What Buyers Should Know

Thursday, May 25th, 2017 and is filed under Construction, Dallas Fort Worth, Economy, Financing / Mortgage, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market

WHAT HOMEBUYERS SHOULD KNOW IN A SELLER’S MARKET During the past several months, we’ve been writing about huge housing demand in a limited-supply market. This…

Housing Supply Increase in Texas

Monday, May 22nd, 2017 and is filed under Construction, Dallas Fort Worth, Economy, Financing / Mortgage, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts

MORE HOUSING SUPPLY IN TEXAS: IT’S ON ITS WAY For months, it seems as though we’ve been talking about housing supply and demand, not only…

Plano’s Miracle Boom

Tuesday, April 11th, 2017 and is filed under Construction, Dallas Fort Worth, Economy, Financing / Mortgage, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts

AN OVERNIGHT SUCCESS . . . DECADES IN THE MAKING The majority of the Dallas-Fort Worth media reported the recent news that Boeing would be…

February 2017 Housing Market

Tuesday, March 28th, 2017 and is filed under Construction, Economy, Financing / Mortgage, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts

AFFORDABILITY ISSUES PRESSURE HOME SALES The National Association of Realtors (NAR) released news that, in February 2017, existing home sales dropped 3.7% year over year…

10 Years Later: A Then-and-Now Look at North Texas Jobs

Tuesday, March 21st, 2017 and is filed under Dallas Fort Worth, Economy, Financing / Mortgage, General, North Texas

Texas Jobs Numbers This year marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the last recession. A decade ago, our economy was headed toward an…

Housing in South Dallas

Wednesday, March 15th, 2017 and is filed under Construction, Economy, Financing / Mortgage, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts

DON’T COUNT SOUTH DALLAS OUT The Dallas Miracle – A North-Side Miracle? When the “Dallas Miracle” is discussed, the economic focus tends to be on…

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…

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….

Home-Seller Profile November 2016

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

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…