Northwest Indiana Real Estate

February 2012 - Posts

• Post Office Closings in Indiana

  South Bend, Gary, Kokomo, Terre Haute, Bloomington, Lafayette, Muncie and Columbus face postal closings Jim Meenan , South Bend Tribune Staff Writer SOUTH BEND -- An announcement that seemed imminent in September became official Thursday. The U.S. Postal Read More... Posted Saturday, February 25, 2012 1:33 PM by Tom Cofer | 0 Comments Filed under: Community Information

• New Residential Sales- January 2012

  Sales of new single-family homes in January 2012 were 321,000 at a seasonally adjusted annual rate, down 0.9 percent from December’s revised rate but up 3.5 percent from January 2011. Data supplied by the Economic and Statistical Adm. Read More... Posted Friday, February 24, 2012 3:18 PM by Tom Cofer | 0 Comments Filed under: Community Information

• Indiana Economic Indicators

  Economic indicator for Indiana continues to show improvement in January 2012 Herald-Times The Leading Index for Indiana continued its upward march last month, reaching another post-crisis high in January by hitting the elusive 98.0 mark. The indicators Read More... Posted Wednesday, February 22, 2012 3:30 PM by Tom Cofer | 0 Comments Filed under: Community Information

• Manufacturing planned for Michigan City

  Summit to build interest in manufacturing planned in Michigan City Bowdeya Tweh , Times of Northwest Indiana Manufacturing, workforce and education organizations are hosting an event in Michigan City next week as part of an initiative to change the perception Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 21, 2012 7:58 AM by Tom Cofer | 0 Comments Filed under: Community Information

• New Residential Construction- January 2012

  Building permits in January 2012 were 676,000, up 0.7 percent from December and up 19.0 percent from January 2011. Housing starts in January 2012 were 699,000, up 1.5 percent from December and up 9.9 percent from January 2011. Information supplies by Read More... Posted Thursday, February 16, 2012 4:33 PM by Tom Cofer | 0 Comments Filed under: Community Information

• Horizon Bank

  Michigan City's Horizon Bancorp to acquire Franklin's Heartland Bancshares Bowdeya Tweh , Times of Northwest Indiana Horizon Bancorp said Friday it would acquire central Indiana community bank holding company Heartland Bancshares Inc. Horizon Read More... Posted Monday, February 13, 2012 8:17 PM by Tom Cofer | 0 Comments Filed under: Community Information

• International Trade- December 2011

  The December 2011 international trade deficit rose 3.7 percent from the prior month, to $48.8 billion. Exports increased 0.7 percent to $178.8 billion, and imports increased 1.3 percent, to $227.6 billion. Information supplied by the Economic and Statistical Read More... Posted Monday, February 13, 2012 8:11 PM by Tom Cofer | 0 Comments Filed under: Community Information

• Personal Income- December 2011

  Personal income in December 2011 rose 0.5 percent. Nominal personal consumption expenditures (PCE) was unchanged and real PCE declined 0.1 percent. Nominal disposable personal income (DPI) rose 0.4 percent and real DPI increased 0.3 percent. The personal Read More... Posted Friday, February 03, 2012 8:05 PM by Tom Cofer | 0 Comments Filed under: Community Information