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Where the federal government could cut space — and costs — in Houston

Ashley Fahey — Fri, 31 Jan 2025 18:55:52 +0000

A significant number of General Services Administration leases are set to expire during President Trump's second term in the White House. What is the local exposure to potential cost-cutting efforts?

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Tax bills for Houston metro homeowners are plummeting. Here’s why.

Ashley Fahey — Thu, 18 Apr 2024 19:14:18 +0000

Nationally, $363.3 billion in property taxes was levied in 2023 on single-family homes, up 6.9% from $339.8 billion in 2022. In Houston, the trend is quite the opposite.

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Here’s how housing prices are expected to change in Houston in 2024

Ashley Fahey — Tue, 16 Jan 2024 19:08:04 +0000

Most housing economists agree the conditions for housing will improve, even if only slightly, in 2024, and that's expected to unlock inventory, moderate home-price appreciation and make sales easier to achieve. But what will that mean for the local hou...

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WeWork plans to reject 69 leases as part of its bankruptcy, but none in Texas

Ashley Fahey — Wed, 08 Nov 2023 20:56:21 +0000

WeWork has identified nearly 70 North American sites where it aims to terminate its lease agreements as part of its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing. Houston and the entire state of Texas have been spared so far.

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WeWork files bankruptcy. Here’s what it means for Houston

Ashley Fahey — Tue, 07 Nov 2023 13:27:42 +0000

WeWork Inc. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in New Jersey bankruptcy court Nov. 6.

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Here’s how Houston and other major US hotel markets are faring post-pandemic

Ashley Fahey — Fri, 13 Jan 2023 11:00:00 +0000

In the wake of a pandemic that battered the hospitality and travel industries, most major U.S. markets have recovered — but some, such as Houston, continue to lag behind their pre-pandemic days.

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Q&A: Real estate’s fast-emerging frontier in cancer care and R&D

Ashley Fahey — Fri, 08 Jul 2022 10:00:00 +0000

As executive vice president of Wexford Technology + Science out of Baltimore, Thomas Osha runs point for one of the most active U.S. developers of real estate used by major research universities and their private-sector partners.

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Here’s where Houston ranks among 2022’s forecasted hottest housing markets

Ashley Fahey — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 18:40:56 +0000

2022 is expected to be another busy year for the housing market. Here's how we stack up nationally.

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As some experts predict a cooldown, here’s how much momentum Houston’s housing market has

Ashley Fahey — Tue, 19 Oct 2021 11:00:00 +0000

Residential real estate markets across the country have been breaking records month over month for most of the pandemic. Inventory is the tightest it's ever been, and household formation among millennials and low interest rates have put the market into...

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What U.S. cities could be top office-performers coming out of Covid — and where workers are back in the office

Ashley Fahey — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 18:06:44 +0000

Commercial real estate advisory firm Newmark Group Inc. recently released a report examining challenges and opportunities resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic in nearly two dozen cities across the U.S.

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