| Sep 17, 2012 11:39AM Lawrence Yun, Chief Economist for the National Association of Realtors® (NAR) said Monday that there would be enormous benefits to the nation's economy if mortgage lending standards would return to normal. "Sensible lending standards would permit 500,000 to 700,000 additional home sales in the coming year," he said. "The economic activity created through these additional home sales would add 250,000 to 350,000 jobs in related trades and services almost immediately, and without a cost impact.... Sep 17, 2012 11:57AM We, including my old college roommate "Slugbreath," find ourselves in "Unmarried and Single Americans Week." The Buckeye Singles Council "National Singles Week" started in Ohio in the 1980's, and apparently didn't include enough other groups (such as single parents, those with partners, and so on) to everyone's liking so now the week, for Census Bureau calculations includes unmarried people include those who were never married, widowed or divorced. Last year they counted 102 million unmarried people...
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