Dallas Real Estate News

People Behind on Housing Costs Less Likely to Vote, and Other Reports and Studies

By Tommy Cummings / October 27, 2020 /

Americans who are struggling with housing costs today are less likely to vote on Nov. 3.

Economist Cites Pandemic For D-FW, State Active Listings to Fall in Q3

By Tommy Cummings / October 26, 2020 /

Active listings in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington market were down 37 percent, matching a statewide trend in the third quarter, according to the Texas Quarterly Housing Report.

According to This Study, D-FW is a Telecommuting Haven

By Tommy Cummings / October 21, 2020 /

D-FW dominated LawnStarter’s top cities for telecommuting with five regional cities taking the first five spots and Dallas and Fort Worth also breaking the top 10.

Texas’ Manufactured Housing Seeing Increase in New Orders, Sales Volume

By Tommy Cummings / October 19, 2020 /

Back in junior high, I had a fun summer job painting manufactured homes across eastern Oklahoma and western Arkansas. Of course, a young teen can’t be trusted to paint a whole house. In reality, a relative had contracts with Jim Walters Homes to barnstorm the region and paint homes. My menial job was to paint…

D-FW Residents Continue to Pursue Homeownership, and Other Reports and Studies

By Tommy Cummings / October 19, 2020 /

The typical home value in September was $270,907, up 4.5 percent year over year, and 0.9 percent month over month, according to the Zillow Real Estate Market Report.