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Closing costs are the part of buying a house where a number you'd never heard of shows up on a document you have three days to review. The working rule of thumb in Texas is 2% to 5% of the purchase price on top of your d...

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September is the only month in Lubbock where you can work in your own yard without sweating through your shirt or losing a hat to the wind. Average highs slide from about 88° early in the month to 81° by the end, and the...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/september-is-your-houses-easiest-month-use-it","title":"September Is Your House's Easiest Month. Use It.","summary":"September is the only month in Lubbock where you can work in your own yard without sweating through your shirt or losing a hat to the wind. Average highs slide from about 88° early in the month to 81° by the end, and the...","date_modified":"2026-09-09T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/shallowater-12-miles-out-a-whole-different-town","html_content":"

Shallowater sits twelve miles northwest of Lubbock on US-84, has roughly 2,900 people, and is the kind of town where the grocery run and the school pickup are the same trip. It got its name in 1909 from a townsite compan...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/shallowater-12-miles-out-a-whole-different-town","title":"Shallowater: 12 Miles Out, a Whole Different Town","summary":"Shallowater sits twelve miles northwest of Lubbock on US-84, has roughly 2,900 people, and is the kind of town where the grocery run and the school pickup are the same trip. It got its name in 1909 from a townsite compan...","date_modified":"2026-09-08T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/lubbocks-august-numbers-flat-prices-faster-sales","html_content":"

The median Lubbock home sold for $239,740 in August 2026, which is about $260 less than the median sold for in August 2025. That is not a dip. That is a rounding error wearing a trench coat, and it's the most interesting...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/lubbocks-august-numbers-flat-prices-faster-sales","title":"Lubbock's August Numbers: Flat Prices, Faster Sales","summary":"The median Lubbock home sold for $239,740 in August 2026, which is about $260 less than the median sold for in August 2025. That is not a dip. That is a rounding error wearing a trench coat, and it's the most interesting...","date_modified":"2026-09-07T17:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/drive-the-caprock-then-drive-the-commute","html_content":"

Some of the best day trips from Lubbock are close enough to do before dinner: Caprock Canyons State Park and Palo Duro Canyon both sit roughly an hour and forty minutes out, and Ransom Canyon and Buffalo Springs Lake are...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/drive-the-caprock-then-drive-the-commute","title":"Drive the Caprock. Then Drive the Commute.","summary":"Some of the best day trips from Lubbock are close enough to do before dinner: Caprock Canyons State Park and Palo Duro Canyon both sit roughly an hour and forty minutes out, and Ransom Canyon and Buffalo Springs Lake are...","date_modified":"2026-09-04T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/nobody-reads-the-title-commitment-read-it","html_content":"

A Texas title commitment tells you what you're buying, who else has a claim on it, and what has to happen before a title company will insure it — and most buyers skim it in about forty seconds. It arrives a couple weeks ...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/nobody-reads-the-title-commitment-read-it","title":"Nobody Reads the Title Commitment. Read It.","summary":"A Texas title commitment tells you what you're buying, who else has a claim on it, and what has to happen before a title company will insure it — and most buyers skim it in about forty seconds. It arrives a couple weeks ...","date_modified":"2026-09-03T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/your-sprinklers-have-a-deadline-its-october-1","html_content":"

Lubbock's outdoor watering rules change on October 1, when the city's summer schedule gives way to fall and winter guidelines. September is the month to get your yard, pipes, and foundation squared away before that switc...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/your-sprinklers-have-a-deadline-its-october-1","title":"Your Sprinklers Have a Deadline. It's October 1.","summary":"Lubbock's outdoor watering rules change on October 1, when the city's summer schedule gives way to fall and winter guidelines. September is the month to get your yard, pipes, and foundation squared away before that switc...","date_modified":"2026-09-02T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/wolfforth-where-half-the-houses-are-brand-new","html_content":"

Wolfforth, Texas sits about ten minutes southwest of Lubbock, has roughly 9,600 residents, and anchors the Frenship ISD attendance area. It is also, at the moment, one enormous construction site with a very nice small to...

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Lubbock's median single-family sale price was $253,000 in July 2026, and the average home went under contract in 37.5 days, according to Flexmls. Those numbers get quoted constantly and explained almost never. So here th...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/six-lubbock-numbers-translated-into-english","title":"Six Lubbock Numbers, Translated Into English","summary":"Lubbock's median single-family sale price was $253,000 in July 2026, and the average home went under contract in 37.5 days, according to Flexmls. Those numbers get quoted constantly and explained almost never. So here th...","date_modified":"2026-08-31T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/ask-kari-rates-stale-listings-and-zillows-feelings","html_content":"

Five questions I got this month, answered the way I'd answer them at my kitchen table. Which is to say: fast, and without the hedging.

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/ask-kari-rates-stale-listings-and-zillows-feelings","title":"Ask Kari: Rates, Stale Listings, and Zillow's Feelings","summary":"Five questions I got this month, answered the way I'd answer them at my kitchen table. Which is to say: fast, and without the hedging.","date_modified":"2026-08-28T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/tech-terrace-great-bones-1947-plumbing","html_content":"

Drive the blocks just south of campus and it feels like a different city. That's the trees — Tech Terrace has actual shade, which in Lubbock counts as a flex. It's also the only neighborhood in town that spells out its o...

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Classes started this morning. Which means for the last four days, 19th Street has been one long parade of rented box trucks driven by people who have never once driven a box truck. If you tried to make a left turn anywhe...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/welcome-to-galaxy-stadium-now-about-that-guest-room","title":"Welcome to Galaxy Stadium. Now About That Guest Room.","summary":"Classes started this morning. Which means for the last four days, 19th Street has been one long parade of rented box trucks driven by people who have never once driven a box truck. If you tried to make a left turn anywhe...","date_modified":"2026-08-26T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/your-home-sells-in-37-days-the-real-number-is-58","html_content":"

July's Lubbock numbers just landed, and there's a twenty-day gap sitting in the middle of them that almost nobody talks about. It's the difference between what a listing says and what a listing knows. Grab your iced tea ...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/your-home-sells-in-37-days-the-real-number-is-58","title":"Your Home Sells in 37 Days. The Real Number Is 58.","summary":"July's Lubbock numbers just landed, and there's a twenty-day gap sitting in the middle of them that almost nobody talks about. It's the difference between what a listing says and what a listing knows. Grab your iced tea ...","date_modified":"2026-08-25T22:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/guns-up-boxes-down-what-move-in-week-does-to-lubbock","html_content":"

If you tried to make a left turn onto 19th last Thursday, you already know: move-in week is here. Residence halls opened Thursday, August 20, classes start today, and somewhere in Lubbock a very tired dad is discovering ...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/guns-up-boxes-down-what-move-in-week-does-to-lubbock","title":"Guns Up, Boxes Down: What Move-In Week Does to Lubbock","summary":"If you tried to make a left turn onto 19th last Thursday, you already know: move-in week is here. Residence halls opened Thursday, August 20, classes start today, and somewhere in Lubbock a very tired dad is discovering ...","date_modified":"2026-08-24T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/i-only-knew-lubbock-for-the-shopping","html_content":"

Before I ever lived here, Lubbock was one thing to me: the place we drove to for back-to-school clothes.

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