Dallas Real Estate News

How 2 California Startups’ Lease-to-Own Programs Aim to Ease Dallas-Area Homeownership

By Tommy Cummings / February 23, 2021 /

ZeroDown and Divvy, two San Francisco-based startups that facilitate lease-to-own programs, have expanded into the Dallas market since the start of the year. These digital real-estate companies are not reinventing the wheel. ThinkTrio operates a similar online model in Texas. Traditional real-estate firms have lease-to-own programs. But ZeroDown and Divvy are the latest business models…

This North Texas County Had Record Home Sales to Start 2021, Plus Other Reports

By Tommy Cummings / February 22, 2021 /

The home housing market in Dallas-Fort Worth recorded record home sales in 2020 and has shown no signing of slowing during the first month of 2021. In particular, Dallas County had the largest number of home sales in North Texas, moving 1,733 houses — an increase of 13.9 percent from a year earlier, according to…

Two Factors Make Condos Attractive Now in D-FW, Plus Other Reports

By Tommy Cummings / February 15, 2021 /

If home buyers take a look at the condo market in Dallas-Fort Worth, they’ll find two factors in their favor for owning a low-maintenance domicile with really close neighbors, according to a Zillow analysis. Price: The median sales price for a condo in D-FW is $206,150, which is $97,183 less than a single-family home. The…

Read and Listen to How Texans Can Qualify for State Rental Assistance

By Tommy Cummings / February 15, 2021 /

Starting this week, Texans can apply for rental assistance aid under the new Texas Rent Relief Program.

North Texas Realtor Jenna Ryan Says She Regrets Rioting For Trump

By Joshua Baethge / February 10, 2021 /

A little more than a month after boasting that she had no regrets about being part of the mob that stormed the Capitol building Jan. 6, North Texas Realtor Jenna Ryan appears to be changing her tune. In a Feb. 10 interview with the Washington Post, Ryan says that she now feels betrayed by the…