Texas
Of all the reports issued by data-churning companies, one of the most telling about Texas is the Texas Homebuyers and Sellers Report. Texas REALTORS released its 2022 edition last week and it’s loaded with in-depth insights into the demographics, motivations, and opinions of Texas homebuyers and sellers who had a real estate transaction between July…
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By David S. JonesSenior Editor, The Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University Empty shelves at the supermarket are not the only shortage created by the pandemic. Homes are in short supply, too. “Unless a buyer is looking for a luxury home, there are fewer to choose from,” says Dr. Jim Gaines, chief economist for…
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You can take your horse through the drive-through at Chick Fil A in Fort Worth. And the cops wear cowboy hats, whether on horseback or behind the multiple horsepower of a car. (Hat tip to Andy Bearden, Insight Realty Network in Fort Worth.)
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Texas isn’t the worst when it comes to energy costs (that dubious honor goes to Connecticut) or the best (Washington D.C.). In fact, the Lone Star State is toward the bottom when it comes to overall costs, however, anybody with an electric bill and a desire to avoid sweating will be wholly unsurprised to know…
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The South and the West have the fastest-growing cities in the U.S., and Texas has a bumper crop of those cities, new population estimates for cities and towns released this week by the U.S. Census Bureau revealed. Just how many Texas towns and cities showed growth? Three made the top 15 most populous cities in…
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