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Important Change to I-94 Process

By: Kelly Dorsch | Published: April 29, 2013 | Categories: Industry Trends, Market Report

U.S. Customs and Border Protection recently announced that effective April 30, 2013, transferees arriving into the U.S. will no longer receive a hard-copy version of their I-94, as all information will now be stored electronically. However, the Social Security Administration and state driver’s license agencies will continue to require a hard copy of the I-94 …
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The Extra 2%: Winning Baseball with Wall Street Strategies

By: Ray Danner | Published: April 16, 2013 | Categories: Education

It’s easy to lump the broad ideas of Jonah Keri’s The Extra 2% in under the vast shadow cast by Michael Lewis’ Moneyball. Published in 2003, Moneyball was at the same time a book for baseball geeks as well as a primer on how to run an efficient business and find the value in hidden …
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Future of the Housing Market Is “A Great Unknown”

By: Cindy Coin | Published: March 19, 2013 | Categories: Industry Trends, Market Report

Per Robert Shiller, of Case-Shiller fame, housing “is becoming more of a speculative asset”.  Sales in the housing market are well above the levels of a year ago and inventories are at their lowest levels in 13 years, but there are some growing fears that another bubble is forming in the housing industry.  Feeding those …
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US Rental/Destination Services Update – 4th Quarter 2012

By: Ranjit Gill | Published: February 1, 2013 | Categories: Market Report

To assist our service partners in managing United States rental market expectations, Dwellworks provides the following status update: Top Annual Rent Increases by Metro (Year-Ending  12/31/12)* San Francisco (8.0%) San Jose (7.7%) Oakland (7.1%) Denver-Boulder (5.9%) Nashville (5.1%) New York-New Jersey (5.1%) Houston (4.8%) Charlotte (4.6%) Portland (4.4%) Seattle-Tacoma (4.3%) * Source: MPF Research Demand      …
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Houston Rents Continue to Soar

By: Andrew Horvath | Published: January 29, 2013 | Categories: Market Report, Rental market update

As waves of young business professionals continue to relocate to the city of Houston, vacancy is down and rents are up. Two recent articles from CultureMap, a digital magazine for Houston and Austin, forecast these trends will remain consistent during 2013. Notable businesses contributing to the area growth include ExxonMobil and Chevron. With so many …
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An Increase in New Apartment Construction

By: Ranjit Gill | Published: January 4, 2013 | Categories: Market Report, Real Estate, Rental market update

A recent article in the New York Times highlighted the increase in construction of new apartments in Houston, TX as a result of the demand for more rental housing.  Much like other large markets across the country, Houston is almost at maximum capacity for apartment rental homes and rates have increased over the past two years.  …
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Downtown Chicago Rents Hit Record High

By: Andrew Horvath | Published: November 28, 2012 | Categories: Market Report

Rents at Class A apartment buildings in downtown Chicago have reached a record high in the third quarter of 2012, according to a recent article in Chicago Real Estate Daily.  This trend is based on a shortage of supply, and landlords are taking full advantage of these market conditions. Class A rents have increased 24% since the market’s …
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Driver License Delay

By: Kelly Dorsch | Published: November 16, 2012 | Categories: Compliance, Settling-In

Dwellworks is dedicated to providing the latest news and regulations that affect relocating employees. Recently, we discovered that all US states will soon be required to comply with the S.A.V.E. program (Systematic Alien Verification for Entitlements) at the time of driver license application. This is the same database verification system used for Social Security application.  …
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Q&A With Dwellworks CFO Gene Novak: Executive Reflections on the Mobility Industry

By: John Fischer | Published: October 4, 2012 | Categories: Industry Trends

What technology-based changes have you seen in the last five years in the mobility industry, and how have you shaped your business, products and services to meet those needs? I consider myself fortunate to have worked with a technology company in the 1980s. Technology has always played an important role in my professional life. In …
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Dwellworks Awarded Brookfield Transparency Award

By: Suzanne Benjamin | Published: September 18, 2012 | Categories: Awards and Announcements

Dwellworks was recently awarded the “Transparency Award” by Brookfield Global Relocation Services during “The Forum 2012.” Brookfield offered five awards during the annual conference that spelled out the word GREAT, with Dwellworks winning the final award — T for “Transparency”. The award was presented by Mark Grippo, Senior Vice President of Global Alliances, who cited Dwellworks’ …
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