Archives for September 2011

MSU President, Waded Cruzado announced Wednesday, they have hit a new enrollment record of 14,218 students in 2011. The enrollment number is expected to drop slightly but stay over 14,000. The increase is 1,300 students more than 2009 and almost 2,300 since 2000. Freshman retention is up from 72% to 74%. Student housing proposals, upgrades and amenities are just a few things that are in the works for MSU along with hiring instructors.

Waded Cruzado became MSU President in 2010 and we’re happy to see positive change and growth, not only for MSU but for the entire community.

Developers file preliminary application for student housing community south of MSU

"Developers have filed an informal application to build a modern student housing community and commercial district on 127 acres of farmland south of Montana State University.

The real estate market recovery is always forefront in our industry as well as the American consumer.  It seems that on a weekly if not daily basis there is some national real estate statistic that makes the headlines, including new home sales, existing homes sales, median and average sales price, current interest rates, foreclosures and short sales data.  We continue to look at these indicators for signs of the market bottom and stability.  It is becoming more apparent that each individual market has its own set of circumstances and recovery pace.  However, there are na