October 2015

Like labor markets that include employed and unemployed persons, real estate markets include rented and vacant properties available for rent. Owners and managers of rental properties generally keep an inventory...

How profitable are Texas houses as an investment? An ongoing research project at the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University found that Texas homes are more profitable than the...

Manipulating the mortgage interest rate to encourage homebuying is nothing new. The Fed started lowering interest rates, especially the home mortgage rate, in the early 1980s. Between November 1978 and...

Texas legislators assembled in Austin having campaigned on promises of meaningful property tax relief. A strident drumbeat of criticism singled out the unequal appraisal protest and appeal as a "corporate...

Regardless of whether a taxpayer correctly includes income and deductions on a tax return, an IRS audit could lead to additional taxes, interest and penalties if the taxpayer does not...

What exactly is a modular home? ​"It's just a house," says Larry Wilkinson, a consultant working with Oak Creek Homes, one of several modular home manufacturers in Texas. "They are...