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Year
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Event
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| 1971 |
May 18. Gov. Preston Smith signs legislation creating Texas Real Estate Research Center and placing it at Texas A&M University
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| 1972 |
First research projects proposed: study of Texas
housing inventory, Texas
licensee survey, development of real estate problems outline and development
of three-year program of work.
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| 1973 |
Center begins tracking trends in single- and multifamily housing permits, listings, inventories, home sales, home prices; office,
retail and industrial building permits.
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| 1977 |
Tierra Grande, the Center's quarterly magazine, begins publication; initially sent only to brokers
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| 1978 |
Researchers begin using computers (Radio Shack TRS-80s)
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| 1981 |
First homebuyer's survey conducted
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| 1983 |
Center purchases first microcomputers
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| 1986 |
"Real Estate Center" becomes unofficial name replacing "Texas Real Estate Research Center"
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| 1987 |
Administration for Center moved from College of Agriculture to Mays Business School
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| 1988 |
Publication requests set record for year with 49,027 orders
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| 1990 |
English-Spanish Real Estate Glossary published.
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| 1990 |
First boards of Realtors linked directly to Center via computer
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| 1994 |
Real Estate Center Online News (RECON), an online bulletin board, established; forerunner to today's online newsletter
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| 1995 |
Center's website (http://recenter.tamu.edu) unveiled
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| 1997 |
Tierra Grande sent to all licensees, including inactive; circulation hits 110,000
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| 2000 |
Total research reports published in one year sets record with 42
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| 2001 |
Seven Texas PBS stations air Center video "Affordable Housing: The Crisis in Texas"; other stations nationwide take satellite feed for future broadcast
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| 2004 |
Center rated: "Very Good – One of best programs in the nation" by Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board.
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| 2006 |
Visitors to Center website view 2.2 million pages in June.
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