Pueblo County resolution blasts proposed Fort Carson expansion, an article from The Gazette, reports that a resolution was approved by the Pueblo County commissioners saying the Army's plan to expand a Fort Carson training site would wreck the lives of ranchers in the area.  The resolution has no legal power but commissioners are planning to send it to Colorado's Congressional delegation in hopes that they will block funding for the on Canyon expansion.  Civic boosters from Colorado Springs have pushed for the expansion, believing it would enhance Fort Carson's value and make it less likely the Pentagon would consider closing the base.  The proposal from the Army would almost triple the size of the current Fort Carson maneuver site to about 1,000 square miles in southeast Colorado.
http://www.gazette.com/articles/resolution_35089___article.html/colorado_expansion.html

NAR: Existing-Home Sales to Level Off, an article from Realtor Magazine Online, reports that according to the latest forecast by the National Association of Realtors, little change is expected in existing-home sales over the next few months, before improving notably during the second half of the year.  Lawrence Yun, NAR chief economist said, “Existing home sales could start to show a sustained increase within a few months, unless there are some additional economic problems or excessive inflationary pressure.  We’re looking for essentially stable sales in the near term, before higher mortgage loan limits translate into more sales in high-cost markets.  The wider access to affordable credit should increase sales activity notably this summer as pent-up demand begins to be met.”  With relatively weak activity in the first part of the year, existing-home sales for all of 2008 is forecast at 5.39 million, increasing 6.6% to 5.74 million in 2009.
http://www.realtor.org/rmodaily.nsf/pages/News2008040801

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