HOUSING: California attracts more families than it loses
For the first time in 11 years, the four major moving companies that release data agree: More families are moving to California than are leaving it. For a decade, high housing prices made it hard for people to stay in the state, even if they wanted to. But falling house...
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HOUSING: California attracts more families than it loses
For the first time in 11 years, the four major moving companies that release data agree: More families are moving to California than are leaving it. For a decade, high housing prices made it hard for people to stay in the state, even if they wanted to. But falling house...
Your Rights and Responsibilities for Your Move
For every good move that someone experiences in dealing with the moving industry, there is at least one bad move someone is going to experience. Most, if not all of the bad moves are due to the lack of knowledge of the rights that you’re given during your move. All...
Where the Boomers Are
Joel Kotkin and Wendell Cox, 08.24.11, 06:00 PM EDT Forbes Magazine dated September 12, 2011 Builders think empty nesters are moving to the big city. Guess again. As the rock ‘n’ roll generation enters retirement age, developers and builders seem convinced that empty nesters will desert their suburban communities and...
Atlas Recieves 2011 APEX Award
Eleven Allied Agents Recognized for Highest Quality Ratings CHICAGO (October 19, 2011) — Allied Van Lines, Inc., one of the world’s largest moving companies and a subsidiary of SIRVA, Inc., announced that eleven Allied agents received its APEX quality award at its 2011 National Convention held in Myrtle Beach, South...
Passing The Torch
by Sean Kilcarr Family-owned companies form the bedrock of the U.S. business community — especially the moving industry. Yet, leading a family-owned business, and managing the leadership transition from one generation to the next, can be challenging. If you don’t think family businesses play a huge role in the U.S....
Avoid Bandit Movers
Tips for avoiding bandit movers, by the CMSA Calls to the CMSA consumer information line regarding ‘Bandit Movers’ are at an all time high. Eighty percent of the consumer calls are from victims of bandit movers – movers who appear to be legitimate in advertisements or on-line but, in fact,...
Industry Trends 2011 Volume 3-1
A quarterly data publication of the American Moving & Storage Association, year three. Click here to view publication. Published quarterly, Industry Trends provides an overview of current trends and business activity within the sector, and offers data on shipment volume, both aggregate and regional; demand factors; timing; inbound/ outbound data;...
Moving Insurance Tips
Whether you hire a mover or move it yourself, it is impossible to guarantee that all of your property will arrive at its final destination in the same condition it started out as. Damage to your property can occur in transit (on the moving truck), in storage, and when it...
