Jonathan Smoke

Still Sizzling, Dallas-Fort Worth Ranks Fourth Fastest Moving Real Estate Market

By Joanna England / January 27, 2017 /

Winter isn’t exactly your typical home buying season. Most folks are working on their homes, getting them ready to list in the spring. Buyers are scouting neighborhoods, ready to pounce when the market is saturated in March. However, recent data from realtor.com shows that demand during the month of January remained strong, while low supply…

The Doom & Gloom Debbie Downer Report is Out Again… but Is He Right???

By Candy Evans / December 4, 2015 /

Steve Brown has a snippet on his Biz Beat Blog the other day, saying the brakes are about to be slammed on DFW’s runaway home prices. This will happen next year. Which is like in 3 weeks. A friend in Phoenix is an appraiser, and lived through the mess that the Phoenix/Scottsdale market became during…

First-Time Homebuyers, Millennials are Back, Says Economist Jonathan Smoke at NAREE

By Joanna England / June 24, 2015 /

Candy is in Miami right now, wading through all of the amazing real estate news at the National Association of Real Estate Editors’ annual conference. While we are a little jealous (OK, we are A LOT jealous) of her temporary location and proximity to so many brilliant minds at #NAREE15, we did score this bit…