Yearly Archives: 2008
Hines REIT Acquires Landmark Tower
HOUSTON – The Houston office of Hines, the international real estate firm, announced today that Hines REIT has acquired Williams Tower, the 1.5 million-square-foot,...
Craddick Announces The Select Committee On Property Tax Relief And Appraisal Reform
Austin - April 23, 2008 - Speaker Tom Craddick (Midland), today, announced the formation of the Select Committee on Property Tax Relief and Appraisal...
Gov. Perry Announces TEF Investment in Solar Power Company
AUSTIN – Gov. Rick Perry today announced the state will invest $1 million through the Texas Enterprise Fund (TEF) in HelioVolt Corp. of Austin...
Senate Passes Housing Relief Package, Includes Several Cornyn-Backed Amendments To Boost Housing Benefits For...
WASHINGTON - April 10, 2008 - U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, today voted in favor of a broad housing relief package, the Foreclosure Prevention...
Foreclosure Assistance Solutions and owners must return $475,000 to harmed homeowners
SAN ANTONIO – Texas Attorney General Greg Abbott has shut down a fraudulent “foreclosure rescue” firm that preyed on hundreds of struggling Texas homeowners.
An...
Cornyn: I Hope We Can Reach Bipartisan Agreement On Housing Relief Bill
WASHINGTON - April 1, 2008 - U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, Vice-Chair of the Senate Republican Conference, expressed optimism today that a bipartisan accord could...
Texas Realtors celebrate Fair Housing Month in April
Marks start of three-month focus on fair and affordable housing issues statewide
Every April, Texas joins the nation in celebrating Fair Housing Month. Passionate about...
COME HOME: “The Home Buying Process”
On March 29, Mayor Bill White and the Greater Houston Builders Association (GHBA) will host, “ COME HOME: The Home Buying Process” at the...
Local veterans to receive $250,000 for housing assistance
TDHCA providing help to 24 Houston veterans of Afghan, Iraq wars
AUSTIN, TX - March 19, 2008 - Life on the home front will soon be a...
HUD Secretary, Dallas State Senator join state housing agency, stakeholders to launch statewide foreclosure...
Task Force leads information campaign to assist Texans facing or experiencing foreclosure
AUSTIN, TX - March 17, 2008 - Texas homeowners who may be facing or...
Cornyn Co-Sponsors New Legislation to Provide Housing Relief to Texas Families
WASHINGTON - With home foreclosures rising in many states across the country, U.S. Sen. John Cornyn announced today that he has joined several other...
Prime Outlets Selects Partners To Begin Development of Region’s Largest Outlet Shopping Destination
Construction to Begin Fall 2008
GRAND PRAIRIE, Texas, March 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Prime Retail, one of the nation's largest and most successful developers of outlet...
Help for the home front secured for local veterans through state housing agency
TDHCA providing $250,000 in down payment, home modification assistance to help 16 San Antonio low income veterans of Afghan, Iraq wars
AUSTIN - Life on...
More than 900 Texas Realtors gather in Austin
Annual event features notable speakers and statewide awards
More than 900 Realtors from across the state attended the 2008 Texas Realtors Winter Meeting, Feb. 22-26...
PSMI opening office in Grand Prairie, TX
Jon Traver Opens PSM Office
Roswell, NM, 2/04/08 - PrimeSource Mortgage, Inc. (PSMI) continues to open branches Nationwide. PSMI proudly announces the opening of a PrimeSource...
Single family housing to receive $1 million boost from State housing funds
TDHCA to release funds through competitive application process addressing disaster repairs, persons with disabilities, and homeownership
AUSTIN, TX - One million dollars in flexible state housing...
Cornyn Supports Proposal For New Tax Credit For Homebuyers
WASHINGTON - January 30, 2008 - U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, a member of the Senate Budget Committee, today signed on as an original cosponsor...
FORE Opens Dallas Regional Office
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- Fore Property Company (FORE) announces the opening of its regional office in Dallas, Texas. The new office will be...
Customer service expert Joe Garcia to lead state housing agency’s manufactured housing division
AUSTIN, TX - Joe A. Garcia has been appointed Executive Director of the Manufactured Housing Division of the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs...
Thousands of Texans to benefit from affordable, government approved mortage plan
HUD Secretary highlights Bush Administration's fight against foreclosure
SAN ANTONIO, TX - January 25, 2008 - More than 18,000 Texas families could be eligible for a safer, more affordable government-insured mortgage that is pending approval by the U.S. Congress, U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Alphonso Jackson announced today.
