North Texas

Study Shows Snowbirds and Winter Texans Have a Choice in One North Texas Suburb

By Marlin Weso / January 31, 2021 /

We’re not kidding ourselves when it comes to North Texas’ ranking for snowbird destinations. We know that the Dallas-Fort Worth area doesn’t necessarily work for the snowbirding lifestyle. It can be uncomfortably hot. It’s vast. No ocean. It’s not Florida. So, when STORAGECafé released its list of best 2021 snowbird destinations, Texas, as a state,…

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Tourists Versus Locals, Mapping Who Visits Where in Dallas

By Candy's Dirt / July 9, 2019 /
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From staff reports Early this week, an interesting article popped up in our inbox — a post in Arch Daily that highlighted the data-driven map artwork of Eric Fischer, who has created maps that show where the locals go in any given city, versus where the tourists go. “Artist Eric Fischer has developed a project that explores precisely…

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Major Migration? Dallas-Fort Worth Population Growth Tops Nation

By Bethany Erickson / April 21, 2019 /
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Two out of three of the metropolitan areas that had the largest population growth were in Texas, and three Texas metropolitan areas were in the top 10 nationally, new census figures revealed. The Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington MSA topped the nation when it came to numeric population growth, the most recent Census Bureau data revealed Thursday, with…

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Several North Texas Cities Make Niche’s Best Places List

By Bethany Erickson / April 1, 2019 /

Which North Texas cities made the cut for Niche’s best places to live list? How did Texas fare in a ranking of best (and worst) states to retire in? How is Texas trending in foreclosure starts? We have all this and more in this week’s roundup of real estate news.

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Real Estate News: Dallas Flips in Two Zips Average Higher Profit Than Nation

By Bethany Erickson / September 17, 2018 /

How much better did the 75243 zip code in Dallas fare in flipping profit than the rest of the nation? How did home sales look for North Texas in August? How are home sales and prices looking across the state? We’ll answer all that and more in this week’s real estate news roundup.

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