Oklahoma Briefs: New oil well completed 17 hr ago | Add a comment New oil well completed GMX Resources Inc. announced Friday completion and initial production results for the Callison 9H, the Company’s first horizontal well. The Callison 9H in Harrison...

Real Deals: Saturday, Nov. 22, 2008 18 hr ago | Add a comment Transactions American Guaranty Title Co. announces the following transactions closed by Barbara Chatman: • Gleaprop LLC paid $1.018 million to Melbourn Edwards and Glenda Edwards for a car...

Oklahoma's homes market remains solid — really 18 hr ago | Add a comment Oklahoma City home values stayed firm in the third quarter despite the onslaught of bad national economic news, the lingering hangover from bad credit and generally bad feelings soaking housing...

Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association president keeps the faith 8 hr ago | Add a comment Jim McWhirter has been all over the news pages, Web pages, airwaves and cable lines this year, setting people straight about the housing market. He’s probably been in the media more than any...

About Space: Oklahoma City Educare site progressing 18 hr ago | Add a comment Educare site progressing Developers of the future site of Oklahoma City Educare have finished soil purification required for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design certification and Flintco...

Tax hike may fund conference center in Edmond 23 hr ago | Add a comment EDMOND — Mayor Dan O’Neil is gathering information about increasing the city’s hotel-motel tax to pay for the construction of a conference center. Edmond has a 4 percent...

Edmond holiday closings, trash pickup set 23 hr ago | Add a comment EDMOND — Municipal offices will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Trash pickup will be affected by the holiday. There will be no residential and commercial trash...

Real estate companies have moved in together Yesterday | Add a comment Three moving trucks circled the real estate office, which more resembles a European-manor. About 80 AdvantEdge sales associates were moving in with a comparable number of Paradigm associates to...

Would-be house buyers giving you the blues? Yesterday | Add a comment Are you a want-to-be home seller whose property has been on the market for far longer than you expected — despite your rock-bottom price? Have prospective buyers visited the place repeatedly,...

How low will interest rates on homes go? Yesterday | Add a comment WASHINGTON — What will it take to get consumers off the sidelines to buy more houses and help stimulate the economy? How about a mortgage at 2.

Trammell Crow shutting down Oklahoma City, Tulsa offices Yesterday | Comments 5 Dallas-based Trammell Crow Co., citing the evaporation of credit for new real estate development projects, is shutting down its offices in Oklahoma and Tulsa as part of a national reduction in...

Financial meltdown update: Congress tells Big Three to come back with a plan Yesterday | Add a comment Congress tells Big Three to come back with a plan WASHINGTON — Show us the plan and we’ll show you the money. That’s the message the Democratic-led Congress gave Detroit’s...

IN STOCK: XOM Thu, Nov 20, 2008 | Add a comment XOM Exxon Mobil Corp. and Turkey’s state-run oil company, TPAO, signed a deal Wednesday for the joint exploration and development of oil and natural gas off its Black Sea coast. Turkey...

IN Brief: Home market fears persist Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment Home market fears persist Homebuilders’ confidence in housing recovery sank to a new low this month, reflecting worries over the U.S. financial crisis. The National Association of Home...

Consumer confidence continues downward spiral, expert says Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Add a comment Consumer confidence continues downward spiral, expert says Q: What is the state of consumer confidence in this region, based on the results of your poll taken in October? A: The current state of...

Paulson, Bernanke defend $700 billion bailout Tue, Nov 18, 2008 | Comments 6 WASHINGTON-- Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke waged a stout defense on Capitol Hill Tuesday of their management of a $700 billion financial bailout just...

Moore couple hoping for good news in ‘My House is Worth What?’ Sun, Nov 16, 2008 | Add a comment Lisa and Leon West of Moore wondered what their house was worth. Leon recently was transferred with his company to Houston, and if the couple has enough equity invested in their home, they plan to...

Oklahoma ranchers' dreams grow for their land Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | Comments 2 EDMOND — Owners of Parkhurst Ranch near Lake Hiwassee are trying to safeguard the agricultural landscape from the threat of residential and commercial developers buying up their farm and...

Family comes first for Del City businessman Sat, Nov 15, 2008 | Comments 2 DEL CITY — Jim McWhirter is more of a jack — a jack-of-all-trades, building and otherwise. He’s 2008 president of the Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association, but his business...

Financial Meltdown Update: Washington transit, bank reach agreement on $43M Fri, Nov 14, 2008 | Add a comment Washington transit, bank reach agreement on $43M WASHINGTON — The Washington transit system reached an agreement Friday with a Belgian bank seeking $43 million from a financing...