You may have read that hackers broke into the Equifax database and stole personal information tied to 143 million people.  The hackers accessed people’s names, Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and, in some instances, driver’s license numbers. They also stole credit card numbers for about 209,000 people and dispute documents with personal identifying information for about 182,000 people.  There is no reason to think that data is not for sale to criminals on the darknet who can use it to open new lines of credit or file phony tax refund requests in peoples’ names. To make matters worse, crooks usually target the wealthy because they get more bang for the effort buck. 

The company compounded its public relations nightmare by sending people to a website to find out if they were affected, and then including language so that anyone signing in to get this information had to waive any right to join a class action suit against the company should their identities be stolen and financial harm come to them.​

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Below is a link to view the July 2017 client presentation and its notes in entirety.  Please contact us if you have any questions regarding the material.  We hope to see you next time.  

Berkeley, Inc. Semi-Annual Presentation, July 2017

​Inventory in Ada County is at an all-time low.  January was the lowest inventory that this valley has seen in 17 years and it is down 20% from last year.   There are only 555 re-sale homes for sale versus the 994 homes  available at this time last year.   The builders in the valley are building as fast as they can to build up their inventory, but with that being said there is only a 2 month supply of new construction versus a 6 month supply of new homes this time last year.   This is at least a 9 year low for New Construction inventory in Ada County.