COLLEGE STATION (Real Estate Center) – Two blogs tied for first in heat five of our "favorite Texas real estate blog" contest, filling out the ballot for the final round of voting.

Southeast Texas Real Estate Talk and Scott Nicholson's Austin blog proved equally popular with RECON subscribers.

One reader appreciated SE Real Estate Talk's "data-driven approach," while another found Nicholson's real estate entries informative and his personal stories engaging.

Now that we have our top ten (make that 11 thanks to a tie for second place in the first heat), it's time to vote on the overall favorite blog. In the running are:

• Dallas Dirt
• Beal Century 21 Real Estate
• Swamplot
• Shannon Register
• realtynewsreport.com (The Bivens Blog)
• Land with Minerals
• Roselind Hejl's Austin real estate blog
• LIVE Midland
• Austin Real Estate Guy
• Southeast Texas Real Estate Talk
• Scott Nicholson's Austin blog

Select your favorite and e-mail your vote to Associate Editor Bryan Pope at bpope@mays.tamu.edu. In the spirit of fair play, please vote only once.

Results will be announced one week from today.

Also see complete RECON issue for 8/18/2009.