Friday, April 18, 2008

Fort Worth Named Top 10 Places to Live & Launch 2008

Fort Worth Named Top 10 Places to Live & Launch in 2008 by Fortune Small Business.
Chosen based on economic conditions and natural natural beauty as well as nearby cultural centers.

Friday, April 11, 2008

Report: Dallas-Fort Worth won't see big home price declines

Report: Dallas-Fort Worth won't see big home price declines
11:08 PM CDT on Thursday, April 10, 2008
By STEVE BROWN / The Dallas Morning News
stevebrown@dallasnews.com

While North Texas' housing market decline has accelerated in recent months, analysts are still betting that the Dallas-Fort Worth area won't see measurable price declines.

Indeed, the latest report from mortgage insurance firm PMI Group says that D-FW is one of the last places in the country likely to see a drop in home prices during the next couple of years.

There's less than a 1 percent chance that home prices will fall here, according to PMI's spring risk index report, which was released Thursday.

At the same time, PMI says that 13 of the nation's top housing markets have more than a 60 percent likelihood of home price declines.

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Storms Damage Businesses & Homes in DFW

HURST, Texas — Hundreds of Texans spent Thursday cleaning up from overnight storms that snapped utility poles, peeled roofs from buildings and sent trees crashing into homes in West Texas and the Dallas-Fort Worth area. Full Story

April 10, 2008, 8:41PM

Thursday, April 03, 2008

Fort Worth is a Launching Pad for business

Fortune Magazine has named Fort Worth as a "launching pad for businesses."

Students interested in starting a business will not have to go far to find a start.
Fortune Small Business recently ranked Fort Worth the ninth-best place in the nation to "live and launch" a business. David Minor, director of the Neeley Entrepreneurship Center, said this designation will attract students to Neeley's entrepreneurship program. Minor said the ranking shows Fort Worth has a vibrant entrepreneurial environment and will boost the reputation of the entrepreneurship program. "It's now a destination school for entrepreneurs," Minor said.
Brad Hancock, assistant director of the Neeley Entrepreneurship Center, said Fort Worth has always been a maverick, and this designation shows that its pioneering, spirited atmosphere is now being recognized.