Due to price-fixing by the state, title insurance in Texas costs $2,663 for a $300,000 home, the fifth highest cost in the nation; $703 above the median price of states with lower prices. 84% of the cost goes for expenses and profit.
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Winners & Losers: Texas Wins Again, Cell Phones Lose in Dallas and Rubio Scores at the Vatican
Every Friday morning, I join the Cardle & Woolley Show on Talk1370 Radio in Austin to announce the week’s Winners & Losers. It remains very tense in the Strait of Hormuz, and the Virginia Supreme Court just struck down the Democrat-leaning redistricting map voters approved last month, so we’ll wait to see how that all shakes out. Meanwhile, here’s who made the list: WINNER: Cell Phone Ban...
May 8, 2026