Dallas Housing Market – Is DFW in Equilibrium?

Thursday, March 9th, 2017 and is filed under Construction, Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts

DALLAS HOUSING MARKET – EQUILIBRIUM? OR NOT? A recent article in the “Dallas Business Journal” noted that a housing supplier distributor, Building Industry Partners, is…

Making Sense of Job Metrics

Monday, March 6th, 2017 and is filed under Economy, Financing / Mortgage, General

  Job Statistics National job growth was somewhat sluggish in December, 2016. Though much of the media noted that the number of jobs added to…

McMansion Trends – Larger Homes, Smaller Bedroom Numbers

Wednesday, February 15th, 2017 and is filed under Construction, Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts

LARGER HOMES, SMALLER BEDROOM NUMBERS Many of the articles written for this blog focus on houses that average people can own and afford. But it’s…

What’s Next for the DFW Housing Market?

Monday, February 6th, 2017 and is filed under Construction, Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts

About a year ago at this time, it was anticipated that single-family home prices and sales would likely moderate in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but…

2017 Housing Market Outlook: Single-Family Homes

Friday, January 27th, 2017 and is filed under Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts

2017 Housing Market Outlook: Single-Family Homes Look for millennials to start entering the market, and the economy to continue its moderate growth. The National Association…

Examining Rowlett, Texas Housing Market

Monday, January 23rd, 2017 and is filed under Construction, Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts

SMALL ROWLETT – BIG NEWS One piece of interesting news within Dallas-area development community these days consists of a 262-acre, master-planned community dubbed “Bayside.” The…

What’s So Great About North Dallas?

Thursday, January 5th, 2017 and is filed under Construction, Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market

North Texas Home Prices

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017 and is filed under Construction, Economy, Financing / Mortgage, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts

ARE HOME SALES SLOWING IN NORTH TEXAS? NOT LIKELY Conventional wisdom states that home sales, on average, tend to wind down in November and December….

MarketWatch Housing Trends for 2017

Tuesday, January 3rd, 2017 and is filed under Construction, Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts

MORE 2017 PREDICTIONS Two recent articles written focused on what’s likely to happen in Texas housing in 2017. Now it’s time to take a broader…

Texas Economy and Housing Market — Looking Up

Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 and is filed under Construction, Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market

The Texas economy has been undergoing a mild recession, due to the oil price slump. The better news, however, is the Federal Reserve Bank of…