up 72% from the 25 sales in March, but still short of last year&#8217;s sales.  For a market that was accustomed to selling several hundred [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://centerforregionalstudies.org/2010/05/21/april-2010-home-sales-and-foreclosure-data-for-washoe-county/</link>
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