Dallas Real Estate News

Do the Math: Home Prices Are Up in Texas According to CoreLogic

By Joanna England / December 3, 2014 /

I find it so interesting that just after our boy Troy Aikman upped the price on his Highland Park abode by 12 percent, CoreLogic released its HPI saying home prices are up 6.1 percent year-over-year from October 2013 and 0.5 percent from September to October 2014 nationwide. In Texas, though, our market is seeing record…

Tight Housing Market, Shifting Demographics Make for Big Changes in Homebuyer Profiles

By Leah Shafer / November 21, 2014 /

First-time homebuyers are being squeezed out, and you gotta move fast to buy! And people are hanging on to their houses for the longest time on record, according to a new study by the National Association of Realtors. Buyers are living in their homes for ten years, up from six years in 2008, and actually…

Ebby CEO Honored as One of the Nation’s Top Real Estate Execs

By Joanna England / November 5, 2014 /

Congratulations on another much-deserved recognition for Ebby CEO Mary Frances Burleson, who is at the helm of one of the largest independent real estate brokerages in the nation. Truly, her success is a triumph considering the legacy of the company’s eponymous leader, Ebby Halliday, and how this trend-setting firm has become a household name in…

Reports Show Dallas-Area Home Prices Are Up, But Sales Are Down

By Joanna England / October 28, 2014 /

Word comes that for the month of August, Dallas-area home prices posted a fantastic little bump at 7.3 percent year-over-year. Case-Shiller’s Home Price Index report shows enough of an increase in prices to warrant continued optimism among sellers in our burg, where a shortage of inventory and slow-to-catch-up new home builders has made the market for…

Lawrence Yun: The Texas Economy is Doing Better Than the Nation’s Economy

By Candy Evans / October 27, 2014 /

Lawrence Yun is the  Chief Economist and Senior Vice President of Research at the National Association of Realtors, and he is a honey. He was in Dallas Friday for Realtor University, which offers a master’s level degree to qualified Real Estate agents, kind of like an industry PhD program. Realtor University is committed to giving…