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Strategies & Market Trends : The Residential Real Estate Crash Index

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To: AC Flyer who wrote (128)7/26/2001 11:04:55 AM
From: Jim Willie CB of 306849
 
a note on MetroWest Boston

former Digital colleague has worked at EMC for years now
she confirms of many layoffs at EMC last month
I dont have numbers
but many came from less essential marketing groups
she lost some friends to lunch with

I figure if Mighty EMC is laying off, then job shedding is spreading
EMC is located in Hopkinton
they are responsible for horrendous traffic jams

last month Corning subsidiary NetOptix shut down operations
they were located in Natick

talked to different commercial RE buddy this week
he says commercial side has softened more in recent weeks
he has some vacancies in his commercial buildings
he owns 4-5 buildings
but his impression is that residential demand is reasonably firm

my take is that the Financial Services sector is at risk now
Fidelity was thinking about layoffs
instead they eliminated the 2000 bonuses
Fleet has laid some off
if the recession hits the financial sector, then real estate will surely be affected in greater Boston
it is a green economy, ranked 47th last I checked in mfg

fwiw, Jim
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