Texas

Amazon Founder Bezos Shoots for the Stars

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Land Report News Team

Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos, whose 290,000 acres ranks No. 27 on the 2010 Land Report 100, was inspired by the wide open West Texas skies he remembered from boyhood summers on his grandfather’s ranch. About seven years ago, he began…

Tagged with: Amazon.com, Blue Origin, Corn Ranch, Culberson County, Jeff Bezos, Texas
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Texas Land Values Drop Just 7 Percent in 2009

Posted on July 27, 2010 by Land Report News Team

The Texas land market saw bargain hunters staring down unmotivated sellers throughout 2009. The end result, according to Charles Gilliland and Abhijeet Gunadekar at the Texas Real Estate Center, was a dearth of property sales of more than $1 million…

Tagged with: Texas, Texas A&M Real Estate Center
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Historic Dahlstrom Ranch Conservation Easement Finalized

Posted on February 5, 2010 by Land Report News Team

A conservation easement of historic proportions was purchased in the heart of the Texas Hill Country only a short drive from the Capitol of Texas. Hays County, the City of Austin, and the Hill Country Conservancy (HCC), with funding from…

Slowdown Forecast for Texas Land

Posted on November 14, 2008 by Land Report News Team

Ag economists at Texas A&M are predicting that the red-hot Texas land market will lose its sizzle next year. Since 2003, land prices have increased an average of 14.5 percent annually, and with the median price statewide approximately $2,300 per acre, that…

Shuttered Texas Silver Mine to Reopen?

Posted on September 5, 2008 by Land Report News Team

First it was ethanol and the price per acre in the Corn Belt. Then oil and gas began propping up land values in mineral-rich areas such as the huge shales found coast to coast. Now other commodities are driving other…