themattesongroup on January 27th, 2010

Dallas-area home prices turn positive in S&P/Case- Shiller index
After more than two years of declines, home prices have finally turned positive for Dallas in the closely watched Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller Home Price Index.
Residential values in the Dallas area were up 1.4 percent in November from a year earlier – the first increase in the [...]

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themattesongroup on November 16th, 2009

Texas metros, led by number one Austin–Round Rock, claimed four of the top five spots and nine of the top 16 in the 2009 Milken Institute/Greenstreet Real Estate Partners Best-Performing Cities Index.
Also making the list were Killeen–Temple–Fort Hood (2), McAllen-Edinburg-Mission (4), Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown (5), San Antonio (11), Fort Worth–Arlington (12), Dallas-Plano-Irving (13), El Paso (14) [...]

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themattesongroup on October 22nd, 2009

Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX
Overall rank: 5 out of top 40

The sprawling, vibrant, and diverse metro has a major international airport, professional sports teams, and large corporations. It is home to ExxonMobil, J.C. Penney, and TXU Energy. Employment in the Dallas metro peaked in the second quarter of last year. Gross metropolitan product in the second quarter [...]

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themattesongroup on October 19th, 2009

A total of 18,643 existing single-family homes were sold in Texas last month, a 4 percent increase from September 2008, according to MLS data compiled by the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University.
The median price rose 2 percent to $147,900 during the same period, and the state finished the month with a 7.1-month inventory of existing homes.
Here is [...]

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themattesongroup on March 23rd, 2009

Only four U.S. housing markets experienced an increase in value during January, and three of those were in Texas, according to a survey released Monday.
First American CoreLogic reports that Austin–Round Rock saw a 3.9 percent increase in housing market value.
Houston–Sugar Land–Baytown reported a 3.6 percent increase and Dallas-Plano-Irving home values jumped 1.5 percent.
Throughout Texas, home [...]

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