Top 10 Costliest Natural Disasters in History. For as much beauty as Mother Nature provides, she sure can be a mean old woman from time to time. From 1980-2010 there were hundreds of natural disasters throughout the world, culminating in over $500 billion worth of damage and the deaths of thousands of people.
1 Land appropriate for commercial building constructions may be selling at $10,000 an acre or even more depending on the location. 2  According to this HouseRepairTalk.com forum thread, users have stated that an acre of land in Nebraska can cost $8,000 per acre while an acre in Texas can cost upwards of $6,000. According to this HouseRepairTalk.com forum thread, users have stated that an acre of land in Nebraska can cost $8,000 per acre while an acre in Texas can cost upwards of $6,000.
The average price of a Texas acre rose to $2,150 in 2011, up 3 percent over the previous year, according to the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University, which Thursday kicked off its annual two-day Outlook for Texas Land Markets conference in San Antonio.Land prices have been rising generally since the 1990s.Prices swooned slightly in 2009 with the recession and still haven't regained 2008's statewide average per-acre cost of $2,247.But institutional investors, commodity prices and the oil and gas industry have helped keep land values stable and rising.and prices have been rising generally since the 1990s. Prices swooned slightly in 2009 with the recession and still haven't regained 2008's statewide average per-acre cost of $2,247.