themattesongroup on August 24th, 2010

Texas’ economic recovery is strengthening, according to the latest monthly economic review from the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.  After 16 months of job losses, the state had its third month of positive annual employment growth.  Texas’ employment growth rate from July 2009 to July 2010 was 1.3 percent compared with a rate [...]

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themattesongroup on August 13th, 2010

Dallas’ 75201 ZIP code includes the snazzy Arts District, some of the city’s tallest skyscrapers and a chunk of fashionable Uptown. The area is also ground zero for North Texas mortgage fraud. From 2005 to 2009, more than 13 percent of the home mortgages made in 75201 turned out to be fraudulent, according to a [...]

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themattesongroup on August 12th, 2010

D-FW was one of 100 U.S. metropolitan areas that saw improved home prices from a year earlier, the National Association of Realtors said Wednesday.  Median home sales prices in the area rose 2.1 percent in the second quarter from the same period the previous year, the Realtors said. That beat the nationwide increase of 1.5 [...]

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themattesongroup on August 3rd, 2010

Ratings are in for Rockwall County (among others) schools and we have something to be proud of, yes we do!  Thanks to all the teachers and administration!

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themattesongroup on July 28th, 2010

Dallas and the three other major Texas markets registered the nation’s strongest employment gains during the past five years, according to figures released Wednesday morning by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Houston topped the list with 129,800 new private-sector jobs followed by Dallas, with 71,300 jobs created. Austin came in No. 3 with 56,100 new [...]

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