Land brokers and real estate agents, among others in Texas, have witnessed first-hand the positive economic impacts of horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing (fracking), which make it possible for producers to tap vast deposits of natural gas and oil trapped in tight sand and shale formations.
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Land News
Insight on the latest market trends in the land and rural real estate markets, including local and statewide trends compiled from the largest rural real estate comparable sales data source on Lands of America.
Spring 2015: Regional Land Value Report
A look a regional farm and land values for spring 2016
WOTUS (Waters of the US) and Land Ownership
WOTUS (Waters of the US) is the on-going challenge to regulate water pollution — the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) and Army Corp of Engineers have been tasked with this challenge. The original Rivers & Harbors Appropriation Act of 1899 protected navigation and protected some waters from discharge of pollution. In 1948, the Federal Water Pollution […]
Farmland Values and Regional Marketplace Trends
With farmland values rising consistently over the past 10 years, and exploding in some us regions such as the corn belt and northern plains over the past five, this investment class has generated considerable interest, to say the least. There is a lot of speculation about where land values go from here. Given the diverse […]
Proposition 6 / SWIFT Fund
It’s no secret. Texas is running out of water. In response, the 83rd Texas Legislature moved to encourage the development of new water supplies throughout the state by funding the State Water Plan. To do this, the Legislature, during the regular 2013 session, passed two bills and a Senate Joint Resolution establishing a funding […]
Groundwater Rights Have Become Negotiable in Property Sales
As the supply of Texas groundwater continues to dwindle, the value escalates and landowners realize that it can add another revenue stream to the property.
Will Texas Run Out of Water?
When Dr. Ron Gill, Texas A&M Agrilife Extension Service, says that Texas weather is continual drought with intermittent floods, he is supported by Texas history. Droughts pose more danger today than in the past because of population growth.
