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Bobby Berk teams up with Yelp to help Texas small businesses
‘Queer Eye’ star Bobby Berk groups up with Yelp to assist Texas small companies
Emmy-nominated TV host and design knowledgeable Bobby Berk talks about how Yelp helps small companies throughout Texas make wanted repairs and the way some fortunate Texans might win cash to cowl their very own house enhancements.
AUSTIN, Texas – Yelp is giving 5 native companies in Texas $10,000 to make much-needed repairs and updates as a part of the statewide day of motion, Make It Occur Day on August 26.
Companies embrace two in Central Texas, Ambur Hearth in Spherical Rock and Texas French Bread in Austin.
Ambur Hearth was severely broken after tornadoes ripped by way of Central Texas in March 2022 and Texas French Bread suffered a hearth that destroyed the historic constructing on account of an unintentional mechanical failure.
The opposite three companies are:
- Mico’s Sizzling Hen in Houston which has been struck by a string of break-ins and robberies up to now yr
- Humble: Merely Good Pies, a cherished pie store in Dallas, which was destroyed by an intensive hearth destroyed in March
- The Grill at Leon Springs in San Antonio which has been quickly closed since a hearth in Could 2021 prompted its roof to break down
50 Texans can even get an opportunity to win $1,000 to cowl the price of their very own house enchancment tasks utilizing one of many many house providers professionals on Yelp.
Eligible Texans can enter for an opportunity to win by utilizing Yelp’s Request a Quote function to discover a house providers skilled of their space, and submitting the quote from a house providers enterprise on August 26, 2022.
Those that enter will need to have a free Yelp person account and stay within the state of Texas to take part. Restrict of 1 entry per family.
NORTH TEXAS — Thursday will be like Wednesday, cloudier, warm and windy. Isolated showers will be possible, but NorthTexas should remain capped.
The forecast starts to ramp up heading closer to the weekend, and a Weather Alert is issued for Friday. There may be a need for an alert on Saturday and Sunday, as well.
The Storm Prediction Center has North Texas highlighted for the threat of severe weather on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Based on Wednesday, it looks like the timing on Friday would be more of a morning/daytime period with large hail and damaging winds being the main threats.
Saturday’s threat appears higher, but the timing is likely more of an afternoon/evening one. All modes of severe weather would be possible, including large hail, damaging winds, and isolated tornadoes.
Sunday’s forecast is still more questionable, as it will be dependent on a cold front and where that front stalls out. The possibility exists that the threat could be east of North Texas, and we don’t see much at all.
What we’re stressing with this weekend forecast is to have a backup plan if you were trying to do anything outside. It won’t be an all day/all weekend severe weather event, but there will be a few rounds.
Texas Realtors Q1-2024 Texas Quarterly Housing report also showed an increase of homes on the market.
AUSTIN, Texas, April 24, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The number of Texas homes sold in the first quarter of 2024 was nearly identical to the total in the first quarter a year ago, according to the Texas Quarterly Housing Report released today by Texas Realtors. The supply of homes on the market increased, while the statewide median price of $330,950 was 1.6% higher than in 2023.
“Market conditions vary by location, and about forty percent of Texas metro areas actually saw an increase in sales compared to the first quarter last year,” said Jef Conn, chairman of Texas Realtors. “However, the number of homes listed went up nearly across the state. This will give many buyers more options than they had in the past several years.”
Median Prices Mostly on The Rise in Q1-2024
- Median price went up in 19 metros and down in 6.
- No metro had a median price decrease of more than 2.3% compared to a year ago.
- The biggest increase in median prices were in Odessa (11.2%), Midland (9.5%), and Texarkana (8.5%).
More Listings Went on the Market, Driving Months of Inventory Higher
Months of inventory, a statistic that measures how long it would take to sell the homes currently on the market at the current pace of sales, increased from 2.7 months at the end of the first quarter last year to 3.8 months at the end of the first quarter this year. While a few metros had inventory numbers economists consider a balanced market (6 to 6.5 months of inventory), most areas of Texas still recorded inventory levels below that number, indicating that an adequate supply of housing continues to be a concern.
Active listings increased 33.7% at the end of the first quarter compared to the end of the first quarter in 2023.
Homes spent two fewer days on the market statewide compared to the same period last year. Days on market went up in 16 metros and declined in 9.
“Realtors are working with buyers and hearing from lots of others who are considering buying,” said Conn. “During the pandemic, buyers often were rushed, trying to compete with many other offers. Now, most buyers have a little more time to vet properties and make an offer. While interest rates have remained stubborn, there are good opportunities for buyers. For sellers, prices have held up compared to a year ago, signaling good opportunities to sell. No matter which side of a home sale you’re on, it’s smart to work with a Texas Realtor who can provide information and guidance.”
About the Texas Real Estate Year in Review Report
Data for the Texas Quarterly Housing Report is provided by the Data Relevance Project, a partnership among local Realtor associations and their MLSs, and Texas REALTORS®, with analysis by the Texas Real Estate Research Center. The report provides quarterly real estate sales data from a statewide perspective and for 25 metropolitan statistical areas in Texas. To view the report in its entirety, visit texasrealestate.com.
About Texas REALTORS®
With more than 150,000 members, Texas REALTORS® is a professional membership organization that represents all aspects of real estate in Texas. We are the advocate for REALTORS® and private property rights in Texas.
CONTACT: David Gibbs, [email protected]
SOURCE Texas Realtors
HOUSTON: Tesla is to lay off nearly 2,700 employees in June at its factory in Austin, the capital city of US state Texas, according to a notice obtained by multiple media outlets on Tuesday.
According to the notice, known as the Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification (WARN), Tesla will be permanently laying off 2,688 employees at its Gigafactory in Austin during a 14-period day beginning June 14, Xinhua reported.
Tesla issued the notice to the Texas Workforce Commission and Mayor of Austin Kirk Watson on Monday.
The company recalled nearly 4,000 Cybertrucks last week due to an accelerator pedal problem that could raise the risk of crashes. This covers all the trucks Tesla has sold since the vehicle reached market in November.
Tesla issued a WARN letter to the New York State Department of Labour days ago saying that the EV-maker will cancel 285 positions at its facility in Buffalo, New York.
Earlier this month, Tesla told its employees that it would lay off “more than 10 per cent” of its global workforce, which could impact more than 14,000 people.
The news came after the electric automaker reported its first year-over-year drop in sales since 2020. The company has also warned that sales growth could be “notably lower” in 2024 than its stated goal of 50 percent growth each year.
Under the WARN Act, a US labour law, US employers with 100 or more employees are required to provide 60 days notification in advance of planned closings or mass layoffs. – Bernama, Xinhua
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