Texas Topped the job growth market last year.  Five Texas cities were ranked in the top ten with three of them securing the top three spots. 

Houston added 57,300 jobs in 2008, Dallas-Ft. Worth was next with 43,300 and then San Antonio with 14,900.  Austin came in fifth with 9,600 jobs created and El Paso came in ninth with 5,300 jobs in 2008. 

Coastal Markets Still Moving

Hurricane Ike brought commerical and residential construction on the Texas coast to a halt.  But now the experts in the area are seeing construction and consumer interest picking up again. 

Hurricane Ike was one of the most costly and destructive storms to ever hit the Texas Gulf Coast, but that has not deterred buyers’ interest in beach homes, as made clear by December’s increased home sales along the coast.