Sentences with phrase «caught in a market downturn»

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Of course, globalization and emerging markets are nothing new for international law firms — the big push for many took place in the 1990s — although the effects of the financial crisis and economic downturn have caught up with many U.S - headquartered firms who could previously rely on a strong domestic market to keep the money coming in.

As a result of the economic downturn that began in full swing in 2007 - 2008, many previously secure executives unexpectedly found themselves caught in wide - scale reductions - in - force, plunged without warning into a fiercely competitive job market.

The same rating companies that were caught flat - footed by the downturn in the mortgage market during the global financial crisis that ended in 2009 may be underestimating the threat of climate change to coastal communities.

Mary Kay Irving: Sellers actually have a little bit of an advantage in this market currently because we have such a low inventory with the economic downturn, people had been holding off on selling and so right now because of the low interest rates we have a lot of buyers but not enough inventory, not enough property for them, so it's a great time for sellers and my recommendations for them would also be to hire an agent but to make sure that they get a pre-listing inspection done and so that they are not caught by any surprises of work that needs to be done and that the buyers will be asking them to do and also that they make sure, if they've got, money is available to look into getting a consultation from a stager, a professional stager, at the very least they need to be making sure everything is de-cluttered and arranged properly, so sellers who do hire a professional stager actually sell their homes much more quickly and for a higher price, for higher final sale price, so it's in their best interest to actually hire a stager.

Heavily leveraged, mortgage - oriented issues that had financed speculative office projects were caught short by a downturn in the office market, and a number of REITs collapsed.