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Sales of Saint Joseph Statuettes Reflect the Real Estate Market, in Reverse

Harvard Business Review

The real-estate market and sales of Saint Joseph statuettes tend to move in opposite directions, according to a Missouri-based religious-goods company queried by the Wall Street Journal. In 2013, statuette sales were down 10.6% existing-home sale price rose 11%. from the previous year, a period in which the median U.S.

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The “Four P’s” of Marketing a Law Firm Online

Strategy Driven

First, I learned about the 4 P’s of Marketing—Product, Price, Place, and Promotion. Frank at Sagapixel told me about a conversation he had with Eric Diaz, a prominent real estate attorney in Philadelphia. The Second P of Marketing a Law Firm – “the Price”. The Four P’s work! What Are the “Four P’s” of Marketing?

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Rising Sea Levels Won’t Doom U.S. Coastal Cities

Harvard Business Review

In the summer of 2013, Rolling Stone published a long article titled “Goodbye, Miami,” which claimed that climate change will submerge much of the titular city. Real estate investors will have strong incentives to respond to these forecasts. But long before the city is completely underwater, chaos will begin.”

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Get Your Budget Ready for the Upturn

Harvard Business Review

Most budgets for 2013 were made in 2012, when the prevailing economic outlook was grim. There is ample evidence that things are better, trader-driven stock price gyrations notwithstanding. Housing prices have stabilized and are increasing in some regions. But here it is midyear and the signals are decidedly more positive.

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What’s That You’re Calling a Bubble?

Harvard Business Review

Here’s what he told Kestenbaum: “If you interpret the word ‘bubble’ to mean, ‘I can predict when prices are gonna go down,’ you can’t do it.”. Fama is surely right that nobody can reliably predict exactly when prices are gonna go down. They are, as paraphrased by Kestenbaum: Rapidly increasing prices. Yet neither has collapsed.

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Behind China's Roaring Solar Industry

Harvard Business Review

Earlier this week, China's National Energy Administration announced its intention to add 10 gigawatts of solar power capacity in 2013 , more than twice its current level. This week, the share price of Trina Solar Ltd. According to Barron's and others, China has already begun implementing its ambitious plan to increase installations.

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The Innovation Mindset in Action: Jerry Buss

Harvard Business Review

Take, for example, Jerry Buss (1933-2013), the longtime LA Lakers owner who rose from an impoverished Depression-era childhood to the Basketball Hall of Fame and ultimately transformed the sport of basketball. Buss launched his career in real estate with $1,000 in 1959—a venture that proved lucrative.