Dallas Real Estate News

Despite Risk of Natural Disaster, Many Texas Homeowners Are Uninsured

By Joanna England / July 21, 2021 /

From Staff Reports Winter Storm Uri was a harsh reminder of the importance of homeowner’s insurance. A study by the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University shows households that are low-income, in nonmetropolitan areas, or without a mortgage are less likely to have homeowner’s insurance. Researchers used U.S. Census Bureau data to…

Affording Down Payments Not Easy for Dallas-Fort Worth First-Time Buyers

By Tommy Cummings / July 13, 2021 /

A new Zillow analysis shows that first-time buyers today need a year longer to save for a down payment than they did five years ago.

Data Shows Pandemic-Related Rental Surges on D/FW, State, and National Levels

By Tommy Cummings / July 7, 2021 /

In Dallas, rent in June increased 1.4 percent over the previous month and up 6.4 percent in comparison to the same time last year, according to Apartment List’s July 2021 Dallas Rent Report.

New Texan Elon Musk Puts Himself in a Box, a Prefab One He Now Lives in

By Tommy Cummings / July 5, 2021 /

Elon Musk, the billionaire Tesla CEO, is now an occupant in a $50,000 400-square-foot, foldable, prefabricated housing unit at Boca Chica, Texas, or Starbase as Musk refers to it.

How R2-D2 Kept Us Cool on The Worst Weekend For The Air Conditioning to Go Out

By Tommy Cummings / July 5, 2021 /

Our 19-year-old HVAC finally succumbed to the Texas heat … and R2-D2 rescued us.