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Tierra Grande

April 2011

April 2011

In This Issue

Regional Economic Concentration

Extend and Pretend Implications

USDA Conservation Program

El Paso Commercial Markets

Access Easements

New Reality for Housing Market

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Features

Nothing Easy About Easements
9 minute read
Apr 14 2011

Nothing Easy About Easements

Land buyers who fail to pay close attention to access easements may learn what “You can’t get there from here” really means.

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Border Business: El Paso’s Commercial Market
9 minute read
Apr 14 2011

Border Business: El Paso’s Commercial Market

Look beyond the headlines focusing on violence in Juarez. El Paso was recognized as one of the safest cities in the nation, and it is wide open for business.

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Housing’s New Reality
7 minute read
Apr 14 2011

Housing’s New Reality

Home values have taken a beating the past several years. The Federal Reserve estimates U.S. households lost nearly $6.7 trillion in home equity since 2005, nearly half the total value.

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Land Markets
4 minute read
Apr 14 2011

Cash for Conservation

The Environmental Quality Incentives Program is a federal initiative that helps eligible farmers and ranchers plan, implement, and share the costs of conservation practices that address natural resource concerns.

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The More We Get Together
7 minute read
Apr 11 2011

The More We Get Together

Sometimes more IS more. Where there are lots of people, there are also lots of businesses and industries. Thanks to economies of scale, more businesses tends to mean higher wages for employees and higher returns for owners.

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Extend and Pretend
10 minute read
Apr 11 2011

Extend and Pretend

Commercial lenders are extending loans on distressed properties instead of taking their losses now. Investors are cooling their heels, waiting for the flood of foreclosures (and lower prices) that will come. How long can this go on?

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