Pending sales of existing homes, a better gauge of current sales activity, rose in June and contracts signed were up by double digits from year-ago levels, according to the National Association of Realtors. The trade group’s monthly report on pending sales, or contracts signed but sales not yet closed, rose...
Read moreFor nearly a century, Cord Moving and Storage has been the mover of choice for more than 20,000 families a year and many of America’s Fortune 500 companies. Whether you are moving yourself or you are a corporation looking to relocate your employees or offices, Cord Moving an Agent for...
Read moreSouth Florida has been the default capital of the country. In Miami-Dade County, one out of five households with mortgages is in foreclosure. Nearby Broward and Palm Beach counties are not far behind. Nearly 200,000 South Florida families are stuck in the mire of default. And yet as Cord Moving and...
Read moreDean Kraatz the international expert for Cord Moving and Storage reported this morning that The Panama Canal Authority and the Tampa Port Authority have agreed to extend their cooperative agreement to bolster trade. The renewed agreement will focus on sharing data and information to forecast trade flows, market studies...
Read moreThe Missouri Highways and Transportation Commission has signed off on a five-year construction plan that is roughly half the size it was in past years. State officials said Wednesday that they plan to spend about $600 million a year on road construction through June 30, 2016, instead of the...
Read moreHow are you competing for your prospect’s attention? In the moving industry we have found at Cord Moving and Storage a North American Agent – Corporate decision-makers aren’t just struggling with an immense workload. Every single day they’re bombarded with thousands of marketing messages coming at them from every...
Read moreBank of America has agreed to pay $8.5 billion to more than 20 large investors including MetLife, BlackRock and the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, to settle claims related to losses on mortgage securities bought before the housing bubble burst, The Wall Street Journal reports. The payment exceeds...
Read moreMany have expressed shock at the recent U.S. employment data. But 9.1% unemployment shouldn’t be a surprise. To address the jobs challenge, we must stop pretending that this is only a difficult cyclical recovery. The root of the problem is structural. During the two decades before the crisis of...
Read moreThe Commercial Division of Cord Moving Storage led by Charlie Wormek watch the trends constantly just because that is what he does and he is happy to report that the St. Louis Industrial market ended the first quarter 2011 with a vacancy rate of 8.0%. The vacancy rate was down over...
Read moreCord Moving and Storage and North American Van Lines Says NO to The “Low Bar” Mentality – Recognizing and overcoming mediocrity in customer service experience… An appliance repairman or cable television technician shows up with just ten minutes remaining in his four-hour schedule window and we’re relieved. A waitress...
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