11/11/2024 3:12:40 PM How Will the Election Impact Mortgage Rates? By Chris Pardo The Fed has put a lot of effort into reducing inflation, but even with recent Fed rate cuts, mortgage rates are spiking again. It seems...
10/14/2024 1:04:48 PM Let's talk about U.S. mortgage options for relocating employees By Chris Pardo Consumer inflation continues to moderate, but home prices have hit another record high. The Case-Shiller Home Price Index, which is...
6/11/2024 1:45:36 PM ICYMI: May 29-June 12 By Chris Pardo In case you missed it, airfare costs are continuing to rise. According to AP News, that’s the word from the International Air Transport...
5/30/2023 1:44:30 PM ICYMI: inflation, travel, expats, and new webinar! By Chris Pardo According to the Financial Times, inflation has started to show signs of easing from the multi-decade highs reached in many countries...
3/24/2023 2:04:47 PM Positivity versus potential challenges in the mobility world By Chris Pardo We try to stay alert with what we are hearing from the travel industry, particularly on the business travel side of things as there is a...
12/23/2022 2:37:46 PM Tracking WCOL's impact on your mobility program! By Chris Pardo We all know the cost of living has gone up in most places. Here's another measure of that. This year EIU’s latest Worldwide Cost of...
11/15/2022 2:24:30 PM ICYMI: Is it time to buckle up for a crazy ride or will 2022 quit quietly? Let's consider what's impacting global mobility today and tomorrow. By Chris Pardo Since this time last year we have published 145 Trending Topics posts, and kept up our bi-weekly ICYMI posts to monitor the world and...
11/8/2022 8:22:40 PM Rents balloon in Europe By Chris Pardo About a month ago, we saw that real estate prices and rents across Europe had continued to maintain their upward momentum. As reported by...
10/4/2022 1:26:28 PM ICYMI: A few things impacting global mobility programs right now By Chris Pardo Every two weeks, we've sent out one of our ICYMI updates to monitor the ongoing impact of Covid-19 on mobility. This week, we'll be...
8/16/2022 3:26:48 PM Rents continue to skyrocket! By Chris Pardo The fight against inflation is having an ongoing impact on the U.S. housing market, a market that is putting a lot of pressure on renters...
8/8/2022 7:23:37 PM Lump sums and the unpredictability of costs By Chris Pardo Cost is always a top concern for global mobility programs. Relocation benefits and the services to support them all have costs which...
7/25/2022 2:57:23 PM When the going gets tough, the tough get ...relocating? By Chris Pardo At the very beginning of 2022, business optimism was exceedingly high with 99% of CEOs in the YPO Global Pulse Survey having a favorable...