Census reveals moving statistics in the U.S.
Recent statistics from the U.S. Census Bureau reveal Americans’ moving habits in recent years. For example, census findings show that approximately 35.1 million people in the U.S. — or 11.6 percent of the nation’s population — moved last year. The highest mobility rate the country has ever experienced was in 1951 when 21.2 percent of [...]
Commonly stored items
Storage facilities can be extremely helpful for people with belongings that are valuable or that they simply don’t want to give up, but do not have room for in their homes or businesses. Things passed down from family members, children’s furniture and other items that children have outgrown, old furniture from a different home or [...]
Home builders more optimistic about housing market
This Tuesday, the National Association of Home Builders expressed optimism in the nation’s housing market as their builder sentiment index increased by 14 to 18 this month. The association’s builder sentiment index reflects the optimism and pessimism felt by home builders across the country. An index below 50 indicates a pessimistic sentiment. The last time [...]
Facebook’s Austin office to move into more space
Last Friday, Facebook Inc. announced that their satellite office in Austin will be expanding by moving into office space on another floor of the 300 W. Sixth St. office building. The move is expected to double the size of their office space and employment. Facebook’s Austin office opened a little over a year ago and [...]
Unicorn Moving named Best Movers in Austin
This week, The Austin Chronicle released their Best of Austin 2011 picks. Unicorn Moving & Storage was chosen in the Readers Poll for Best Movers in Austin for the second year in a row. The Chronicle says of Unicorn Moving & Storage, “Unicorn does everything in the realm of residential and commercial packing and storage, [...]
A&M to move offices to previous location
Last week, Texas A&M University Chancellor John Sharp announced that the A&M System will be moving its offices back to their previous location which is closer to the College Station campus. A&M’s offices were located at the John B. Connally building near the Hilton Hotel, about 1 mile from campus. The John B. Connally building [...]
Sears considers moving headquarters to Austin
Sears is considering moving their headquarters to Austin, Texas, according to Sears Holdings Corp. executives. The company currently has headquarters outside of Chicago, Illinois. Sears executives have also visited Columbus, Ohio as a possible location for their headquarters. They say that Austin and Columbus both have a high quality of life that they would like [...]
Central Texas home starts up by 27 percent
In the third quarter of this year, home starts in Central Texas experienced a year-over-year increase of 27 percent. Between July and September, construction began on 1,760 homes in Central Texas. From July 2010 to September 2010, builders only started constructing 376 homes in the region. The data comes from Residential Strategies Inc. Ted Wilson, [...]
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