Alpine Real Estate News

Wednesday Jul 1 | via Texas Monthly 

QUALIFICATIONS: Runs the Southwest Texas Alternative Energy and Sustainable Living Field Laboratory, a personal experiment in green living / Chronicles his experiences online at thefieldlab.blogspot.com After working in fashion photography and set design in New York City for twenty years, I moved upstate to work as a building contractor.

Related Topix: Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Alternative Energy, Energy, Photography, Arts, Home, Mortgage, West, TX, Alpine, TX

Sun City among nation's leaders in weathering a brutal recession

Tuesday Jun 16 | via El Paso Times 

In the midst of the worst recession since the Great Depression, no American city is doing great, but a study being released today shows that El Paso's economy is stronger than all but 10 of the nation's 100 largest cities. 9 comments

Related Topix: El Paso, TX, El Paso County, TX, Housing, Foreclosures, Texas

Friday Jun 12 | via El Paso Times 

Home foreclosure filings in El Paso County increased almost 14 percent in May compared with the same time a year ago, new data show.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, El Paso County, TX, El Paso, TX

El Paso stress index high for Texas: 9.4 higher than Las Cruces, but...

May 20, 2009 | via IEP High School Mania - El Paso Times 

Residents of El Paso County have a 9.4 percent chance of experiencing at least one of these economic misfortunes: job loss, foreclosure or bankruptcy. 10 comments

Related Topix: El Paso, TX, Texas Government, Texas, El Paso County, TX, Foreclosures, Financial Markets

May 20, 2009 | via KFOXTV 

Hundreds of foreclosures have been filed in the last few months in El Paso, but the president of the local board of realtors says there's light at the end of the tunnel.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, El Paso, TX, El Paso County, TX

4 hrs ago | via Atlantic Monthly 

Your reader comparing Beloit and San Antonio is leaving one major component out of the comparison: military spending.

Related Topix: Texas, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, San Angelo, TX

14 hrs ago | via MSNBC 

July 1: After publicly admitting to having an affair with a woman from Argentina, South Carolina Gov.

Related Topix: Mark Sanford, US Governors, Columbia, SC, Real Estate, Argentina, World News, Cordoba, Argentina

22 hrs ago | via KBMT 

Some Southeast Texans could see a 15 percent increase in insurance rates soon. KBMT 12 News ABC/NBC Michael Seiden has more on how much extra money area residents may be shelling out every month.

Related Topix: Texas, Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Ike, Jefferson County, TX, Real Estate

22 hrs ago | via Times Record News 

Chuck Dennis, president of the North Texas Home Builders Association, presented the program at the July Membership Luncheon, held Thursday, July 2, at the Howard Johnson Plaza Hotel.

Related Topix: Texas, Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

23 hrs ago | via Austin American-Statesman 

Phoenix-based Opus West Corp., which developed the Hill County Galleria in Bee Cave, will auction off almost all of its holdings in Texas, Arizona and California next month as part of its bankruptcy.

Related Topix: Construction, Texas, Bee Cave, TX, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Travis County, TX, Foreclosures

6 min ago | via Jacksonville Daily News 

A few weeks ago, a fire destroyed several units in an area apartment complex. According to media reports, about 30 people lost their homes.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance

8 min ago | via CurbedLA 

In our current real estate boom/bust cycle, these four under-construction projects represent the last insanely-priced luxury towers that'll rise in Los Angeles for some time.

Related Topix: Los Angeles, CA, Century City (Los Angeles, CA), Real Estate

10 min ago | via MSNBC 

The struggling real estate market may open the door of opportunity for a non-profit group.

Related Topix: Foreclosures, Charlotte, NC, Non-Profit

11 min ago | via The News Tribune 

Fresh on the heels of new proposals to regulate mortgages and other consumer credit products, the Obama administration on Friday sent Congress proposed legislation designed to head off another Bernard Madoff-style fraud.

Related Topix: Home, Mortgage, Mortgage, Personal Finance, Securities and Exchange Commission, Corporate / Securities Law, Law, Bernie Madoff, Mutual Funds, Financial Markets

13 min ago | via The Independent 

US Outlook: It is the political parlour game of the summer on Wall Street and in Washington, handicapping Ben Bernanke's chances of a second term as chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Related Topix: Ben Bernanke, Mortgage, Home