2010 may look much like 2009 in commercial real estate
Monday Dec 28 | via Fort Worth Business Press
Tarrant County's commercial real estate market has morphed throughout 2009 into a near still sector and according to local commercial real estate experts, 2010 looks hold more of the same with the possibility of some... Comment?
Commercial foreclosures down in Tarrant County, up i...
Monday | via Fort Worth Star-Telegram
Tarrant County saw commercial foreclosure postings dip 1.5 percent this year even as the four-county Metroplex saw an increase of nearly 27 percent, according to figures released Monday by Foreclosure Listing Service. Comment?
Lumps of coal for the naughty and cheers for the nic...
Thursday Dec 24 | via Star-telegram.com
DAVE LIEBER My Christmas cheer today goes to Tarrant County Human Services, an arm of government that rescues people from poverty and sadness every working day. Comment?
November existing home sales rose sharply in North T...
Tuesday Dec 22 | via WFAA-TV Dallas
Home buyers were racing to get their sales done before the First-time Home Buyer Tax Credit expired. Comment?
Story | Tarrant County's January foreclosure posting...
Thursday Dec 17 | via Fort Worth Star-Telegram
A large number of Tarrant County homeowners are again at risk of losing their property to foreclosure in January, up 6 percent to 1,855 residences compared with 1,746 posted last month, Foreclosure Listing Service said Thursday. Comment?
3 hrs ago | via Mortgage News Daily
Latest post Wed, Dec 30 2009 5:55 PM by Bryan Bledsoe. 28 replies. Viewed 2,378 times. Comment?
Texas' Now-Strong Banks Hold Lessons for Rest of U.S.
15 hrs ago | via KPRC-AM Houston
Part of the reason Texas banks have fared better is the superior Texas economy. "We did not have the high run-up of home prices and we did not have the subprime debacle." Texas banking Commissioner Charles Cooper says Texas bankers also learned how to better cope with banking disasters -- when hundreds collapsed in the 1980s. Comment?
Dallas-Fort Worth home prices dip slightly
Tuesday | via Denton Record-Chronicle
Dallas-Fort Worth home prices were down by just a whisker in the latest gauge of the U.S. housing market. Comment?
Crude, Heating Oil, Gasoline Futures Rise as New Yor...
Tuesday | via Bloomberg.com
Heating oil futures gained as rising home prices showed a strengthening economy and as colder weather indicated greater demand for heating fuel. Comment?
Housing developments targeted growing suburbs, downtown
Sunday Dec 27 | via Residential Real Estate
Several downtown condominium towers were built or started during the decade. Austin has long beckoned to job seekers, musicians and students alike, and the past decade has been no exception. Comment?
US govt gives GMAC $3.8B in new aid to stabilize fin...
4 min ago | via CKNW News Talk 980
The government gave GMAC Financial Services another $3.8 billion in cash and took a majority stake in the auto lender, aiming to stabilize the company as it struggles with big losses in its home mortgage unit. Comment?
Stocks little changed as dollar strengthens
4 min ago | via SavannahNow
Stocks ended the next-to-last day of 2009 little changed as welcome news on manufacturing helped offset a drop in commodities prices. Comment?
Local Church Falls Victim To Predatory Lending
1 hr ago | via CBS2Chicago.com
Share + Dec 30, 2009 10:30 pm US/Central Reporting Dave Savini OAK LAWN, Ill. They put their faith in a local bank, but now a suburban church is facing collapse, after they say they have become the victim of predatory lending. Comment?
GMAC receives $3.8 billion more
9 min ago | via Pittsburgh Tribune Review
The government on Wednesday provided a fresh $3.8 billion cash infusion to stabilize GMAC Financial Services as the financing company struggles with hefty losses in its home mortgage unit. Comment?
GMAC Receives $3.8 Billion From Treasury in Lender's...
10 min ago | via Bloomberg
GMAC Inc. , the auto and home lender bailed out twice by the U.S. government, received a third rescue package valued at $3.79 billion that gives taxpayers a majority stake in the Detroit-based company. Comment?