FavStocks (blog)Slim Thug and Black Women: Financial Consequences of his RemarksFavStocks (blog)… boss in real life: Slim Thug owns his own record label (Boss Hogg Outlawz), and also has investments more…

The housing recession is not over and other myth-defying truths from national …CultureMapA full recovery of the nation's real estate markets will not occur until 2013, but Texas will fare better more…

Houston can't get enough of Housewives & Heap, but, oh, those risque IKEA ads!CultureMapWorld Cup mania and our "Real Estate Confidential" series are also drawing a lot of attention. more…

FDIC Tries New Twists To Sell AssetsWall Street Journal… sheets so that financial institutions "can get back to doing what they do, which is make new loans, instead of managing an acute real es more…

Sarnoff: Loan backed by Galveston property for saleHouston ChronicleA Houston real estate firm is attempting to raise up to $250 million by selling shares through a private real estate investment trus more…

Real estate transactionsHouston ChronicleAPARTMENTS: Ascension Commercial Real Estate has purchased the 270-unit Tierra Del Sol Apartments formerly known as Timber Hollow Apartments. …Real Estate: 1 more…

After slow start, shore vacation rentals feel the wave action of consumer optimismPress of Atlantic City"There's a lot more optimism this year," said Robert Scully, an agent with Ferguso more…