7/6/2010 7:59:00 PM
NEW HOME SALES DROP 33 PERCENT NATIONALLY
NEW YORK CITY ( New York Times ) – New single-family homes sold at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 300,000 in May, down 32.7 percent from the April rate of 446,000, according to the latest government figures. The May sales rate is 18.3 percent below ...
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7/6/2010 7:55:00 PM
TDHCA ALLOTS ENTERPRISE COMMUNITY $5.7 MILLION
TEXAS ( PRNewswire ) – The Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) allocated Enterprise Community Partners Inc. $5.7 million in Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funding to provide down payment and closing cost assistance, gap ...
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5/3/2010 1:52:00 PM
TEXAS 12TH IN SENIOR CARE COSTS
DALLAS ( Dallas Business Journal ) – Texas has the 12th-lowest home-care costs and other long-term care services in the country, according to Genworth’s 2010 Cost of Care Survey. The median annual rate for home care costs statewide is $41,070, ...
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5/3/2010 1:51:00 PM
FORECLOSURES INCREASE ACROSS TEXAS
SAN FRANCISCO (RealtyTrac) – The four major Texas metros had increases in residential foreclosures in the first quarter of this year, according to RealtyTrac statistics released yesterday. Austin–Round Rock fared best, although foreclosure filings ...
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5/3/2010 1:48:00 PM
TEXAS CITIES BEST PLACES FOR JOBS
FORT WORTH ( Fort Worth Star-Telegram ) – For the second year in a row, Texas cities took half of the top ten spots in Newgeography.com's annual ranking of the best cities in the nation in which to find a job. Austin–Round Rock–San Marcos ...
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5/3/2010 1:47:00 PM
SIXTY PERCENT OF DALLAS COUNTY HOME VALUES DECREASING
DALLAS ( Dallas Morning News ) – Sixty percent of Dallas County homeowners will see a decrease in their home values this year, according to the Dallas Central Appraisal District. Last year, that number was 55 percent. Values will increase for 20 percent ...
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4/21/2010 12:20:00 PM
TEXAS LAGS IN CENSUS PARTICIPATION
WASHINGTON (U.S. Census Bureau) – Parts of Texas have some of the lowest rates of mail participation so far in the 2010 Census, according to a report released today by the U.S. Census Bureau. Nationally, 46 percent of households have mailed back their ...
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4/21/2010 12:20:00 PM
TEXAS' JOB LOSS RATE DECREASING
COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – Both the U.S and the Texas labor markets hit bottom in August 2009 and since then have been losing jobs at decreasing rates. Texas’ job loss rate has decreased from 4 percent in August 2009 to 2.3 percent ...
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4/21/2010 12:18:00 PM
CENSUS AND SENSIBILITY
COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – Did you know that the 2010 Census plays a vital role in the amount of representation and federal funding Texas receives? Or that this year's form has been shortened and simplified? And did you know that the ...
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4/21/2010 12:15:00 PM
LOOK! UP IN THE SKY! IT'S A BIRD, IT'S A PLANE, IT'S A PARK!
DALLAS ( Dallas Morning News ) – A deck park over Woodall Rogers Frwy. will bring more than five acres of green space to downtown Dallas’ arts district in early 2012. The Woodall Rodgers Park, which will extend three blocks from St. Paul to Pearl ...
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