Dallas Real Estate News

Skylar Champion Comes Home to Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate

By Joshua Baethge / May 4, 2020 /

Skylar Champion has returned to where her career began. The East Dallas based Realtor is once again affiliated with the Dave Perry-Miller Lakewood office. The move reunites her with VP of Business Initiatives Betsy Cameron, someone she has thoroughly enjoyed working with over the course of her career. Champion also believes that the marketing team…

Texas Home Sales Hit Pre-COVID High, Realtors Remain Firm on Price, Renters Look For New Digs

By Joanna England / April 27, 2020 /

Texas real estate made big gains before the novel coronavirus hit, and according to recent surveys, more Realtors refusing to budge on price despite the coronavirus-related market slowdown. However, more renters are looking to pull up stakes despite lockdowns and shelter-in-place orders. Find out about these trends in this week’s Dallas real estate news roundup.…

Report Shows Strong National Housing Market, Pre-Recession Foreclosure Lows

By Joanna England / April 20, 2020 /

The latest numbers from ATTOM Data Solutions show that foreclosures are up 42 percent in Q1 2020 from the previous quarter, but are down 3 percent from the same time a year ago. The U.S. Foreclosure Market Report saw a total of 156,253 U.S. properties with foreclosure filings during the first quarter of 2020, as…

JP Piccinini: No More 1970s Way of Selling Real Estate

By Candy Evans / April 17, 2020 /

JP & Associates Realtors — led by Italian-born, Texas-raised J.P. Piccinini — is one of my favorite Dallas real estate success stories. I almost feel like someone who has babysat Mark Zuckerberg: I watched JP build his company in 2011 from a single office first in his home, then in Plano, to one of the…

Jenkins Tells Residents to ‘Stay The Course’ Amid Pandemic Concerns

By April Towery / April 15, 2020 /

Although evidence shows that Dallas is doing its part to “flatten the curve” as almost 25,000 COVID-19 deaths have been reported nationwide, elected officials gathered Tuesday night to urge residents to keep doing what they’ve been doing.  “The sacrifices you’ve been making since March 22 are paying off,” said Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins during…