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September 2010

Home sales in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County... Are they up? Down? Stable?
9/07 - Home Sales are up, down AND stable!  According to Scott Rogers, a local real estate agent, there are a mix of indicators this month:

• Home sales in August 2010 increased compared to July 2010.
• Home sales in August 2010 decreased compared to August 2009.
• 2010 YTD home sales are nearly equivalent with 2009 YTD home sales.

The third is perhaps the most important indicator of the trend of our local housing market.  After four straight years of declines in the number of home sales in our market (2005 to 2006 to 2007 to 2008 to 2009) this year still appears to be the year when we'll see that decline in home sales finally cease and possibly reverse itself.  January 2009 through August 2009 showed 531 home sales, while January 2010 through August 2010 showed 530 home sales.

Another good indicator is that the local housing inventory has peaked - at least for now.  A few months ago the number of homes for sale in Harrisonburg and Rockingham County broke 1,000 for the first time -- but it has now started to decline again, as is typical for this season of the year.

Lot sales (less than an acre) have been very, very slow over the past several years, falling from a peak in 2004 of 408 lot sales to only 58 lot sales last year.  As shown above, lot sales might actually rebound this year! For a complete summary of the housing market, click here>>>

Tactical & Survival Specialties, Inc. Announces Two Key Executive Changes
9/03 - Tactical & Survival Specialties, Inc. (“TSSI”) has announced the appointment of Craig S Boyers CPA, as Chief Financial Officer.  Most recently, Boyers served as President and Owner of C. S. Boyers, PC, a CPA firm. Boyers brings over 17 years experience in financial and operations management in the technology sector. Mr. Boyers is a Certified Public Accountant and has received various certifications including a Microsoft Business Solutions Certified Master, a Microsoft Certified Professional, and a Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer. 

Reporting to Jim Punelli, Chief Operating Officer of TSSI, Boyers will assume responsibility for the company’s finance department and succeeds Dan Fraser who is making a lateral move to oversee our Government Contracts Division. 

Coinciding with the start of the new CFO, TSSI has announced the appointment of Dan Fraser to head a new division focused on managing government contracts. The Government Contracts Division will oversee the company’s numerous major federal government contracts. In 2008, Dan was instrumental in capturing the Prime Vendor contract, Tailored Logistics Support (TLS) Program with the Defense Logistics Agency-Philadelphia (DLA).Dan has been with TSSI in the role of CFO for the past five years. For more information, visit www.tacsurv.com.

Related Information

• August 2010
• July 2010
• June 2010
• May 2010
• April 2010
• March 2010
• February 2010
• January 2010