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Record Appreciation Is Sending Homeowner Wealth Soaring

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Middle-income homeowners have seen their properties appreciate by 68% since 2012, amounting to $122,100 in equity wealth, according to the National Association of Realtors. Similarly, low-income homeowners reported $98,900 in equity gains, and upper-income households accrued $150,800 in equity.

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Salary Needed to Afford a Home in the Top 15 Metros

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Salary Needed to Afford a Home in the Top 15 Metros. Housing costs are the biggest expense Americans have, with about one-third of the average American salary going toward these. SmartAsset identified the salaries needed in the 15 largest metros to afford an average home payment and not exceed the recommended 36% debt-to-income ratio.

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Builder of the Year Ivory Homes' Innovation Agenda

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Instead, Clark Ivory reassumed his CEO duties and set a bold, uncharted course to diversify the company’s successful semi-custom, move-up home legacy to include affordable housing for an increasing underserved segment of buyers. Design Within Reach—Exploring Attainable Housing Options. See past Builder of the Year winners. and Outward.

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Industry Focus – Retail: Less Than Six Degrees of Separation

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The health of this industry is a vital economic indicator since sales tend to be driven by personal income, consumer confidence and interest rates. Lower gas prices are creating more discretionary income to save, pay down debt and spend on travel, eating out and personal services.

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State by State Incentives Guide

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USDA Rural Development in Alabama: A variety of loan, grant, and loan guarantee programs, plus technical assistance in the areas of business and industry, cooperative development, rural housing, community facilities, water and waste disposal, and telecommunications, including distance learning and telemedicine. TAX INCENTIVES. 25 to $1.75

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Centers of Technology: The Future Is Now

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After microchips became the central components of an emerging digital economy, one of Moore’s successors at Intel updated the theorem and applied it to silicon wafers; Intel exec David House declared that chip performance would double every 18 months. Access to the necessary tools and training is essential for U.S. Amazon.com, Inc.

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STATE INCENTIVES GUIDE

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INCOME TAX CAPITAL CREDIT: Currently codified as Article 7, Chapter 18, Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975. It is a credit of five percent of the capital costs of a qualifying project, to be applied to the Alabama income tax liability or financial institution excise tax generated by the project income, each year for 20 years.

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