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].

4 North Texas Master-Planned Communities Crack Research Firm’s Top-50 List

By Tommy Cummings / January 7, 2022 /

North Texas has four of the nation’s top-50 master-planned communities, according to a survey by an Irvine, Calif.-based real-estate research firm.

Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Magnolia Network Kicks Off Reboot of ‘Fixer-Upper’

By Tommy Cummings / January 5, 2022 /

To mark their cable debut tonight on the Magnolia Network, the Waco couple released their original Fixer Upper casting tape from 2012.

Zillow Confirms What We Already Knew About Home Remodeling Projects, Especially in Dallas

By Tommy Cummings / January 3, 2022 /

We all make New Year’s resolutions to improve ourselves. Sometimes, that means forking over about $500 for a yearly fitness center membership. By March, however, the enthusiasm is gone. The reasons make too much sense: That five-block commute to the fitness center is beginning to seem too far. Somehow, those stylish gym clothes shrunk in…

Best of 2021: Chip and Joanna Gaines’ ‘Fixer Upper’ Bicycle House in Waco Lists for $550K

By Tommy Cummings / December 27, 2021 /

One of Chip and Joanna Gaines’ Season 1 projects is on the market in Waco, but it could be a hard sell to those who aren’t Fixer Upper fans.

Best of 2021: Megatel Creates a Touch of Italy in far Northern Collin County With New Lagoon

By Tommy Cummings / December 26, 2021 /

Weston, Collin County’s oldest city, will be the site of the $450 million-plus Venetian Lagoon development, a 1,200-lot residential community built alongside a manmade lagoon. Megatel Homes announced last month that it has secured 204 lots for the community’s first development phase. Construction is expected to start on the lagoon within two months and be ready before the model homes go up.