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For The Sake of House Porn: This is How We Choose Luxury Properties

By Karen Eubank / August 2, 2021 /

Although the market has cooled slightly, there are still plenty of buyers looking for homes, and guess what? There are still plenty of homes out there. They are sitting because they are not properly prepared for those buyers. And if buyers are not interested because the homes lack updates and staging, then neither am I.…

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How to Keep Your Pipes From Freezing (And What to Do if They Freeze Anyway)

By Joanna England / February 15, 2021 /

With rolling blackouts happening all over North Texas, and with the vast majority of Austin without power, Texas homeowners are justifiably worried about the damage structures may take during this historic winter weather. Many homes in North Texas are built on pier-and-beam foundations, which can make pipes particularly susceptible to freezing if not properly insulated.…

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Answers to Your Exasperated Winter Weather Power Outage Questions

By Shelby Skrhak / February 15, 2021 /

We as Texans stick together when the going gets tough. And when the tough freeze over, we’re here with some answers to your winter weather questions. Is Texas experiencing rolling blackouts? Yes, but they’re not rolling. Early Monday morning, the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), the statewide entity that manages a majority of Texas’…

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Texas Gains 100K New Residents From Other States, According to Report

By Marlin Weso / February 12, 2021 /

According to Census estimates, Texas added 537,000 to 582,000 incoming residents in 2019. The Census estimated outgoing residents numbering between 435,000 to 471,000, yielding the 100K net gain. Texas also gained 192K to 220K residents from outside the U.S. in 2019.

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Liquid Workforce: Can Real Estate Keep Up With Office Space And Work-From-Home Needs?

By Candy Evans / January 28, 2021 /

Interesting story: after surveying more than 2,000 office workers across 10 countries, the commercial real estate firm JLL reports the future of the workplace will be hybrid, “mixing on-site and off-site collaboration to offer freedom and choice across a variety of spaces and locations.” In other words, employees still want to go into the office,…

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