Here’s moving news: According to the National Association of Realtors, “home sales remain at historically high levels.” This means address changes filed with the United States Postal Service will likely also remain high: about 45 million a year, Postal Service officials report.
If you’ll be among those moving Americans anytime soon, you should know that many consider the fastest, easiest and most convenient way to file a change of address is with the Postal Service at usps.com. Other change-of-address options include Telephone Change of Address at 1-800-ASK-USPS and the Mover’s Guide found in Post Offices.
In addition to letters, statements and advertising mail, many movers want to make sure they keep getting their favorite catalogs at their new home. For them, there’s the optional Catalog Request Card Service that is available online with the Change of Address form.
After customers complete the Internet Change of Address form, they can select specific retail catalogs-current or new-or choose “No Thanks.”
Since the program’s inception last fall, participants have chosen to receive an average of...