News on Texas

THE RUNDOWN

2010-12-15T02:30:24Z

Las Vegas not at bottom of ÔBrainiest Bastions' list Mob Experience looking to add 75 jobs at Tropicana5 tenants announced for Tivoli Village

Las Vegas not at bottom of ÔBrainiest Bastions' list

It's been a little more than a month since the Daily Beast declared ...

Holding Titles On Real Property

2010-11-29T14:44:14Z

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3 Cities with Population Growth over Ten Years

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Common State and Federal Restrictions on Lease Options

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How to Find Texas Homes for Sale

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How to Get a Real Estate License in Texas

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Real estate pricing: What guides the market?

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How to become a realtor in Texas

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Best retirement places on a budget

2010-11-04T14:25:52Z

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Lampasas Texas Bloom Fest Things to Do in Central Texas

2010-11-03T01:21:32Z

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Spring Texas The Best Place to Live in Texas

2010-11-03T01:00:36Z

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Land story

2010-11-03T03:30:51Z

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How to Reduce Your Property Taxes in Franklin County Ohio

2010-11-02T23:34:09Z

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Dallas Investment Property - MyHouseDeals.com

2010-11-02T18:04:36Z

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Income Property Investing

2010-11-02T23:18:44Z

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Role Of An Estate Professional To Deal With Property Issues

2010-11-02T17:39:43Z

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Trust Deed Investing: What Wall Street Does Not Want You To Know About

2010-11-02T23:09:27Z

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Enjoy Wonderful Life in The State of Texas

2010-11-02T23:34:42Z

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List Your Home Aggressively Now

2010-11-02T23:28:25Z

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Save Money with a Licensed Realtor in the Woodlands Texas

2010-11-02T18:04:16Z

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What to do when facing the thefts charges

2010-11-02T17:38:41Z

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Residential Real Estate Laws in Newport & Crosby, TX

2010-10-10T20:48:00Z

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Texas Home Inspection Schools

2010-10-08T10:41:05Z

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How to Move from a House to an Apartment

2010-10-07T06:38:09Z

The economic meltdown that started in the stock market and quickly spread throughout the housing industry has left many home owners facing challenging times. In recent years homeowners have found it difficult to maintain their mortgage payments as they experienced pay reductions and even loss of employment. With credit lines for home equity loans or remortgages drying up, more and more homeowners have had to make some tough decisions in order to provide the necessities for their families. Man...

How to Become a Land Broker

2010-09-21T21:06:24Z

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TexasLandsource.com, LLC. Finalizes Rural Real Estate Partnership with Cooper Truck Center

2010-10-07T14:54:25Z

McComb, MS September 21, 2010 -- TexasLandsource.com, LLC. is proud to announce that it has finalized a partnership with Cooper Truck Center (Monroe, Louisiana) to last through September of 2011. Cooper Truck Center will now be able to advertise their Kubota tractor company on the fastest growing rural land sales website in T...

Which States Have the Best Renter's Markets?

2010-09-11T11:30:45Z

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Sterling Construction's Problems Are All Short-Term

2010-09-11T18:20:04Z

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Grants for Hispanics in Texas

2010-11-02T14:35:59Z

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Real Estate Rumble: Blog Tracks Ugly MLS Photos

2010-09-11T10:41:47Z

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Proponent Of New Real Estate Fee Exempts His Own House

2010-11-02T12:26:27Z

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Texas Mortgage Assistance Grants

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Roofing Regulations

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Qualifications for HUD Homes in Texas

2010-11-02T14:33:59Z

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How to Rescind a Condo Purchase Agreement in Texas

2010-11-02T14:30:50Z

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How to Build on Your Own Lot in Texas

2010-11-02T14:30:02Z

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Buying a Home After Bankruptcy in Texas

2010-09-09T13:58:24Z

In Texas, a bankruptcy can remain on your credit report for ten years. While this is always difficult to make a loan and other types of credit, it does not mean that it is impossible. If you improve on the lookout for a way to your credit card or if you have the full benefit of the fresh start that is attached to declaring bankruptcy, you may want to consider home ownership.

Why Buy a Home in Texas

Real Estate in Te...

10 Best-Selling Master-Planned Communities in 2010

2010-11-02T13:14:18Z
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DR Horton Inc. Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript

2010-11-02T12:11:04Z
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How can I get a Real Estate License?

2010-11-05T09:26:46Z
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Meritage Homes Corporation Q2 2010 Earnings Call Transcript

2010-11-02T12:10:36Z
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First Time Homebuyer ProgramTexas Bond program 77

2010-10-06T00:06:14Z

The Tx Department of Housing and Community Affairs (TDHCA) introduced last month a brand new program to support first time homebuyers within the state of Tx. With the expiration of the $8000 federal government homebuyer tax credit in April this year, this kind of program gives you an additional chance for folks and young families seeking ...

Top 10 reasons to invest in real estate

2010-10-06T02:09:24Z

Top 10 Reasons To Invest In Real Estate- Secrets Revealed For The First Time

Investing in real estate has always been considered a safe option by people around the world. Estate offers a sense of security that is seldom offered by other forms of investment such as the stock market or the forex market, which tend to be highly volatile and risky. Real estate in comparison is a safer bet. Whether you are looking to invest in Dallas property or for that matter in any other place ,...

Home Buyers Can Change the Life of Someone Trying to Sell Their Home

2010-10-06T09:10:23Z

For any seller, they know that having home buyers is the only way to ensure that their home gets sold. Texas, like many other states,

has seen a reduction in home sales, which make homeowners who need to sell their homes antsy. The truth is, that a tough market, like

what is happening in the market right now, can mean foreclosure or even bankruptcy for a homeowner that can't sell a home that they

desperately need to sell. The bottom line, home buyers can al...

How to Locate an Individual

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Characteristics of Urban Sprawl

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How to Transfer a Deed in Texas

2010-10-25T12:42:20Z
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Texas Deed of Trust Laws

2010-10-25T08:06:31Z
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Real Estate License Requirements for the State of Texas

2010-10-25T04:33:15Z
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Sell Your Note with The Texas Note Company

2010-10-05T23:31:19Z

The Texas Note Company is a group of real estate professionals that specialize in Owner Financed mortgage notes. We are Texas owned and operated. Our business is to buy and sell mortgage notes, deeds of trusts, land contracts, and mobile home notes. Whether you are in the market to sell a portfolio of notes, a few mortgage notes or just one, The Texas Note Company has the experience and resources to get you the best price for your note.

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On Troubled Banks

2010-10-22T12:53:04Z
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Say ‘Howdy’ to the New Texas ETF

2010-10-22T12:50:16Z
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Trustmark Corporation Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

2010-10-22T07:31:57Z
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How to Rent an Apartment (for first-time renters)

2010-10-22T08:39:28Z
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How to Become a Real Estate Broker in Texas

2010-10-22T08:37:36Z
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Texas Apartment Rentals by Verde Properties

2010-10-06T02:53:30Z

Verde Apartment Properties

Founded in 2001, Verde Apartment Communities has emerged as one of the leading developers, builders and operators of high-end luxury apartment homes in the Southwest. Currently Verde manage properties in all four of the top Texas Metropolitan areas: Dallas-Fort Worth, Austin, Houston and San Antonio where they strive to deliver exceptional customer service, innovation and communities.

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In Pictures: Best And Worst Cities For Cut-Rate Real Estate

2010-10-22T07:46:39Z
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Where Home Prices Are Likely To Rise

2010-10-22T07:46:01Z
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Silsbee Texas Home Market

2010-10-05T15:45:55Z

Located Hardin County in Southeast Texas, this bedroom community with about 6,400 population is 20 miles north of Beaumont Texas. The growth of this area has been steady over the last 10 years with future expansion looking positive due to its location to the metropolitan area to the south.

New home sales have been below the national average for the last 2 years, however existing home sales have been steady with little downturn.

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Prosperity Bancshares Inc. Q2 2009 Earnings Call Transcript

2010-10-22T07:18:13Z
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For many Americans, health cover is key to a job

2010-06-15T09:37:49Z

SOUTHLAKE, Texas (Reuters) - Real estate agent Lisa DeWaal serves coffee at a Starbucks outlet for four hours every morning before she goes to the office to start her "day job."
The reason has little to do with the state of the housing market and eve...

Cities dump fees to bolster building in recession

2010-10-27T14:26:53Z

Cities across US dump 'impact fees' in bid to kick-start development during recession
Developer Frank Varriale hoped his plans to build shops, apartments and a hotel in this sprawling Boise suburb would have become reality by now. Instead, about the only things standing on his land are knee-high wheat and c...

How to : Avoid Being KILLED (as a woman R...

2010-10-22T08:10:06Z
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25% of Sellers Reduce Asking Price

2010-10-21T11:38:34Z
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Find out where it is!

2010-11-02T12:33:34Z
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How To Save On Home Closing Costs

2010-10-21T09:59:46Z
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In Bank Demolition Echoes of the Great Depression

2010-10-23T23:38:34Z
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Commercial Property Revival Comes After Economic Rebound

2010-10-21T10:01:27Z
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How to Get Free Listings Online For Homes For...

2010-10-21T11:13:32Z
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How to Get Your Texas Real Estate License

2010-06-16T10:40:57Z

How to Get Your Texas Real Estate License
By Sean Kim
You might have questions about the state requirements for taking the real estate license exam and becoming a practicing salesperson. We have made it easy for you! You will find information from the Commission (TREC) in one convenient place.
How to get your Texas real estate license? Following guidel...

Real Estate

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We buy ugly houses Dallas

2010-10-06T02:23:06Z

The real estate is a very unpredictable venture and globally experience booms and crises with regard to it. In this case there are regions in US that are currently in great demand in terms of homes, houses, and other such properties. Thus investing in some of the US counties such as Denton County, Dallas County, Tarrant County, Collin County, and Rockwall County is a good option. Moreover, if your home in the region of Dallas Fort Worth Texas is in a poor condition and you wish to sell it, yo...

Cypress, Texas is a Great Place to Live

2010-06-16T11:24:04Z

Cypress, Texas is a Great Place to Live
By Andrew Reichek
Cypress, Texas is located in Northwest Harris County; near the Highway 290 and the Spring-Cypress intersection. Cypress&#160 actually rests on both the North and South side of Highway 290. This Highway and Highway 249 are the main thoroughfares in the area. The area South of Highway 290 is marked by wide open te...

Living in East Texas

2010-10-27T14:28:12Z

Living in East Texas
By John Tatman
From Oklahoma to the Texas Gulf Coast, East Texas offers country living at it's best. The rolling hills of northeast Texas and the piny woods of southeast Texas offer the home buyer a diverse selection of geography. Apart from the larger cities ...

Choice Homes in Texas Shuts Down

2010-10-26T12:02:17Z
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Denver #12 Healthy Housing Market

2010-10-21T09:26:18Z
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Forestar Real Estate Group Inc. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

2010-10-21T09:19:55Z
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Meritage Homes Corp. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

2010-10-21T09:18:50Z
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Why Your Business Needs to Become a Purple Cow to Survive

2010-09-09T15:37:15Z

Everywhere you turn nowadays on the radio, TV, magazines, blogs, internet, newspapers and whenever you talk to colleagues, friends and neighbors you hear one common theme. The economy sucks, the real estate and lending industries are devasted and on life support, the economy really really sucks and everyone is hurting.

Right?

Wrong!

My friend is the time when the transfer of wealth happens once in a generation (for you people that went to p...

America's 25 Strongest Housing Markets

2010-10-21T09:48:25Z
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More Macro Signs For Texas, California

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Living in Fort Hood Texas - What the Area is Like

2010-10-13T09:56:42Z

Fort Hood, Texas is the largest, armored post in the US Armed Services with active duty. Fort Hood is located in Central Texas, between Copperas Cove and Killeen. It?s about an hour north of Austin and southwest of Waco. It?s large enough to support two full armored divisions?the only post in the US that is large enough and capable for such a feat.

The area in Central Texas is very beautiful, and it?s filled with lakes and hills. The cities surrounding Fort Hood are filled wit...

Commercial Real Estate Not Immune to Economic Woes

2010-10-21T09:13:30Z
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No Real Estate Bubble in Central U.S.

2010-10-21T09:13:33Z
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Meltdown far from over, new mortgage crisis looms

2010-06-15T10:11:21Z

Malls, hotels next victims in mortgage crisis as signs show meltdown far from over
Black Friday's retail shoppers hunting for holiday bargains won't be enough to stave off what's likely to become the next economic crisis. Malls from Michigan to Georgia are entering foreclosure, commercial victims of the same events poisoning the housing market.
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Report: Veteran Commercial Real Estate Pros Face Tougher Future

2010-06-15T09:58:10Z

Texas and Florida will gain on New York and Chicago in commercial real estate job growth in 2009, according to a new report (PDF) from Cornell University and SelectLeader...

Forestar Real Estate Group Inc. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

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Cities With The Most Home Equity

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Cavco Industries, Inc. F1Q09 (Qtr End 06/30/08) Earnings Call Transcript

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Regional Banks: Defining the California Ratio

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Texas Banks Are Lone Stars in Group

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Home Builder in Texas That is Within Budget

2010-10-27T14:36:48Z

Magazines about homes and gardens and on lifestyle network, the main feature for every issue are the beautiful homes of the rich and famous. You want your Texas home to be built as elegantly and as beautifully as the rich and famous homes. Your only problem is that you don't have the budget of these people.

Budget is not a problem

One well known home builder in Texas can tell you that budget is not a problem. Gehan Homes can build your dream house that is just as...

Meritage Homes Corporation Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript

2010-10-19T14:13:55Z
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Hot Subdivision in Lewisville Texas

2010-10-13T09:22:04Z

The Water Oak Estates subdivision of the City of Lewisville, Texas was developed in the 1990's and remains one of the most desirable places to live in the area.

All phases of this subdivision are filled with very attractive homes, and excellently maintained lawns and landscapes.

With the convenience of the completed expansion of FM 3040, it is easy to see why this remains one of the "hottest" neighborhoods around! In 2007, while all the p...

What illegal immigration did to his home

2010-10-23T09:22:37Z
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Houston - a World-class City and Economic Powerhouse

2010-10-10T23:28:15Z

Houston ? the fourth largest city in the U.S. and the economic dynamo of Texas is also an international player in the future of global commerce.

The economy of the Houston region is one of America?s largest. Its industries include oil and gas, aeronautical and space, medical research and healthcare, technology, manufacturing, logistics and shipping.

The region includes America?s largest shipping port by international tonnage and the top rated log...

Bill coming due on sinking home equity

2010-09-10T20:30:13Z

AP Centerpiece: Homeownership a Misnomer As Equity Fell to All-Time Lows During Housing Boom
Homeowners started losing hold of their homes years before spiking foreclosures and the housing slump slammed the economy.
Piece by piece, some gave away their homes by tapping equity to take cash out to pay for cars, weddings and vacations. Others never owned one brick. During the country's most recent housing boom, the term "homeowner" became a misnomer as lenders ...

Artificial Turf Manufacturing, Market Potential

2010-09-09T02:23:01Z

The US carpet industry goes back hundreds of years, yet there are only a handful of skilled tufting companies that focus on manufacturing artificial turf materials; many are located here in the North America. Manufacturing plants, in the US, are currently located in Texas, Alabama, Tennessee and Georgia.

Artificial turf construction for sports fields, golf applications and landscape projects is a steadily growing industry. Volumes may exceed 140 million square feet this yea...

Baylor Texas Pan American Basketball

2011-01-03T09:31:59Z
Baylor's Brooklyn Pope, right, grabs a loose ball in front of Texas-Pan American's Jasmine Gordon (33) in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday, Dec. 30, 2010, in Waco, Texas. Baylor won 101-55. (AP Photo/Duane A. Laverty)
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New Year

2010-12-31T21:00:24Z
Christine Hiller, left, her sister Lisa Del Rio, center, both from New Jersey, and Victoria Goldsmith, 12, from Texas, right, take part in the New Year's Eve festivities in New York's Pearland, Texas on Friday, Dec. 31, 2010. Police said the incident at the suburban Houston bank where two gunmen took hostages has ended after a negotiation of more than four hours. (AP Photo/Dave Einsel
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Afghanistan

2010-12-31T02:31:40Z
U.S. Sgt. Olivarez Benjamin of Kingsville, Texas, of 2nd Platoon Bravo Company 2-327, chats with Afghan children during a patrol in Chowkay district, near the Pakistan border, Brittney Griner (42) reaches for a rebound in front of Texas-Pan American defenders Donna Jackson (24), Re-Shawndra Jackson (25) and Erin Lewis (15) in the first half of an