The office market throughout the Southeast is showing gradual signs of improvement as companies are hiring and expanding at a normal rate again. According to the ManpowerGroup, 22 percent of employers surveyed in the South expect to increase staff levels in the fourth quarter, resulting in a positive Net Employment Outlook of 16 percent. In… Read more »
The South’s housing market continued its improvement in the first quarter. According to the National Association of Realtors, the median price of an existing single-family home in the region climbed to $182,300 in the first quarter. That represents an increase of 8.2 percent from the same period in 2014. The residential housing market is but… Read more »
The first few months of 2015 have brought good news about the South’s employment picture. According to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, metro Atlanta experienced a 4.6 percent year-over-year increase in February in the number of non-farm jobs. Among the 51 largest metro areas in the U.S., only San Jose, California, had a higher… Read more »
As the first quarter nears its close, the employment outlook in the South continues to be a positive one. Twenty-one percent of Southern employers say they will increase staffing levels in the second quarter, while only 4 percent indicate they will reduce employee headcount, according to a new survey from ManpowerGroup. Those numbers have remained… Read more »
The industrial real estate market in the South is continuing to recover. At the end of 2014, Atlanta’s industrial vacancy rate was 8.8 percent, a drop of 2.4 percentage points from one year earlier. Two of the Southeast’s other major markets – Orlando and South Florida – also experienced noticeable declines in their vacancy rates… Read more »
The arrival of 2015 has brought a fresh batch of positive economic data about the South. For starters, office vacancy rates in the region continue to decline. Atlanta, Orlando and South Florida – three of the region’s most important office markets – all saw their vacancy rates drop over the course of 2014, an important… Read more »
Believe it or not, the end of 2014 is at hand. But the South’s positive economic momentum is set to charge into the new year. Twenty percent of Southern employers say they will increase staffing levels in the first quarter of 2015, while only 4 percent indicate they will reduce employee headcount, according to a… Read more »
The industrial real estate market continues to improve in the South. At the end of the third quarter, Atlanta’s industrial vacancy rate stood at 9.8 percent, a drop of nearly 1.5 percentage points from the beginning of the year. Two of the Southeast’s other major markets – Orlando and South Florida – also have experienced… Read more »
With the end of 2014 on the horizon, office vacancy rates in the South continue to shrink, a sure sign that the region’s economy is picking up steam. Metro Atlanta’s vacancy rate was 14.3 percent at the conclusion of the third quarter, a full percentage point lower than where it stood nine months earlier, according… Read more »
The residential housing market has had some ups and downs this year, but builders of new single-family homes, both in the South and across the country, remain confident in the health of their industry. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index (HMI) reached 55 for the entire United States this month and… Read more »