Observations on Current South Carolina Economic Topics of Interest from Dr. Joseph Von Nessen - Research Economist in the Darla Moore School of Business at the University of South Carolina and Research Director at RESH Marketing, Columbia, SC.
Monday, June 17, 2013
National Builder Confidence on the Rise
As you can see here, a majority of home builders report being optimistic about sales activity for the first time in seven years.
Dr. Joseph C. Von Nessen is a research economist in the Division of Research at the Darla Moore School of Business where he conducts a wide variety of economic impact analyses, survey research, and other applied work involving regional economic modeling. In addition, he is responsible for the preparation and presentation of the University of South Carolina's annual statewide economic forecast and serves on the advisory committee at the South Carolina Board of Economic Advisors. Dr. Von Nessen also specializes in housing economics and residential real estate and provides economic and marketing research to clients in both the private and public sector. He regularly speaks to business and government leaders throughout South Carolina about the housing market and the local economy.