Real Estate Sales
Mark Johnson Chief Executive Officer, JP and Associates Realtors For many of our associates, a career in real estate sales wasn’t their first choice. For nearly 90 percent of you, this is a second career choice. Yet if you’re still looking for a career that gives you a good income and the chance to succeed truly,…
Read MoreWho needs a spouse to buy a first house? Not too many folks anymore. According to new research from Zillow, only 40 percent of first-time homebuyers are married today, down from 52 percent in the late ’80s. Why is this? First, fewer people are getting married in general. Barely half of adults (51 percent) were married in 2011, according…
Read MoreYou know why? Because the Gulf Coast is hopping with real estate sales. This is one of my absolute favorite vacation home beach communities that is always loaded with Texans. Plus Santa Rosa Beach realtor extraordinaire Karen Wagner tells us they are going to have a whole lot MORE Texans once Southwest Air Lines starts…
Read MoreYou know why? Because the Gulf Coast is hopping with real estate sales. This is one of my absolute favorite vacation home beach communities that is always loaded with Texans. Plus Santa Rosa Beach realtor extraordinaire Karen Wagner tells us they are going to have a whole lot MORE Texans once Southwest Air Lines starts…
Read MoreRarely do you see both home prices and rents grow in the same market where, as we reported earlier this week, net migration is in the red. And yet that’s what Local Market Monitor is projecting for Dallas-Irving-Plano area over the next 12 months.
That’s partially due to unemployment rates dropping and a strong financial and service job market in the Dallas area. Local Market Monitor projections show 9 percent growth in housing prices over the next 12 months and 12 percent growth over the next three years. And demand for housing, both buying and renting, will grow thanks to overall population growth that is outpacing the national average.
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