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The Fed’s Rate Cut Is Welcome, But Is It Enough To Reinvigorate the Housing Market?

By Charles Grand / September 18, 2025 /

The Federal Reserve lowered the benchmark interest rate for the first time in nine months on Wednesday, offering a glimmer of hope to homebuyers and industry professionals who have been waiting on the central bank to make things easier on borrowers. Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) members voted 11-1 to implement a quarter basis point…

How Local Real Estate Groups Are Stepping Up for North Texas Giving Day and Every Day

By CandysDirt / September 18, 2025 /

Today is North Texas Giving Day, the nation’s largest community-wide giving event, but it’s not just about one community — it’s about thousands. This year, nearly 3,600 nonprofits are participating across 20 counties in North Texas — the most in the event’s 17-year history. In 2009, the Communities Foundation of Texas created the event to…

Suzanne Felber Opens Up Her Oak Cliff Home That’s Long Inspired Curiousity for Estate Sale

By Charles Grand / September 17, 2025 /

There’s a white, Cuba-inspired two-story on W Clarendon Dr. that Oak Cliff residents have always been curious about. Is it a residence; is it a building? Both, actually, and it’ll be open for the first time this week when the owner, housing advocate and Lifestylist® Brands founder Suzanne Felber, hosts a three-day estate sale. But…

Drop What You’re Doing to Attend Today’s Dwell with Dignity Book Signing and Pop Up Shop

By Elaine Raffel / September 17, 2025 /

This afternoon’s Dwell with Dignity Book Signing, featuring superstar designers Chad Dorsey and Philip Thomas Vanderford, is worth every bit of schedule-shuffling.

42 D-FW Suburbs Ranked by Affordability — See Who’s No. 1 (and Who’s Last)

By Charles Grand / September 16, 2025 /

Looking to relocate somewhere in D-FW where you can afford to buy a home? Well, a recent ranking of more than 40 suburbs in the Metroplex is giving prospective homebuyers a sense of how things are stacking up in the North Texas market. At a glance, it looks like Collin County is running away with…