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Tierra Grande

July 2016

July 2016

In This Issue

Real Estate Salaries

Exuberant Price Behavior

Property Tax Caps

Surveys

Employment and Home Prices

Texas Personal Income

Part-Time? Profits a Must

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Features

What's in Your Wallet?
15 minute read
Jul 19 2016

What's in Your Wallet?

Texans' Income Fares Well During Oil Busts and Booms
Expansions and contractions in the energy industry drive both booms and busts in Texas. The uneven growth caused by the ups and downs in oil prices is especially present in...
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Not Back Yet
7 minute read
Jul 01 2016

Not Back Yet

Some States Still Lagging After Great Recession
It should come as no surprise that the Texas economy has outperformed most states and the United States as a whole over the last decade. However, it may be surprising...
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Curb Your Enthusiasm
7 minute read
Jun 27 2016

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Keeping an Eye on Exuberant Home Prices
Years after the largest housing bust in United States history, could another boom be developing? Texas avoided much of the 1998-2006 housing boom and subsequent collapse in real (inflation-adjusted) house...
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Real Estate Payday
4 minute read
Jun 24 2016

Real Estate Payday

Texans' Compensation Competitive
Compensation of the state's real estate professionals is competitive with the nation's, and there is plenty of room for the number of Texas brokers and managers to grow. And, people...
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Tax or Consequences
Land Markets
6 minute read
Jun 10 2016

Tax or Consequences

Beginning in the 1970s, a series of lawsuits challenging Texas state public school financing produced a system that inexorably links Texas property tax policy with school funding issues. Failing to...
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Sizing Up Surveys
6 minute read
May 27 2016

Sizing Up Surveys

How can a Texas farm buyer make sure he is getting all the land he is paying for and that he has access to and from the property? How does...
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Profit Motive
3 minute read
May 17 2016

Profit Motive

Key for Part-Timers
Information about selling real estate on a part-time basis is abundant on the web. Part-timers can find out about specific part-time real estate positions and get advice about selling real...
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