Affordable Housing
What do you suppose is the most useful luxury to have in a townhome? A ground-floor patio with enough space to keep a Doodle happy is certainly one. Easy guest parking in Oak Lawn deserves serious consideration because “Park at the Whole Foods and walk over” is not a viable solution. But for three-story living,…
Townhomes are totally having a moment, and we’re all for it. In fact, we love it so much, we have decided to make “Townhouse Thursday” a regular weekly feature here on CandysDirt.com. Bigger is not always better, as we seasoned real estate consumers know. Less land generally means less maintenance and lower taxes, and who…
A new bipartisan housing affordability law went into effect over the weekend, offering some hope to prospective homebuyers. The 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act was passed by Congress on June 23. It became law on Saturday after President Donald Trump declined to veto it. Provisions in the law aim to expand the national housing…
On Tuesday, the Dallas Housing Finance Corporation will consider entering into a two-year agreement with a local economist to study the impact of housing finance corporation and public facility corporation projects on communities. The initiative comes as officials grapple with devising new policy statements for the Dallas HFC and PFC. Board members from the two…
The Lone Star State’s multifamily market is competing to lead the nation in rent correction, with apartment renters gaining leverage as vacancy rates tick up and units stay on the market longer. Reliable Cash Home Buyers put together a renter leverage index using apartment listing metrics like vacancy rate, time on the market, and year-over-year…
