Great article from CNN Money .. NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — Renters beware: Double-digit rent hikes may be coming soon. Already, rental vacancy rates have dipped below the 10% mark, where they had been lodged for most of the past three years. 1006415Email Print “The demand for rental housing has already started to increase,” said Peggy Alford, president of Rent.com. “Young people are starting to get rid of their roommates and move out of their parent’s basements.” By 2012, she predicts[.....]

The healthiest city dwellers in America live in San Jose, California and the least healthy in New Orleans, Louisiana, according to a new study released by Sperling’s BestPlaces and Centrum, the maker of multivitamins. The Centrum Healthiest Cities Study is the first-ever comprehensive “health report card” of U.S. cities to be based on key factors of health status, nutrition and exercise, mental health and life balance that can contribute to overall well-being. According to the Sperling “report card,” in the[.....]