Economy.com, an independent provider of high-quality data about the world economy, expects that 2010 holds 12,000 more jobs for the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex. “Not bad,” says Steve Brown of the Dallas Morning News.
Furthermore, the study predicts that North Texas’ labor market will gain 230,000 additional jobs during 2011-2013. Since the housing market is closely connected to employment rates, this is excellent news for real estate.
Site Selection magazine released its annual ranking of the states with the most favorable business environments, and Texas took the #2 spot. Here are the top 10:
1. North Carolina
2. Texas
3. Virginia
4. Ohio
5. Tennessee
6. South Carolina
7. Alabama
8. Georgia
9. Indiana
10. Kentucky
Brendan Case of the Dallas Morning News reports:
Site Selection’s annual rankings are determined 50 percent by how each state performs in a database of new plant activity, which tracks new and expanded business facilities, and 50 percent by a survey of corporate site selectors – the people who advise companies where to locate operations.
Apparently, had the ranking been based solely on the views of the selection experts, Texas would have had the gold medal!
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