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Rural Property And Home Values Soaring; Cost Of Lumber, Too

KETR | By John Mark Dempsey
Published May 24, 2021 at 4:45 AM CDT
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Dr. Dale Funderburk, Northeast Texas economist and long-time Texas A&M-Commerce economics professor, reflects on news that the value of rural property and homes in Texas is soaring.  Rural property values in Texas are up 37 percent in the past year.  But lumber prices are going up just as rapidly.

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John Mark Dempsey
John Mark Dempsey is the host of the public interest program The Blacklands Café from KETR News. Dempsey is also the play-by-play announcer for Commerce Tigers Football on 88.9 FM and on ketr.org.
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