Home-Seller Profile November 2016

Friday, December 2nd, 2016 and is filed under Economy, Financing / Mortgage, Housing Affordability, Housing Market

NAR Survey September 2016

Monday, November 28th, 2016 and is filed under Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts

ARE FIRST-TIMERS RETURNING TO THE HOUSING MARKET? There is plenty of pent-up demand in the housing market, according to industry experts. Sooner or later, these…

The Housing World under President Trump

Monday, November 28th, 2016 and is filed under Economy, Financing / Mortgage, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts

PINPOINTING HOUSING TRENDS UNDER A TRUMP PRESIDENCY The Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election capped off a nasty, volatile and uncertain political cycle. In between the…

Jacobs Engineering Group relocating global headquarters to downtown Dallas

Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 and is filed under Construction, Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market

MORE JOBS, MORE PEOPLE . . . LESS HOUSING? Recent good news for the Dallas-Fort Worth economy came from Jacobs Engineering Group and its announcement…

Austin, Dallas Rank #1 & #2, According to the ULI

Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 and is filed under Economy, Financing / Mortgage, General, Housing Market

Texas Top-Outs Two noteworthy items coming out of the recent Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Fall 2016 conference in Dallas were that Austin and Dallas were…

Millennial Home Buyers

Monday, October 24th, 2016 and is filed under Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts

MILLENNIAL METRICS As we’ve written in previous blogs, millennials are regarded as the next age group to bring a lot of activity to the housing…

The Frisco Effect

Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 and is filed under Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Starts

THE FRISCO EFFECT In 1996, Frisco, TX was a quiet suburban town in the far-north Dallas Metro, boasting a population of approximately 10,000. There was…

Housing Shortages in D/FW

Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 and is filed under Construction, Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts

In a recent article, we reported that Dallas-Fort Worth area home sales skyrocketed in August, with prices not so far behind. We also noted that…

The Downsizing of McMansions

Tuesday, September 13th, 2016 and is filed under Construction, Economy, Financing / Mortgage, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market

Beginning in the early 2000s, some residential home builders began mass-producing larger houses. In some areas, developers found plenty of lots on which to build…

Another Texas Metroplex?

Thursday, August 25th, 2016 and is filed under Construction, Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts

Dallas and Fort Worth are different cities, with separate cultures, separated by approximately 60 miles. These two cities are, nonetheless linked by infrastructure (rail and…