26th Annual “Outlook For Texas Land Markets”

Jeremy Jirasek, ALC Candidate, and David Jirasek, ALC, CCIM attended the 26th Annual “Outlook For Texas Land Markets” in San Antonio on April 28th & 29th 2016. Topics of the land conference were: The State of the Texas Real Estate Economy by James P Gaines, Chief Economist, Texas A&M Real Estate Center; Market Drivers of the Energy Sector by Detlef Hallermann, Clinical Assistant Professor/Director of Reliant Energy Trading Center, Dept of Finance, Texas A&M University; Texas Water Laws – Historical Perspectives by Charles R Porter, Jr, Texas Real Estate Broker and Visiting Professor St. Edward’s University; The Farm Credit System – 100 Years Supporting Texas Land Markets by Stan Ray, Chief Administrative Officer, Farm Credit Bank of Texas; Iconic Texas Ranch Embarks on a New Era by Sam Middleton and Bernie Uechtritz; Emerging Legal Issues in Texas Real Estate: Annual Review of Legal Issues Impacting Land Use & Land Brokerage by Judon Fambrough, Senior Lecturer and Attorney at Law, Texas A&M Real Estate Center; Hillingdon Ranch in Photos by David K Langford, President & CEO, Western Photography Company; Developments in Texas Agricultural Land Markets: Discussion of Current Trends in Valuation of Agricultural Land markets Around Texas by American Society of Farm Managers & Rural appraisers Committee; Outlook for Texas Land markets: Review of Past Year’s Land Market Developments & Projections for the Year Ahead by Charles E Gilliland, Research Economist, Texas A&M Real Estate Center; Realtors Land Institute Invited Presentation: Texas Land Use Trends by Roel Lopez, Director, Texas A&M Institute of Renewable Natural Resources; Agricultural Policy Impact on Landowners: Annual Review of Developments in Agricultural Policy by Joe Outlaw, Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Texas A&M University; Current Issues and Solutions Facing Texas Landowners by Blair Fitzsimons, Chief Executive Officer, Texas Agricultural Land Trust; Legal Developments in Environmental Law by Bane Phillippi, Weisbart Springer Hayes LLP; TREC Legal Update 1 by Loretta Dehay, Attorney at Law.