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Average Cost of Selling a Home Surpasses $65K, Survey Claims

By Charles Grand / September 29, 2025 /

Swelling valuations have a lot of homeowners across the United States sitting pretty on a pile of cash, but realizing that equity comes at a cost — and it’s more than you’d think. It still takes money to make money, and selling your home is no exception. According to a recent survey by the cash-offer…

City Hall Roundup: Dallas Wings Facility, DHA Advances Project

By Charles Grand / September 28, 2025 /

Fall is here, the budget and property tax rate are finalized at Dallas City Hall, and all hell seems to be breaking loose. Might as well distract yourself with a couple of real estate stories from this past week. New Dallas Wings Practice Facility Breaks Ground A ceremony was held on Friday to commemorate the…

A Timeless Midcentury Modern in Hillcrest Forest

By Karen Eubank / September 27, 2025 /

If there is one architectural style that Dallas loves, it’s Midcentury Modern. It’s captivated us for decades because it resonates on multiple levels — and this timeless home is an excellent example of why we love the style. Out of the many reasons these homes are so hot is that one-story living is in high…

Fall Is Here, And There’s Plenty of Home Maintenance To Do, No Matter the Temperature

By Brenda Masse / September 27, 2025 /

It’s officially fall in North Texas, and if you’re like me, your Halloween decorations have been up since Labor Day and pumpkin-everything has long since been broken out. It’s a particularly exciting year because the first weekend of fall will see highs in the 80s. I may just bust out a sweater! Anywho, the changing…

High Home Prices Appear To Be Doing a Number on America’s Birth Rate

By Charles Grand / September 26, 2025 /

A lot of noise has been made about the housing affordability crisis in the United States. From a real estate perspective, many of the dynamics involved are obviously economic in nature. However, there’s also a very serious existential factor at play: the nation’s birth rate. There appears to be a pretty clear relationship between single-family…