Texas RealEstateRama

Researchers continuously monitor an ever-evolving Texas economic landscape. A new online report from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University reveals which important economic indicators are being monitored and why

Houston City Council today approved another five percent increase in the Houston Residential Energy Conservation Code. With this increase the local minimum energy efficiency requirements for new construction of one and two family homes, townhouses and apartments up to three stories in height is 15 percent above what is mandated by state law. This is the third year in a row the local code has been increased by five percent

Las Vegas, TX - December 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Las Vegas-area home sales fell last month to the lowest level for a November in five years, the result of a constrained supply of homes for sale, waning affordability and the ongoing decline in investor purchases. The median sale price dipped slightly month-to-month but was still 26 percent higher than a year earlier, marking the 20th consecutive month with a year-over-year gain, a real estate information service reported

San Antonio, TX: - December 19, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- U.S. Representative Pete P. Gallego (TX-23) today announced a $4,281,450 federal grant to replace water piping, rehabilitate ground storage tanks and renovate a pump station in Reagan County. The funds are made available through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Rural Development division.

Northbrook, IL - October 23, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- October 22, 2013)- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased Walgreens property located at 2300 Pecan Boulevard in McAllen, TX for $2,284,000.

San Antonio, TX - October 22, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- An affiliate of USAA Real Estate Company and a Cencor Realty Services’ joint venture have acquired an investment stake in the H-E-B-anchored Culebra Market, a 232,126-square-foot grocery-anchored retail center in San Antonio, Texas. Cencor Realty Services is the property management and development affiliate of The Weitzman Group, which leases the center. Cencor developed the property and will continue to operate it under the new joint venture arrangement

AUSTIN, TX - October 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- According to the Multiple Listing Service (MLS) report released today by the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR), the volume of Austin-area home sales continued to rise in September and had the most single-family home sales for the month since 2005

Austin Board of REALTORS® Trade Show Draws Over 2,000 Attendees AUSTIN, TX - October 21, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Austin Board of REALTORS®’ (ABoR)...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - October 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Rep. Kevin Brady (R-TX), Chairman of the Joint Economic Committee of Congress, released the following statement upon the announcement of the winners of the Nobel Prize in economics.

AUSTIN, TX - October 9, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) announced plans to give brokers autonomy in deciding whether to syndicate data to non-REALTOR® consumer websites after April 30, 2013.

Northbrook, IL - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Boulder Group, a net leased investment brokerage firm, has completed the sale of a single tenant net leased Walgreens property located at 9350 Highway 6 South in Houston, Texas for $5,150,000

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 30, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today-Congressman Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX-15) announced the McAllen-Miller International Airport was awarded a Small Community Air Service Development grant of $750,000 by the U.S. Department of Transportation. The purpose of the Small Community Air Service Development Grant program is to provide funding support to help small airports, such as McAllen, attract air service to locations not being served by other airlines at this time

Floresville, TX - September 25, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- On Tuesday, September 24th,Congressman Henry Cuellar (TX-28) presented $826,127 in federal funds to the Frank Tejeda Veterans’ Home in Floresville.

WASHINGTON, D.C. - September 20, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- What if you learned that a group of domestic troublemakers was planning to destabilize the U.S. economy and invite ruinous hardship on millions of Americans, mainly women, children, the disabled and the elderly? What if you discovered that their plan was to increase unemployment, hunger, homelessness, poverty and poor health? To slow local economies still reeling from a sluggish (or nonexistent) recovery, and push deprivation to Third World levels? Would you sit idly by and let this happen? Or would you fight back

AUSTIN, TX - September 18, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) announced a partnership with Leadership Austin as the presenting sponsor for the 2013-14 ENGAGE Breakfast Series, a monthly event that brings together high profile Austin leaders and key stakeholders to present in-depth and interactive discussions on important, timely, and often complex regional issues

AUSTIN, TX - September 5, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) announced plans to begin construction on an approximately 33,000-square-foot new member facility. The new building will provide multiple new technologies and member services for ABoR’s nearly 9,000 members across Central Texas, along with staff offices

EUGENE, OR - August 15, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Scott Magyar has chosen to revitalize his real estate website with the IDX, Inc. dynamic IDX Broker software. Thousands of North Texas Real Estate Info Systems (NTREIS) listings are now available for home seekers around Dallas to search through. Magyar has long had access to the NTREIS listings, but now the revolutionary IDX technology brings property listings to the fingertips of those looking for homes. Never before has a simpler or easier-to-use online real estate solution been available to home seekers on the go

AUSTIN, TX - August 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today, the Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) announced its support of affordable housing initiatives by partnering with Keep Austin Affordable, a coalition of business and community leaders who support a $65 million bond package on the November 13 ballot. If approved, the bonds would create needed affordable housing for low-income households and protect Austin’s economy

AUSTIN, TX - August 12, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- The Austin Board of REALTORS® (ABoR) held its first Fan Fare Friday on August 2nd to raise funds and fans for Family Eldercare, an Austin non-profit organization providing a range of services, including heat relief to older adults, people with disabilities, and their caregivers.

Washington, D.C. - August 8, 2013 - (RealEstateRama) -- Today-Congressman Rubén Hinojosa (D-TX-15) announced the Alamo Housing Authority was awarded $113,829 in federal grant funding by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.