April 2009

Real estate firms of all sizes should investigate accounts payable automation to reduce costs and improve case management.

The months inventory measure is one way to determine the relative balance of housing supply and demand in a market. As supply increases relative to demand, prices tend to fall....

Continuing economic uncertainty is prompting some investors to purchase farmland as an investment. Cropland prices and rents have increased steadily since 2004, in part because of rising commodity prices. But...

When inflation strikes, consumers look to gold, real estate, foreign assets from countries with stable currencies and inflation-protected U.S. Treasury bonds. But gold is always a high-risk investment. The best...

The problems in the housing market are the result of too much supply and not enough demand. Construction of new homes in over supplied markets should end. Investors should be...

Based on the timeline of the 1980s and 1990s economic downturn and eventual recovery, the current commercial real estate situation may last longer than expected. Part of the problem may...

Comparing Texas and U.S. tax revenues provides a clearer, more timely picture of how the Texas economy stacks up against the nation's than looking at employment and income data, which...

Selling residential property 'as is' raises questions because the Texas Supreme Court has never addressed the issue. It has, however, approved the sale of commercial property in this manner. Based...