What's Happening in Baton Rouge Real Estate!

It's really no secret that the Houston job market it immense and varied, so I thought it might be interesting to see how and where the jobs are dispersed within the Houston labor market. The Texas Workforce Commission puts out annual information, so the numbers below are for the year-end 2009.  W...

2010 has been an exciting year for San Antonio on the job announcement front. From existing local corporations announcing their expansion plans to exciting relocation announcements from out of state companies 2010 - and certainly 2011 are shaping up to be banner years for jobs in San Antonio. I b...

Comerica has released its initial monthly economic index tracking tool for the Texas economy - the Texas Economic Activity Index. Comerica recently relocated its corporate headquarter from Michigan to downtown Dallas citing number of reasons.  One of the primary drivers behind this relocation was...

A new, 17 acre housing development on Burbank - between Ben Hur and Gardere Lane - is scheduled to break ground in mid 2011...with homes available for purchase a few months later!  This gated community development will house 92 lots and will contain garden homes ranging from 1,500 - 1,900 square ...

Here are the November 2010 home sales trends for San Antonio.  The numbers look quite similar to October's numbers and mirror almost exactly what is occurring in all the other major Texas cities. There were 1,249 homes sold in November 2010, down substantially from November 2009 when the homebuye...

I have pulled Austin homes sales trends for November 2010 and it looks like to me that the Austin real estate market continues to plug along.  There were 1,345 homes sold in November 2010, down sharply from November 2009 when the homebuyers tax credit was in full effect.  Interestingly enough the...

I prepare a monthly home sales trends analysis for all the major Texas cities each month, and I'm beginning to sound a bit like a broken record!  I am amazed at how similar the trend lines are for each of the big Texas cities.  All show a sharp drop off in October & November 2010 sales as compare...

Looks like the Houston real estate market is continuing to plug along based on November 2010 activity.  There were 3,905 homes sold in Houston in November - which was down about 20% from the same month in 2009.   I believe the dropoff can be attributed almost entirely to the elimination of the ho...

I've pulled updated homes sales numbers for Collin County - November 2010...and there are some pretty interesting figures. Unit sales in November fell to 682 down from 901 in November 2010.  As in previous months - you can clearly see the effects of the homebuyers tax credit in 2009.  The average...

I have charted up some monthly and historical data regarding homes sales trends in Ft. Worth. This data is a roll-up of information for Ft. Worth, Arlington and NE Tarrant County, so you can have an overview of home sales trends for Tarrant County. The average sales price and months of inventory ...