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Posts Tagged ‘MOVE MANAGEMENT’

Has the mortgage mess stalled your career?

By • Jun 27th, 2009 • Category: TRENDS IN RELOCATION

Related Articles Appraisers Blamed for Killing Market Recovery  – Washington Post  Tighter appraisals are hurting home sales – Houston Chronicle What Role Does Today's Real Estate Market Play on Workforce Mobility? – RISMedia Mobility and the Current Real Estate Market Survey – Weichert Relocation Resources Inc. Who pays for my corporate relocation? – Findwell Blog [...]



Determining the value of your household goods when selecting a valuation option

By • Jun 26th, 2009 • Category: Consumer Help

  Recently a young lady asked for help determining the value of a list of household goods and personal effects items that she had accumulated.  The information was required to complete a valuation selection form she found shopping for a moving company online. The request was innocuous but her inexperience clearly demonstrated her vulnerability if [...]



New mortgage guidelines discourage relocation

By • Jun 21st, 2009 • Category: *RELOCATION NEWS UPDATES*, TRENDS IN RELOCATION

  Those considering a job transfer that requires relocation might want to consider how and where they want to live before they accept the position and prepare to move. On June 8th, Fannie Mae, the giant government-sponsored mortgage underwriter, changed the rules for families having two primary bread earners. Under the old guidelines, mortgage lenders [...]



Assets of Smart Move, Inc acquired by Atlas Van Lines parent company

By • Jun 17th, 2009 • Category: *RELOCATION NEWS UPDATES*

  Smart Move, Inc., a five year old, Denver based asset logistics manager is the latest casualty of the extended slump in the relocation industry. Yesterday Atlas World Group announced that had acquired the assets of the container-based household relocation service in more than 60 markets nationwide. The five year old company’s value proposition was [...]



Don’t move ‘The Moth’

By • Jun 8th, 2009 • Category: Consumer Help

    Additional Gypsy Moth Information Don’t Move Gypsy Moth California Department of Food and Agriculture Gypsy Moth Slow the Spread Foundation I had an unexpected reunion (of sorts) with an old acquaintance this weekend. While waiting at a traffic signal, I saw a tall burly guy with a face full of grin covered by a [...]



How to move between Canada and the U.S.

By • Jun 4th, 2009 • Category: Consumer Help, International / Expatriate

  When the North American Free Trade Agreement removed the trade and investment barriers between the United States, Canada, and Mexico in 1994, those in the relocation industry saw an almost immediate increase in the number and frequency of employer arranged transfers between the three participating countries. Many of these corporate international moves were either [...]



May is National Moving Month – Are you ready?

By • May 4th, 2009 • Category: Consumer Help

In case you missed the press release from the American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA), May is National Moving Month. No, you don’t have to send flowers to your favorite relocation professional or hug the big lug carrying your neighbor’s furniture to the street. May represents the start of the annual moving season. It’s the [...]



American Moving and Storage Association Petitions President

By • Feb 8th, 2009 • Category: MOVE MANAGEMENT

  Writing on behalf of its 3200 members, American Moving and Storage Association (AMSA) President and CEO Linda Bauer Darr sent President Barrack Obama a letter last week to request his “support for immediate congressional action to implement a stimulus package that revitalizes the U.S. economy, particularly the housing market.”  In the AMSA’s Letter to [...]



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