Case-Shiller Index: Homes prices up 0.3% in September
Home prices in the Top 20 Metropolitan Areas continued their upward movement in September, according to the Standard & Poor’s Case-Shiller Index. The big winners were Minneapolis and Detroit with a 1.8% increase over August. The biggest loser in this current market downturn is Las Vegas where prices are off 55.4% from their peak. Overall, home prices in the Top 20 Metropolitan Areas were down 29% from their collective peak .
Here’s a look at how the individual Top 20 Metropolitan Areas are performing: Read more
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Sales of KBCO Studio C CDs benefit scalpers more than charities
I have been listening to Adult Album Alternative radio for over 15 years. When KMTT, aka The Mountain, went live in Seattle, I was one of their first listeners. Adult Album Alternative is a format that features a variety of music. It’s hard to become bored listening to this format. Read more
Senate Commitee investigates aggressive Internet sales tactics
The U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation, chaired by Senator Jay Rockefeller, is conducting a hearing into customers unwittingly being duped into joining online loyalty programs when making a purchase. According to Senator Rockefeller, companies like Affinion, Vertrue, and Webloyalty “have made more than $1.4 billion dollars through these tactics and charged more than 30 million Americans.” Rockefeller estimates that 4 million American consumers are currently having their credit cards billed for these loyalty programs and most are unaware of it. Read more
