Texas Betters U.S. Growth

The Texas economy gained 231,700 jobs from December 2009 to December 2010, an annual growth rate of 2.3 percent, according to the Real Estate Center’s latest Monthly Review of the Texas Economy. U.S. nonfarm employment rose 0.8 percent over the same period. The...

Texas Leads the Way in Recovery

The Texas economy continues to outperform the U.S. economy in the current recovery, according to the Real Estate Center’s latest monthly economic review. The state’s economy gained 194,400 jobs from November 2009 to November 2010, an annual growth rate of 1.9...

Texas Job Growth Update

Texas’ economy added 166,600 jobs from September 2009 to September 2010, according to the Real Estate Center’s latest Monthly Review of the Texas Economy. This is an annual growth rate of 1.6 percent. Over the same period, the U.S. economy gained 321,000 jobs,...

TEXAS BOUND FOR FAST RECOVERY?

 Texas’ four major metros are in the top ten fastest-recovering cities nationwide, according to Forbes.com magazine. Forbes ranked San Antonio the second fastest recovering city in the country, Austin the third, Dallas–Fort Worth–Arlington the sixth and Houston–Sugar...