Author: Lynn Carbo Lynn is a Director in GTN’s Atlantic region. She has over 20 years of experience in expatriate and individual taxation. In addition to consulting with companies on equity compensation issues, she works with clients and their employees to accomplish a variety of solutions to their global challenges. +1.484.885.2438 | lcarbo@gtn.com As … Read More
Author: Robin Evenocheck
Wells Fargo Keeping Current September 3, 2021
Home prices accelerated through the second quarter, hitting an annualized appreciation rate of 21.2%. Before 2020, the strongest quarterly advance was the 11.0% annual rate recorded in the second quarter of 2005. Over the past year, prices have risen 17.4%, the strongest pace of appreciation over four quarters in the 30-year history of the data.1 … Read More
How to Help Prepare for a Wildfire – By Travelers Risk Control
Wildfires can pose particular dangers to both lives and property because they often begin unnoticed and can spread quickly. According to the Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS)¹, windborne embers present a significant threat from wildfires and are the primary cause of most building ignitions. Other wildfire threats include radiant heat and direct … Read More
Wells Fargo Keeping Current August 6, 2021
New home sales slipped 6.6% in June to stand at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 676,000 units. That’s the third consecutive monthly decline, and the pace fell below 2019’s annual rate for the first time since April 2020.1 The number of completed new homes on the market stood at 36,000 units in June, a … Read More
Wells Fargo Keeping Current July 23, 2021
Existing home sales rose 1.4% in June to stand at a seasonally adjusted annual pace of 5.86 million units. The gain breaks a string of four monthly declines. The sales rate over the past five months (February through June) is 10.1% slower than the sales rate over the previous five months (September through January). Of … Read More
Is More Affordable Housing On The Horizon? – Real Estate Market Update – Quicken Loans July 8, 2021
Is More Affordable Housing On The Horizon? – Real Estate Market Update by Kevin Graham July 8,2021 Industry Insider Real Estate Agent If you follow the housing market closely, you might be realizing the market is ripe for a bit of a course correction. You can see the evidence in the data we’ll go … Read More
Wells Fargo Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary June 25, 20201
U.S. Review Home Sales Moderate as Pandemic Tailwinds Ease The housing data headlined this week’s light schedule of major economic reports. Sales of both new and existing homes fell in May. Both declines were in line with expectations, which had been tempered by earlier declines in mortgage applications and pending home sales. May’s drop in … Read More
Wells Fargo Keeping Current 6.11.2021
Consumer prices rose 5.0% in the year ending in May, the highest year-over-year reading in almost 13 years. Year to date, consumer prices are rising at a 6.5% annual rate. From 2015-19, the CPI rose at a 1.8% average annual rate.1 Excluding the volatile food and energy sectors, the “core CPI” rose 3.8% in the … Read More
GTN: Managing Global Assignment Risk for Expatriates, May 2021
Author: Mark is Managing Director for GTN’s South region. He has over 20 years of professional experience in advising multinational companies on global mobility related issues, including expatriate taxation, payroll, equity compensation planning, international assignment policy review, and program administration. Having been an expat himself enhanced his desire to assist and help simplify the process … Read More
Wells Fargo Weekly Economic & Financial Commentary Weekly 4.23.2021
Raising the Bar Even Further The confluence of stronger-than-expected reports has prompted us to raise our estimates for economic growth this year. The mini boom we were expecting is arriving early, and consumer spending and business investment both look to be stronger than our previous above-consensus forecast. Summary U.S. Review: Raising the Bar Even Further … Read More