Karen Kidd News
DFW-area real estate market 'frenzy' is over: Texas A&M research economist
The largely pandemic-driven housing market frenzy that gripped the Dallas-Fort Worth area for about a year hasn't just cooled down, it's over.
BY KAREN KIDD
• DEC 12, 2021
'Would you live in a 3D-printed house?': Mouser Electronics posts about 3D-printed neighborhood coming to Austin
Groundbreaking is expected next year in the Austin area to build what is expected to be the world's largest 3D-printed homes community.
BY KAREN KIDD
• NOV 13, 2021
Analysts disagree about whether housing prices will slump or surge next year
Whether the current housing prices will continue into near double-digit territory next year or there will be a "significant slowdown" depends on the analysis.
BY KAREN KIDD
• NOV 12, 2021
H-E-B opens new SA store, plans expansion of another
San Antonio's far west side is getting a lot of attention from one of the region's largest retail outlets, H-E-B.
BY KAREN KIDD
• NOV 5, 2021
Starwood Capital's $10 billion distressed real-estate fund largest in company history, CEO says
Florida-based private investment firm Starwood Capital Group announced late last week it had closed on yet another opportunistic real estate fund for more than $10 billion to invest into distressed real estate.
BY KAREN KIDD
• OCT 24, 2021
Hispanic/Latino and white Austin homeownership wealth gap closing but intervention required, real estate analyst says
Austin's Hispanic or Latino population is severely underrepresented in the city's booming housing market but that could change in the coming year, a real estate analyst told a business journal.
BY KAREN KIDD
• OCT 9, 2021
'Welcome Moca Ventures to the city of Bastrop': Austin-based financial-technology company's HQ planned in Bastrop
Construction of an Austin-based financial-technology company is expected to seriously ramp up in the industrial park of tiny Bastrop after getting hundreds of thousands in concessions last month.
BY KAREN KIDD
• OCT 9, 2021
Alamo visitor center, museum changes to be 'truly worthy' of landmark, executive director says
The Alamo Trust is harnessing a $25 million investment by Bexar County for redevelopment and expansion of the landmark's visitor's center, according to information on its website.
BY KAREN KIDD
• OCT 9, 2021
Valcor Commercial's 118-acre Lemon Ranch development near Boerne to break ground this fall: SABJ
Construction of a mixed-used community on what once was a 118-acre ranch between San Antonio and Boerne is expected to get under way this fall, the San Antonio Business Journal recently reported.
BY KAREN KIDD
• AUG 25, 2021
Partners announce development of affordable housing community Yager Flats in Austin suburb
Multiple partners are planning an affordable multifamily housing development in a fast-growing Austin suburb, according to various announcements.
BY KAREN KIDD
• AUG 25, 2021
Magnolia Place, now under construction, will have increased residential component: developer CEO
Developers of a mixed-use development project in Magnolia upped the amount of residential space in response to demand for such property throughout the state, the Austin-based real estate company's CEO said in a recent release.
BY KAREN KIDD
• AUG 25, 2021
Developer KB Home plans expansion of three communities into Sonterra West master plan community
A California-based homebuilding company's recently announced expansion into a fast-growing development area near Jarrell will bring with it three new single-family communities, according to a recent release.
BY KAREN KIDD
• AUG 25, 2021
Austin home prices are going up, but still not as high as West Coast, experts say
If you own a home in Austin, its price is on the rise, but still doesn't compare to West Coast home values, experts have been saying this month.
BY KAREN KIDD
• AUG 25, 2021
Dallas 'house' that triggered thousands of comments, shares on 'Zillow Gone Wild' still on market
That nearly $1 million "house" in Dallas that you might have read about on the Facebook page "Zillow Gone Wild" can still be yours - if the unconventional interior doesn't bother you.
BY KAREN KIDD
• AUG 22, 2021