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].
It’s a master-planned community so big it took two developers. Cibolo Homes, a 700-home development off U.S. Business 287 near Eagle Mountain Lake north of Fort Worth is now offering homes developed in a 50/50 partnership with Meritage Homes and Trophy Signature Homes. Trophy Signature Homes is a subsidiary of Plano-based Green Brick Partners. Meritage…
Help is here for Dallas residents whose homes sustained damage from the recent winter storm. The city’s new Emergency Home Repair Program was approved by the Dallas City Council last week and affected residents can now apply. The program will grant eligible low-income Dallas residents up to $10,000 per household for home repairs associated with…
Mesquite has many advantages over some of its suburban neighbors. The city has the Mesquite Championship Rodeo, full of family-friendly fun. Three major interstates — I-635, I-30, and I-20 — run through Mesquite and will get you anywhere fast. Plus, it has numerous parks and dining choices. It’s a wonderful place to visit. But did…
ZeroDown and Divvy, two San Francisco-based startups that facilitate lease-to-own programs, have expanded into the Dallas market since the start of the year. These digital real-estate companies are not reinventing the wheel. ThinkTrio operates a similar online model in Texas. Traditional real-estate firms have lease-to-own programs. But ZeroDown and Divvy are the latest business models…
The home housing market in Dallas-Fort Worth recorded record home sales in 2020 and has shown no signing of slowing during the first month of 2021. In particular, Dallas County had the largest number of home sales in North Texas, moving 1,733 houses — an increase of 13.9 percent from a year earlier, according to…
