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Tierra Grande

October 2006

October 2006

In This Issue

Growing Cities, Texas-Style

Retail Trends

40- and 50-Year Mortgages

Real Estate Futures

Supply, Demand, Appreciation

Record Texas Land Prices

Home Affordability

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Features

Back to the Futures
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Oct 20 2006

Back to the Futures

Real estate investors can now invest in residential real estate without actually buying houses. Will Texas residential markets be affected?
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Lordy, Lordy Look What’s 40 . . . and Even 50
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Oct 20 2006

Lordy, Lordy Look What’s 40 . . . and Even 50

Contrary to what most homebuyers would expect, under certain conditions, longer-term hybrid ARM mortgages may be less affordable than the popular 30-year conventional loan.
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Big State, Big Cities, Big Growth
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Oct 20 2006

Big State, Big Cities, Big Growth

Texas three cities among the nation's ten largest. But it is the percentage growth among the state's small cities and communities that elicits exclamations of "remarkable" or "phenomenal."
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Retail Details: Massage, Mutts and Makeovers
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Oct 20 2006

Retail Details: Massage, Mutts and Makeovers

Retail is increasingly a vital source of tax revenue for all American cities. Mayors are aggressively courting retailers to come to their communities
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Boom With a View
Land Markets
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Oct 20 2006

Boom With a View

In 2005, Texas land prices set another record at $1,483 per acre. Texas land prices were up 16 percent from 2004 and 76 percent over 2000 prices. Nonagricultural demand continued...
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Measuring Up: Supply, Demand and Home Price Appreciation
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Oct 20 2006

Measuring Up: Supply, Demand and Home Price Appreciation

From 2001-04, Texas' rate of average home price increase was 64 percent lower than the U.S. rate. While the demand for Texas housing increased significantly during those years, the corresponding...
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Housing Affordability
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Oct 20 2006

Housing Affordability

A look at how each of the component costs of homeownership -- mortgage payment, property taxes, insurance and utilities -- affect home affordability. The article shows that 35.9 percent of...
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