BUSINESS

08/22/2008

Credit crunch does have a silver lining: No overbuilding
The next time you see one of those towering construction cranes at work, take a long look. Unless things change, there will soon be a lot fewer of them around.

08/15/2008

Downtown Dallas is back on track
The recent news that Tenet Healthcare will move its headquarters from up near the Galleria to downtown Dallas couldn't be more welcome.

08/08/2008

AT&T jobs came cheap to downtown Dallas
AT&T's pending corporate headquarters move from San Antonio to Dallas is being touted as a windfall for the downtown area.

08/01/2008

Housing statistics - particularly about prices - are tough to analyze
This week's housing data had more bad news for the local home market.

07/25/2008

Today's real estate mess misses '80s mark by a mile
I was visiting with some real estate agents this week, and someone asked if I thought the North Texas property market today was as bad off as in the 1980s.

07/18/2008

Nation can't afford to lose Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac
I saw a poll a few days ago where more than 60 percent of Americans said they didn't want the government to bail out mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.

07/11/2008

Area's decline in homes for sale puzzles experts
North Texas home sales are down – off 20 percent in June.

07/04/2008

Economy eating away at restaurants' real estate pull

06/27/2008

Column exposed gulf between townies and 'burbies over downtown Dallas
Last week I wrote that suburban folks are sometimes put off by downtown Dallas. Little did I know that my column would expose a great gulf between the townies and 'burbies and how they feel about the city center.

06/20/2008

Downtown's charm lies in its urban heart
Recently we've been hearing from suburban folks who've gotten rattled while visiting downtown Dallas.

06/13/2008

Adding up the days it takes to sell a home
Seventy-nine days doesn't sound like so much time.

06/06/2008

Dallas-Fort Worth job market is staying afloat
Lately all I've heard about the U.S. employment market has been bad news. But so far, the news from the North Texas job market hasn't been as bad as I would have thought. Economists see it the same way.

05/30/2008

Real estate deals go into slow-motion

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