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October 2016

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Affordable Housing in Austin

Oil Law Applied to Water

Supply, Demand, and Affordability

Selling the Waggoner Ranch

Clean Water Act Expands

Seasonal Patterns in Home Sales

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Navigating Watershed Changes
18 minute read
Oct 14 2016

Navigating Watershed Changes

On August 15, 2015, one of the most massive federal land-use regulations went into effect. A violation of the new regulation, known as Waters of the United States (WOTUS), without...
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Game of Homes
7 minute read
Oct 04 2016

Game of Homes

The Supply-Demand Struggle
Rapid recovery from the Great Recession, buoyed by the shale oil boom, has fueled demand for single-family homes in Texas. Homebuilders have been unable to keep pace with increasing demand;...
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Selling Season
6 minute read
Sep 22 2016

Selling Season

Home sales activity in Texas tends to accelerate beginning in March, peaks in summer, and troughs in winter (Figures 1 and 2). Monthly shares of annual homes sold in Texas...
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Mixing Oil and Water Law
7 minute read
Sep 21 2016

Mixing Oil and Water Law

Citing similarities, the Texas Supreme Court applied the Accommodation of the Estates Doctrine, previously applied only to mineral law, to a groundwater case pitting the City of Lubbock against surface owners with environmental concerns.

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East Side Story
8 minute read
Aug 26 2016

East Side Story

The cost of residential housing on Austin’s east side is increasing dramatically. For decades, homes located east of I-35 were occupied primarily by low-income residents. But strong population growth combined...
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How the West Was Won
Land Markets
10 minute read
Aug 12 2016

How the West Was Won

Selling of the Waggoner Ranch
In the end, clouds of doubt dispersed, seas of conflict parted, and everyone came together to accomplish the improbable sale of a storied Texas ranching empire that dated from the...
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