Tommy Cummings

Tommy moved to Texas from Oklahoma in 1992 and has lived in Mansfield with his wife, Brigitte, and son, Beaumont, since 2002 (after a two-year adventure in California as a tech columnist/editor at the San Francisco Chronicle). Tommy started his media career at newspapers in Oklahoma before becoming an editor in many capacities at the Fort Worth Star-Telegram and The Dallas Morning News, where he wrapped up his newsroom career as a digital editor. His work has appeared in news outlets throughout the U.S. Tommy can be reached at [email protected].

Need More Room? Moving From Dallas to a Larger Apartment Will Cost You

By Tommy Cummings / July 27, 2021 /

In a recent study, RENTCafé churned the numbers, using a proprietary formula to calculate the cost of upsizing an apartment to an extra bedroom, regardless of the apart size that a renter is renting from.

Investment Firm Introduces 10K-Home Development Northwest of Fort Worth

By Tommy Cummings / July 26, 2021 /

When completed, the 10,000-home Reunion master-planned community northwest of Fort Worth will be one of the largest residential communities around.

Six of the Nation’s Hottest Master-Planned Communities Are Right Here in Dallas/Fort Worth

By Tommy Cummings / July 25, 2021 /

The east side of the Dallas/Fort Worth metro area has been experiencing booming growth in the past year, and that’s reflected in RCLCO Real Estate Advisors’ semiannual list of the top-50 master-planned communities.

Four North Texas Cities Crack Top 100 in WalletHub’s First-Time Homebuyer Study

By Tommy Cummings / July 14, 2021 /

For Frisco, the residential real estate news is always rosy. It’s always atop the rankings in some study about livability. This week, a new study determined the Collin County city is an attractive option for first-time homebuyers.

Affording Down Payments Not Easy for Dallas-Fort Worth First-Time Buyers

By Tommy Cummings / July 13, 2021 /

A new Zillow analysis shows that first-time buyers today need a year longer to save for a down payment than they did five years ago.