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First Starlink mission to be heaviest payload launch by SpaceX to date

The much-awaited and heralded launch of SpaceX’s Starlink internet satellite constellation has arrived. With the twice-flown Falcon 9 rocket on SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, SpaceX is targeting launch of the first batch of 60 Starlink satellites for tonight. Liftoff is set for 22:30 EDT, the opening of a 90 minute launch […]

Hidden Costs of Buying a Home

You’ve saved and planned and you are finally ready to buy your first home or move up to a larger one. It’s fairly easy to figure out how large a mortgage you can fit into your budget. Your real estate agent has tables and formulas that can determine the percentage of your income that’s reasonable […]

2019 First Quarter Housing Market Report – South Padre Island, Port Isabel, Laguna Vista, and Bayview

SOUTH PADRE ISLAND PORT ISABEL LAGUNA VISTA BAYVIEW

Join Open House on Tuesday, May 7, 10AM to 12 Noon

JOIN OUR OPEN HOUSE on Tuesday, May 7, 10 AM to 12 Noon at 122 E Retama St. South Padre Island, TX 78597 Check out more info, photos, and 3D Virtual Tour in this link: CLICK HERE DON’t FORGET TO TELL YOUR FAMILY & FRIENDS!

South Padre Island Real Estate Telegraph, MAY 2019

Going deep: LNG company commits to channel improvements

BY STEVE CLARK STAFF WRITER | Posted: Wednesday, April 24, 2019 10:00 pm NextDecade Corporation, which plans to build a liquefied natural gas export terminal at the Port of Brownsville, signed a deal Wednesday with the Brownsville Navigation District committing the company to paying for deepening about half of the Brownsville Ship Channel. The project […]

South Padre Island Real Estate Telegraph, April 2019

NextDecade and Shell Execute 2 MTPA, 20-Year LNG Sale and Purchase Agreement – NextDecade LNG, LLC

HOUSTON–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Apr. 1, 2019– NextDecade Corporation (“NextDecade”) (NASDAQ: NEXT) announced today at the LNG2019 conference in Shanghai, a 20-year sale and purchase agreement (“SPA”) with Shell NA LNG LLC (“Shell”) for the supply of two million tons per annum (“MTPA”) of liquefied natural gas (“LNG”) from NextDecade’s Rio Grande LNG export project in Brownsville, Texas. Pursuant to the SPA, Shell will […]

City receives Texas Parks & Wildlife grant

The Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission (TPWC) has awarded the City of South Padre Island the Non-Urban Outdoor Recreation Grant. The award, totaling $500,000, will fund Phase II of the John L. Tompkins Park Project. In 2015, the City developed two acres of public land with a TPWC grant of $400,000. This completed Phase I […]