DFW Metroplex growth

Dallas-Fort Worth Cities Have Higher Rent Growth Than National Average Index

By Brandi Addison / March 15, 2020 /

In the past five years, rents in Austin and Arlington have seen the fastest rising rent in the state and are among the 10 fastest-growing rents in the nation, according to a report on ApartmentList.com Mesa, AZ topped the list for the nation’s fastest rent growth, with an increase of 5.1 percent over the last…

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Census Bureau Confirms What We Already Know, Texas is Magnet for Population Growth

By Jon Anderson / May 26, 2017 /

Four of the top five fastest growing cities are in Texas according to figures released today by the US Census Bureau. The statistic measured growth between July 1, 2015, and July 1, 2016 for cities over 50,000 residents. It’s based on percentage growth, not actual people-based growth. As is always the case with percentage numbers,…

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Dallas Now One of Top Ten Overheated Real Estate Markets in the Country

By Candy Evans / July 19, 2016 /

Well this is newsworthy: Dallas beat out LA and Fresno, California, to make it onto Realtor.com’s newest list of the country’s 10 “overheating real estate markets.” This despite the calls last year from experts who said the downturn in oil prices would do us in. Of course the top winners are San Jose and San Francisco,…

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Re: DFW’s Abnormally Hyper Current Real Estate Market Likely To Get Back to Normal Levels in ’16, ’17

By Candy Evans / October 18, 2015 /

This is a first: we are pulling a comment and posting it as a blog post, because it is so right on. The author, Dormand Long, brings up another point on why it’s good for Texas to keep our housing affordable: how can Millennials pay $800K for a house when they have $300K in student loans…

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MetroTex Region 2015 and Beyond: A Million People Move Here Every 8 Years

By Candy Evans / October 9, 2015 /

We heard from three experts Tuesday at MetroTex Region 2015 at Brookhaven Country Club. The first two were a tough act to follow: Dan Lamers, Senior Program Manager at the North Texas Council of Governments, and our favorite economist (and Princeton man) Brit Fair of Hexter-Fair Title Company. Brit’s presentation is coming up in a…

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