{"version":"https://jsonfeed.org/version/1","title":"Campanella Cribs","home_page_url":"https://campanellacribs.com","description":"Campanella Cribs","author":{"name":"Campanella Cribs"},"items":[{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/halloween-week-in-lubbock-rocky-horror-and-raiders","html_content":"

Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, and Texas Tech is playing at home the same day — which means Lubbock is going to be wearing both a costume and a jersey on Oct. 31. Plan your parking accordingly.

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/halloween-week-in-lubbock-rocky-horror-and-raiders","title":"Halloween Week in Lubbock: Rocky Horror and Raiders","summary":"Halloween falls on a Saturday this year, and Texas Tech is playing at home the same day — which means Lubbock is going to be wearing both a costume and a jersey on Oct. 31. Plan your parking accordingly.","date_modified":"2026-10-26T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/ask-kari-four-questions-i-got-this-month","html_content":"

Every so often I empty the question folder and answer a batch at once. These are composites, rewritten so nobody's recognizable, but the situations are real and they come up constantly.

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Texas property tax bills start going out in October and are due by January 31, and the most common mistake people make when one lands is assuming it's too late to do anything. It's too late to protest this year's value —...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/open-the-tax-bill-then-put-may-15-on-the-calendar","title":"Open the Tax Bill. Then Put May 15 on the Calendar.","summary":"Texas property tax bills start going out in October and are due by January 31, and the most common mistake people make when one lands is assuming it's too late to do anything. It's too late to protest this year's value —...","date_modified":"2026-10-22T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/your-chimney-probably-had-a-tenant-all-summer","html_content":"

Before you light the first fire of the year, know that NFPA 211 — the national standard — says chimneys, fireplaces and vents shall be inspected at least once a year, and that a fireplace nobody has used since last winte...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/your-chimney-probably-had-a-tenant-all-summer","title":"Your Chimney Probably Had a Tenant All Summer","summary":"Before you light the first fire of the year, know that NFPA 211 — the national standard — says chimneys, fireplaces and vents shall be inspected at least once a year, and that a fireplace nobody has used since last winte...","date_modified":"2026-10-21T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/the-frenship-corridor-where-lubbock-keeps-building","html_content":"

There are 498 active listings across the Frenship ISD corridor as of October 2026, per Flexmls, and 189 of them — 38% — were built in 2025 or later. No other part of this market looks like that. If you want to understand...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/the-frenship-corridor-where-lubbock-keeps-building","title":"The Frenship Corridor: Where Lubbock Keeps Building","summary":"There are 498 active listings across the Frenship ISD corridor as of October 2026, per Flexmls, and 189 of them — 38% — were built in 2025 or later. No other part of this market looks like that. If you want to understand...","date_modified":"2026-10-20T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/randy-travis-a-ren-faire-and-bert-kreischer","html_content":"

Lubbock's calendar from Oct. 19 through Oct. 25, 2026 runs from a junk journal meetup to a Renaissance faire to Randy Travis at the Buddy Holly Hall, which is about as wide a spread as this town produces in a single week...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/randy-travis-a-ren-faire-and-bert-kreischer","title":"Randy Travis, a Ren Faire, and Bert Kreischer","summary":"Lubbock's calendar from Oct. 19 through Oct. 25, 2026 runs from a junk journal meetup to a Renaissance faire to Randy Travis at the Buddy Holly Hall, which is about as wide a spread as this town produces in a single week...","date_modified":"2026-10-19T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/the-20%25-down-payment-myth-taken-apart","html_content":"

You do not need 20% down to buy a house, and believing you do is the most expensive thing first-time buyers in Lubbock get wrong. Twenty percent of Lubbock's September 2026 median sale price — $260,615, per Flexmls — is ...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/the-20%25-down-payment-myth-taken-apart","title":"The 20% Down Payment Myth, Taken Apart","summary":"You do not need 20% down to buy a house, and believing you do is the most expensive thing first-time buyers in Lubbock get wrong. Twenty percent of Lubbock's September 2026 median sale price — $260,615, per Flexmls — is ...","date_modified":"2026-10-16T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/appraisal-gaps-in-texas-who-eats-the-difference","html_content":"

An appraisal gap is what happens when the appraiser's number lands below your contract price, because your lender lends against the lower of the two — appraised value or purchase price, every time. Offer $265,000 on a ho...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/appraisal-gaps-in-texas-who-eats-the-difference","title":"Appraisal Gaps in Texas: Who Eats the Difference?","summary":"An appraisal gap is what happens when the appraiser's number lands below your contract price, because your lender lends against the lower of the two — appraised value or purchase price, every time. Offer $265,000 on a ho...","date_modified":"2026-10-15T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/your-hose-bib-is-the-weakest-link-fix-it-now","html_content":"

The most common burst pipe in Lubbock isn't in your attic or under your slab. It's the outdoor faucet with a garden hose still attached — where a $4 part becomes a $4,000 drywall job. NWS Lubbock keeps first-freeze recor...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/your-hose-bib-is-the-weakest-link-fix-it-now","title":"Your Hose Bib Is the Weakest Link. Fix It Now.","summary":"The most common burst pipe in Lubbock isn't in your attic or under your slab. It's the outdoor faucet with a garden hose still attached — where a $4 part becomes a $4,000 drywall job. NWS Lubbock keeps first-freeze recor...","date_modified":"2026-10-14T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/melonie-park-big-trees-big-rooms-1968-wiring","html_content":"

Melonie Park is the Lubbock neighborhood where you can park in the shade in July, which on the South Plains counts as a luxury amenity. It sits just south of 50th, Lubbock ISD, and it was built mostly in the 1960s by peo...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/melonie-park-big-trees-big-rooms-1968-wiring","title":"Melonie Park: Big Trees, Big Rooms, 1968 Wiring","summary":"Melonie Park is the Lubbock neighborhood where you can park in the shade in July, which on the South Plains counts as a luxury amenity. It sits just south of 50th, Lubbock ISD, and it was built mostly in the 1960s by peo...","date_modified":"2026-10-13T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/prices-up-rates-up-lubbocks-september-numbers","html_content":"

Lubbock's median single-family sale price hit $260,615 in September 2026, up 7.5% from $242,500 a year earlier, per Flexmls — while the median asking price of homes still sitting on the market dropped 2.1% over the same ...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/prices-up-rates-up-lubbocks-september-numbers","title":"Prices Up, Rates Up: Lubbock's September Numbers","summary":"Lubbock's median single-family sale price hit $260,615 in September 2026, up 7.5% from $242,500 a year earlier, per Flexmls — while the median asking price of homes still sitting on the market dropped 2.1% over the same ...","date_modified":"2026-10-12T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/46296-red-raiders-walked-into-the-housing-market","html_content":"

Texas Tech enrolled 46,296 students this fall, a record, and 3,841 more than the year before, per the university's Sept. 21 count. A freshman class of 9,532 is also a record. Those two numbers will shape Lubbock housing ...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/46296-red-raiders-walked-into-the-housing-market","title":"46,296 Red Raiders Walked Into the Housing Market","summary":"Texas Tech enrolled 46,296 students this fall, a record, and 3,841 more than the year before, per the university's Sept. 21 count. A freshman class of 9,532 is also a record. Those two numbers will shape Lubbock housing ...","date_modified":"2026-10-09T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/the-option-period-ends-at-5-not-midnight-five","html_content":"

In Texas, the option period is the stretch right after you go under contract when you can walk away from a house for any reason at all and get your earnest money back. It is the best deal in the entire contract, and ever...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/the-option-period-ends-at-5-not-midnight-five","title":"The Option Period Ends at 5. Not Midnight. Five.","summary":"In Texas, the option period is the stretch right after you go under contract when you can walk away from a house for any reason at all and get your earnest money back. It is the best deal in the entire contract, and ever...","date_modified":"2026-10-08T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/your-hose-bib-is-trying-to-ruin-november","html_content":"

Lubbock's average first freeze is Oct. 29, based on the 1991–2020 climate normals. That is not a distant, theoretical date. That is three weeks out, and the single most expensive mistake you can make between now and then...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/your-hose-bib-is-trying-to-ruin-november","title":"Your Hose Bib Is Trying to Ruin November","summary":"Lubbock's average first freeze is Oct. 29, based on the 1991–2020 climate normals. That is not a distant, theoretical date. That is three weeks out, and the single most expensive mistake you can make between now and then...","date_modified":"2026-10-07T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/regal-park-big-houses-frenship-schools-zero-drama","html_content":"

Regal Park is the stretch of southwest Lubbock south of 82nd Street, north of 92nd, between Frankford and Iola avenues, and if you've driven it you already know the look: brick, wide driveways, grown trees that finally w...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/regal-park-big-houses-frenship-schools-zero-drama","title":"Regal Park: Big Houses, Frenship Schools, Zero Drama","summary":"Regal Park is the stretch of southwest Lubbock south of 82nd Street, north of 92nd, between Frankford and Iola avenues, and if you've driven it you already know the look: brick, wide driveways, grown trees that finally w...","date_modified":"2026-10-06T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/six-things-worth-leaving-the-house-for-oct-5%E2%80%9311-1","html_content":"

The first full week of October 2026 in Lubbock brings Foreigner to the Buddy Holly Hall, Baylor volleyball to United Supermarkets Arena, and two very different shows to the Cactus Theater. There is no Texas Tech home foo...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/six-things-worth-leaving-the-house-for-oct-5%E2%80%9311-1","title":"Six Things Worth Leaving the House For, Oct. 5–11","summary":"The first full week of October 2026 in Lubbock brings Foreigner to the Buddy Holly Hall, Baylor volleyball to United Supermarkets Arena, and two very different shows to the Cactus Theater. There is no Texas Tech home foo...","date_modified":"2026-10-05T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/bison-bats-and-grapes-fall-drives-from-lubbock","html_content":"

People who move here from somewhere with hills spend about six months convinced there's nothing to look at. Then somebody drags them out to the Caprock in October, they stand at the edge of a red rock canyon that was com...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/bison-bats-and-grapes-fall-drives-from-lubbock","title":"Bison, Bats and Grapes: Fall Drives from Lubbock","summary":"People who move here from somewhere with hills spend about six months convinced there's nothing to look at. Then somebody drags them out to the Caprock in October, they stand at the edge of a red rock canyon that was com...","date_modified":"2026-10-02T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/earnest-money-isnt-a-fee-its-your-own-money","html_content":"

Run the Furnace Now, Not on the First Cold NightEarnest money is the single most misunderstood line in a Texas home purchase. People think it's a fee they're paying the seller. It isn't. It's your own money, held by a ne...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/earnest-money-isnt-a-fee-its-your-own-money","title":"Earnest Money Isn't a Fee. It's Your Own Money.","summary":"Run the Furnace Now, Not on the First Cold NightEarnest money is the single most misunderstood line in a Texas home purchase. People think it's a fee they're paying the seller. It isn't. It's your own money, held by a ne...","date_modified":"2026-10-01T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/run-the-furnace-now-not-on-the-first-cold-night","html_content":"

Turn your heat on this week. Not because you need it — it's still shorts weather — but because if something is wrong with your furnace, the cheapest possible moment to discover that is a warm Tuesday in September when ev...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/run-the-furnace-now-not-on-the-first-cold-night","title":"Run the Furnace Now, Not on the First Cold Night","summary":"Turn your heat on this week. Not because you need it — it's still shorts weather — but because if something is wrong with your furnace, the cheapest possible moment to discover that is a warm Tuesday in September when ev...","date_modified":"2026-09-30T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/vintage-township-built-a-small-town-inside-lubbock","html_content":"

Vintage Township is the 320-acre neighborhood between Quaker and Utica, south of 114th Street, and it doesn't look like anything else in Lubbock. Development started in 2005 on a simple premise: put the houses, the shops...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/vintage-township-built-a-small-town-inside-lubbock","title":"Vintage Township Built a Small Town Inside Lubbock","summary":"Vintage Township is the 320-acre neighborhood between Quaker and Utica, south of 114th Street, and it doesn't look like anything else in Lubbock. Development started in 2005 on a simple premise: put the houses, the shops...","date_modified":"2026-09-29T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/six-things-worth-leaving-the-house-for-oct-5%E2%80%9311","html_content":"

The first full week of October 2026 in Lubbock brings Foreigner to the Buddy Holly Hall, Baylor volleyball to United Supermarkets Arena, and two very different shows to the Cactus Theater. There is no Texas Tech home foo...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/six-things-worth-leaving-the-house-for-oct-5%E2%80%9311","title":"Six Things Worth Leaving the House For, Oct. 5–11","summary":"The first full week of October 2026 in Lubbock brings Foreigner to the Buddy Holly Hall, Baylor volleyball to United Supermarkets Arena, and two very different shows to the Cactus Theater. There is no Texas Tech home foo...","date_modified":"2026-09-28T18:20:16Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/the-fair-closes-saturday-go-eat-something-fried","html_content":"

The Panhandle-South Plains Fair runs through Saturday, Oct. 3, which means Lubbock has about five days left of funnel cake, livestock barns and a Ferris wheel you can see from the Loop. After that the whole week stacks u...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/the-fair-closes-saturday-go-eat-something-fried","title":"The Fair Closes Saturday. Go Eat Something Fried.","summary":"The Panhandle-South Plains Fair runs through Saturday, Oct. 3, which means Lubbock has about five days left of funnel cake, livestock barns and a Ferris wheel you can see from the Loop. After that the whole week stacks u...","date_modified":"2026-09-28T15:24:43Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/ask-kari-painted-brick-stale-listings-hail-math","html_content":"

The questions that come up most aren't the ones people ask at open houses; they're the ones that arrive as a text at 9:40 on a weeknight. Here are five I get constantly, written as composites and answered the way I'd ans...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/ask-kari-painted-brick-stale-listings-hail-math","title":"Ask Kari: Painted Brick, Stale Listings, Hail Math","summary":"The questions that come up most aren't the ones people ask at open houses; they're the ones that arrive as a text at 9:40 on a weeknight. Here are five I get constantly, written as composites and answered the way I'd ans...","date_modified":"2026-09-25T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/your-loan-has-a-clock-heres-where-it-ticks","html_content":"

A home loan is not one long wait punctuated by a closing date; it's a series of specific milestones, two of which are federal deadlines nobody can shorten for you. Knowing where those clocks sit is the difference between...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/your-loan-has-a-clock-heres-where-it-ticks","title":"Your Loan Has a Clock. Here's Where It Ticks.","summary":"A home loan is not one long wait punctuated by a closing date; it's a series of specific milestones, two of which are federal deadlines nobody can shorten for you. Knowing where those clocks sit is the difference between...","date_modified":"2026-09-24T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/cotton-harvest-is-coming-for-your-air-filter","html_content":"

If you live anywhere on the South Plains, the cleanest your house will be all year is the stretch just before harvest. Cotton harvest around Lubbock runs mostly October and November, with some producers starting late Sep...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/cotton-harvest-is-coming-for-your-air-filter","title":"Cotton Harvest Is Coming for Your Air Filter","summary":"If you live anywhere on the South Plains, the cleanest your house will be all year is the stretch just before harvest. Cotton harvest around Lubbock runs mostly October and November, with some producers starting late Sep...","date_modified":"2026-09-23T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/bacon-crest-newer-builds-grown-up-trees","html_content":"

Bacon Crest is the southwest Lubbock neighborhood people describe as "that area off Milwaukee and 82nd," which covers a lot of ground and does the place no favors. It's more specific than that: newer construction, Frensh...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/bacon-crest-newer-builds-grown-up-trees","title":"Bacon Crest: Newer Builds, Grown-Up Trees","summary":"Bacon Crest is the southwest Lubbock neighborhood people describe as \"that area off Milwaukee and 82nd,\" which covers a lot of ground and does the place no favors. It's more specific than that: newer construction, Frensh...","date_modified":"2026-09-22T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/lubbocks-market-is-flat-the-clock-is-not","html_content":"

The Panhandle-South Plains Fair opens Friday, Sept. 25 and runs nine days through Saturday, Oct. 3 at the fairgrounds on East Broadway. Add a Red Raider home game the morning after opening night and Lubbock's about to ha...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/lubbocks-market-is-flat-the-clock-is-not","title":"Fair Week, Game Day, and a $1 Ride Night","summary":"The Panhandle-South Plains Fair opens Friday, Sept. 25 and runs nine days through Saturday, Oct. 3 at the fairgrounds on East Broadway. Add a Red Raider home game the morning after opening night and Lubbock's about to ha...","date_modified":"2026-09-21T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/the-20%25-down-myth-is-costing-you-rent","html_content":"

The median down payment for a first-time homebuyer in the United States is 10% — not 20% — according to National Association of Realtors data for 2025, and the gap between those two numbers is where people lose three yea...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/the-20%25-down-myth-is-costing-you-rent","title":"The 20% Down Myth Is Costing You Rent","summary":"The median down payment for a first-time homebuyer in the United States is 10% — not 20% — according to National Association of Realtors data for 2025, and the gap between those two numbers is where people lose three yea...","date_modified":"2026-09-18T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/what-a-survey-actually-is-and-who-pays","html_content":"

A survey is a drawing of where your property lines actually are, made by a licensed surveyor who went out and measured — and it's the most-skipped document in a Texas home purchase until the day it isn't. It is not the i...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/what-a-survey-actually-is-and-who-pays","title":"What a Survey Actually Is (And Who Pays)","summary":"A survey is a drawing of where your property lines actually are, made by a licensed surveyor who went out and measured — and it's the most-skipped document in a Texas home purchase until the day it isn't. It is not the i...","date_modified":"2026-09-17T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/what-lubbocks-hard-water-is-doing-to-your-house","html_content":"

Lubbock's drinking water averaged 169 ppm of total hardness in the City of Lubbock's 2025 Water Quality Report — roughly 10 grains per gallon, which lands squarely in the "hard" band and climbs into "very hard" at the to...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/what-lubbocks-hard-water-is-doing-to-your-house","title":"What Lubbock's Hard Water Is Doing to Your House","summary":"Lubbock's drinking water averaged 169 ppm of total hardness in the City of Lubbock's 2025 Water Quality Report — roughly 10 grains per gallon, which lands squarely in the \"hard\" band and climbs into \"very hard\" at the to...","date_modified":"2026-09-16T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/kings-gate-where-lubbock-kept-its-big-trees","html_content":"

The Kings Gate and Quaker Avenue corridor is where you go in Lubbock when you want a shade tree that already exists. Most of these homes went up between 1974 and 1985, which means the elms and pecans out front have had f...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/kings-gate-where-lubbock-kept-its-big-trees","title":"Kings Gate: Where Lubbock Kept Its Big Trees","summary":"The Kings Gate and Quaker Avenue corridor is where you go in Lubbock when you want a shade tree that already exists. Most of these homes went up between 1974 and 1985, which means the elms and pecans out front have had f...","date_modified":"2026-09-15T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/lubbocks-median-price-moved-10-in-a-year","html_content":"

Lubbock's median sale price in August 2026 was $239,990, and in August 2025 it was $240,000 — a difference of ten dollars on a quarter-million-dollar house. That is not a market crashing. That is not a market booming. Th...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/lubbocks-median-price-moved-10-in-a-year","title":"Lubbock's Median Price Moved $10 in a Year","summary":"Lubbock's median sale price in August 2026 was $239,990, and in August 2025 it was $240,000 — a difference of ten dollars on a quarter-million-dollar house. That is not a market crashing. That is not a market booming. Th...","date_modified":"2026-09-14T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/techs-friday-night-home-game-will-wreck-your-plans","html_content":"

Texas Tech hosts Houston at Galaxy Stadium at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18 — a Friday night kickoff, in a city where Friday nights in the fall are already spoken for. If you have a house on the market, that one line on the...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/techs-friday-night-home-game-will-wreck-your-plans","title":"Tech's Friday Night Home Game Will Wreck Your Plans","summary":"Texas Tech hosts Houston at Galaxy Stadium at 7 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 18 — a Friday night kickoff, in a city where Friday nights in the fall are already spoken for. If you have a house on the market, that one line on the...","date_modified":"2026-09-11T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/closing-costs-in-lubbock-what-nobody-quotes-you","html_content":"

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...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/closing-costs-in-lubbock-what-nobody-quotes-you","title":"Closing Costs in Lubbock: What Nobody Quotes You","summary":"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...","date_modified":"2026-09-10T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/september-is-your-houses-easiest-month-use-it","html_content":"

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...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/wolfforth-where-half-the-houses-are-brand-new","title":"Wolfforth: Where Half the Houses Are Brand New","summary":"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...","date_modified":"2026-09-01T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/six-lubbock-numbers-translated-into-english","html_content":"

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...

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/tech-terrace-great-bones-1947-plumbing","title":"Tech Terrace: Great Bones, 1947 Plumbing","summary":"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...","date_modified":"2026-08-27T15:00:00Z"},{"id":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/welcome-to-galaxy-stadium-now-about-that-guest-room","html_content":"

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.

","url":"https://campanellacribs.com/f/i-only-knew-lubbock-for-the-shopping","title":"I Only Knew Lubbock for the Shopping","summary":"Before I ever lived here, Lubbock was one thing to me: the place we drove to for back-to-school clothes.","date_modified":"2026-08-18T15:00:00Z"}]}