DFW Real Estate Trends

Real Estate Slowdown is Real: Surviving the Market Shift

By Seth Fowler / June 5, 2018 /

WOW–tremendous responses and feedback on Part I of this real estate slowdown blog topic from last week.  Thanks so much!  Nice to know people are reading, following and giving thought to #tarrantcountytuesday. Last week we established (with data) that there indeed is a slowdown — or market shift — in the housing market.  One Dirty…

Affordable Home in DFW for Less than $200K Almost Impossible, Study Finds

By Bethany Erickson / May 8, 2018 /

It’s official — the likelihood of finding an affordable home for less than $200,000 in Dallas-Fort Worth is slim to none, economists with Metrostudy said last week. “While DFW’s strongest price point during the last cycle, below $200,000, is no longer viable, the “new affordable” price bracket, $200,000 to $300,000 grows,” Paige Shipp, regional director…

U.S. Home Flipping Returns Drop to Two-Year Low, Dallas-Fort Worth Up 14 Percent

By Amy Puchaty / December 7, 2017 /

ATTOM Data Solutions, curator of the nation’s largest multi-sourced property database, today released its Q3 2017 U.S. Home Flipping Report, which shows that single-family homes and condos flipped in the third quarter yielded an average gross flipping profit of $66,448 per flip, representing an average 47.7 percent return on investment for flippers — down from 48.7…

Which City is Better For Football-Loving Homeowners: Dallas or Green Bay?

By Joanna England / January 14, 2017 /

Are you ready for some football? Surely you’ve wondered during less-than-stellar seasons of Cowboys past whether it would be better off to live in a city where a team doesn’t bomb the playoffs. As it turns out, Owners.com wanted to know which city, Dallas or Green Bay, Wis., were better for homeowners who are football…

The Doom & Gloom Debbie Downer Report is Out Again… but Is He Right???

By Candy Evans / December 4, 2015 /

Steve Brown has a snippet on his Biz Beat Blog the other day, saying the brakes are about to be slammed on DFW’s runaway home prices.  This will happen next year. Which is like in 3 weeks. A friend in Phoenix is an appraiser, and lived through the mess that the Phoenix/Scottsdale market became during…