Observations

With the most recent election season behind us and cyberattack investigations underway, cyberspace creates a new frontier for applying existing privacy laws. Small businesses are increasingly targeted for cyber attacks and cyber security for small [READ MORE]

As 2016 comes to a close, the new construction market continues to remain strong. November sales were down 9.8% from the previous month, but were up 8% over the same quarter last year. November pended [READ MORE]

I’m on my third cup of coffee sitting in my warm home office looking out the window—where it’s 10 degrees—at a woodpecker banging away at one of our trees. My wife says it’s an ash. [READ MORE]

John Lennon has a line in one of his songs, it goes something like “life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” Nothing could be more on point than what happened [READ MORE]

It has been 307 days since there has been over 4 months of inventory for sale in the Des Moines real estate market. Months of Inventory is affected by two factors; the number of homes [READ MORE]