2/5/2010 12:06:00 PM
FEWER NEW-BUILDS FOR NORTH TEXAS IN 2009
DALLAS ( Dallas Morning News ) – North Texas home builders posted more conservative home start numbers in 2009 than in previous years, but some still fared well. Overall, builders started about 13,500 homes in the area last year, a more than 70 percent ...
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2/5/2010 12:04:00 PM
TEXAS HOME FORECLOSURE RATES LESS THAN NATIONAL AVERAGE
AUSTIN ( Austin Business Journal ) – RealtyTrac’s annual foreclosure report, released yesterday, revealed Texas metro rates to be under the national average of 2.21 percent. Austin and Round Rock area foreclosure rates increased 39.5 percent between ...
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2/5/2010 12:03:00 PM
TEXAS MULTIFAMILY OCCUPANCY, RENTS DOWN LAST MONTH
CARROLLTON (ALNsystems.com) – The number of apartments rented statewide dropped 2.4 percent between December 2008 and December 2009, according to the latest figures from ALN. Meanwhile, rents fell by an average of 2.5 percent. Here's how select cities ...
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2/5/2010 12:01:00 PM
WATER PARK PLANNED FOR CEDAR PARK
CEDAR PARK ( Austin Business Journal ) – Schlitterbahn Waterparks plans to build a $360 million resort development and convention center in this city north of Austin. The city will provide $6 million for the 95-acre project’s infrastructure costs. ...
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2/5/2010 11:57:00 AM
TEXAS EMPLOYMENT STILL FALLING
COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – The nation’s labor market hit bottom in August 2009, but the Texas labor market has not yet hit that mark. The Texas economy lost 277,400 nonfarm jobs from December 2008 to December 2009, an annual job loss ...
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2/5/2010 11:55:00 AM
MORE STRUGGLING HOMEOWNERS ELECT BANKRUPTCY
FORT WORTH ( Fort Worth Star-Telegram ) – A growing number of Texas homeowners are filing for bankruptcy to avoid losing their homes, according to a recent study by Foreclosure Listing Service. Unfortunately, bankruptcy may not offer the protection they're ...
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2/5/2010 11:54:00 AM
1,000 TEXAS TAX CREDIT CLAIMS FLAGGED FOR POSSIBLE FRAUD
DALLAS ( Dallas Morning News ) – Nearly 1,000 first-time homebuyer tax credit filings in Texas have been flagged for possible ill-use of a taxpayer identification number primarily used by illegal immigrants, who are not entitled to the credit. This number ...
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2/5/2010 11:53:00 AM
MARKET TO WORSEN BEFORE IMPROVING, ANALYSTS WARN
DALLAS ( Dallas Morning News ) – Still-rising mortgage delinquencies and a stock of bank-owned homes have not finished leaving their impact on the housing industry, warn economists at this week’s National Association of Home Builders’ annual ...
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2/5/2010 11:51:00 AM
WHAT DO HOMEBUYERS WANT IN 2010? BUILDERS HOPE THEY KNOW
LAS VEGAS (Real Estate Center) – Smaller homes, lower prices. That's the outlook for new home builders this year. In fact, 95 percent of those polled by the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) say they will do one or the other, maybe both. ...
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1/20/2010 12:54:00 PM
STATE LAND PRICES, SALES FALL
SAN ANTONIO ( San Antonio Express-News ) – Land prices fell 5 percent statewide last year for the first time since the early 1990s, according to data from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. The decline marked the end of an appreciation ...
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