Cuero Gets First Major Housing Development in 20 Years - Cotulla Too

The city of Cuero is getting its first major housing development in more than 20 years. The founder of Four Points Development, LLC, out of Austin, lives in Cuero and will be leading development of the new subdivision. He's already sold a few of the 77 lots that will be available. My hunch is this won't be the last major sub-division announced in the Eagle Ford region. You can read more about the development at bizjournals.com The Cuero development isn't alone either.  In Cotulla, Eagle Ford Homes, Inc. is developing a sub-division named after the play itself - Eagle Ford Crossing. The development will include 45 new site-built homes and is scheduled for completion in Summer 2012.

Over the past two years, the Eagle Ford Shale development has increased the need for Apartments, Hotels, Man-Camps, RV Parks, and now its time for home builders and multi-family developments to come in. The Eagle Ford will be developed for many years to come and many of the workers moving to the area are here to stay. That means they'll need more than temporary housing.

For a full list of lodging solutions in South Texas, visit our Eagle Ford Shale Housing page.

Texas Builders Are Moving to Rural Eagle Ford Areas

Texas builders are moving from San Antonio and Houston into more rural areas of South Texas where the housing market is much stronger. Major home developments have been built in La Vernia, Floresville, and another is on the way in Kenedy. With the 10,000 plus direct jobs and many more indirect jobs that have been created to date, there will likely be a housing boom for many years in rural areas like Carrizo Springs and Floresville. 

Now more developers and builders from San Antonio and beyond are moving into the sparsely populated Eagle Ford Shale counties to build everything from housing to pipe yards to warehouses.

Pleasanton native Garrett Ruple moved back home from Houston about two years ago when he realized how much work was available in the Eagle Ford Shale. “All of my friends from college are now in Houston, and everybody and their dog was trying to figure out a way to do projects in South Texas,” he said. “I was watching from afar.”

Read the entire news release at fuelfix.com

Rental Property Prices Skyrocket in South Texas Housing Market

The oilfield housing boom has motivated landlords to push out old tenants and bring in higher paid Eagle Ford workers. The owner interviewed in a MySanAntonio article is getting a bump in rent from $550 per month up to $1,250 per week or $5,000 per month if he can get 10 oilfield workers. Who knew Cotulla would have housing costs that rival New York City?! We need homebuilders to enter the rural South Texas market in a big way.

The “For Rent” sign hanging on the fence outside the rundown, four-bedroom house at 505 Thornton St. captures perfectly the new housing dynamic in many of the small communities booming across the Eagle Ford shale.

“Oil Field Guys — Welder — Pipe Liners (Guys Only),” it reads.

And while the old white house with the peeling paint is nothing to look at, its owner hopes it soon will generate thousands of dollars a month from transitory workers looking for little more than a place to flop.

“I'm asking $125 a week per man. It can hold up to eight beds, even 10 or 12, and I pay the utilities,” landlord Gustavo Ayala said in a recent phone conversation.

In comparison, the longtime tenant who was evicted this summer paid $550 a month.

Read the full news release at mysanantonio.com