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…

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 DFW Housing Juggernaut Continues

Monday, September 19th, 2016 and is filed under Construction, Dallas Fort Worth, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market

Dallas-Fort Worth is, once again, breaking a few records when it comes to home sales. According to a recent article in the Dallas Morning News[1],…

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…

DFW Tops the Home-Building Market . . . But is There A Cost?

Wednesday, August 17th, 2016 and is filed under Economy, Housing Affordability, Housing Market

Just about anyone traveling around the Dallas-Fort Worth area these days will come across a slice of land, or two (or even three), on which…

Homeownership Affordability in Dallas

Wednesday, July 20th, 2016 and is filed under Housing Affordability

This is the third of four blog posts covering the Dallas Federal Reserve’s conference “Finding Shelter: Assessing Texas Residential Real Estate Amid the Oil Slump,”…