July 2015

In the post-Great Recession race to create jobs, Texas did itself proud. It beat the nation as a whole.

In the future, some areas of Texas will need to buy water from parts of the state with more than enough. The process likely will be politically and legally complicated.

This new economic index is not a crystal ball. But it will give economists a clearer picture of which direction the residential housing construction industry is headed.

Here’s a bit of advice for mineral owners negotiating leases. Watch out for gaps in the contract that allow the lessee to extend the lease despite little to no production.

Texas housing prices have been rising since the end of the Great Recession, but incomes have not. Result: Texas housing affordability is taking a hit.

When community officials discuss affordable housing developments, manufactured homes are seldom in the mix. Perhaps they should be.