Looking at this graph showing the unemployment rate according to four levels of education, one is clearly struck that, yes, education matters regarding jobs. The data starts in 1992 and includes only one previous recession (the stock/tech bust in 2001). You will notice that early last year those with “less than a high school diploma” recovered a little better than the …
Tag Archive: job growth
Nov 06
Seattle area home prices have corrected to what year? And, you say that’s good…??!
Did you know that the Portland and Seattle housing markets have corrected the least as compared to the rest of the national housing market? Click on the link to check it out. Real estate values for cities that had the biggest “bubble markets” are back to 2000 to 2002 median prices—with Detroit back to 1995 prices… Ouch. Yet some cities …

