It is official. ExxonMobil recently relayed that the company is moving to a new energy-efficient campus located on a 385-acre site in Houston.
The campus will be the new location for any workers located in the north Houston area and will contain multiple low-rise office buildings, as well as laboratory, conference and training centers. In addition, the campus will offer several amenities for its...
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Large companies continue to relocate their headquarters and call Houston home. It is now national headquarters for Equipment Depot, one of the nation’s largest providers of material-handling equipment. The company sells, rents and services industrial and construction products such as forklifts and boom lifts.
The company chose Houston as its base because “the economy in Texas is very...
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Relocating to Houston or do you know someone who is moving to Houston? Houston is a dynamic, culturally diverse city that is an easy place to call home. Most recently, the publication for cutting-edge industry leaders, Fast Company, named Houston “City of the Year” for 2011. Forbes Magazine calls Houston a “Model City”.
As of the 2010 census Houston is now the...
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The economic outlook for the Houston area continues to improve year on year, with the Houston Chronicle recently reporting that 2010 job growth in the Houston area stronger than forecasted at 1.8% during 2010 (April Newsletter Featured Story). In addition the MLS data released for March reports that during February, Houston area real estate sells dipped slightly; however, for the second straight...
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The economic outlook for the Houston area is looking better as job growth is forecasted at 18,000 during 2011. With increased job growth forecasted though not the traditional level of 60,000 jobs per year the Houston economy it appears is on its way to recovery. The subject of the featured article in this month’s newsletter is the Houston economy and its forecasted impact on the real estate...
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The economic outlook for the Houston area is looking better as indicated in this month’s featured story. As we look at what the near future has for the Houston area housing market, rumors are speading about EXXON MOBIL relocation of their corporate office to The Woodlands which is estimated may bring over 300 families to the greater Houston area. Exxon Mobil Corp. is conducting a study of...
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I continually research real estate market pricing trends for the Greater Houston Area and try to gather information concerning how real estate value is trending nationwide. The articles that I have been reading continue to indicate that there is an ever so though it be slow continual improvement in the Houston Real Estate Market. What may buck that trend is the looming concern of the Debt...
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Beginning January 1, 2013, with the recent Congressional approval and subsequent signing into law of the Health Insurance Reform Bill a 3.8% Medicare tax will be imposed on unearned income, including the sale of single family homes, townhouses, co-ops, condominiums, and even rental income.
To understand how this change may impact the sale of your home or investment property, the National...
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