The S&P/Case-Shiller home-price index, a closely watched gauge of U.S. home prices, showed price declines continued in July. While the pace of decline appeared to slow, experts warned there is still no sign of a bottom. No area experienced year-over-year price gains in July, the fourth straight month that has happened.
Seven of the 20 regions [...]

The real estate business runs on jobs.
Oh sure, you need low interest rates and a ready supply of debt to do property market deals.
But for the industry to do really well, there has to be a sound economy and job growth.
Fortunately for Dallas-Fort Worth real estate developers and investors, this area leads the country in [...]

Worries about the national economy and slower job growth in Dallas-Fort Worth caused a drop in office leasing in the first half of 2008.
Net leasing was down about 50 percent from the same period last year.
But so far, nobody in the office building business is panicking.
“Surprisingly, the Dallas office market has continued to sustain itself [...]