Economy

Should Dallas Look at Land in Taxable Value Per Acre? Asheville Planner Wants City to Shift Perspective on Density

By April Towery / February 6, 2024 /

Experts weighed in recently on introducing higher-density development in single-family neighborhoods and talked about how the city can be more effective in planning for the future as the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan inches closer to a July adoption date.  MetroTex Association of Realtors requested a presentation on the “Economics of Land Use” from Joe…

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Mark Johnson: Homebuyers Are Defying The Market as Inventory Drops 5 Percent 

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / February 14, 2023 /

By Mark JohnsonSpecial Contributor Homebuyers are defying the real estate market in North Texas, and for real estate agents and brokers, this is a critical time to stay informed. For the week ending on Feb. 10, 2023, inventory for sale in the Dallas-Fort Worth MSA dropped nearly 5 percent while the median new list price…

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NAR Names Dallas-Fort Worth One of The Top Real Estate Markets to Watch in 2023

By Candy's Dirt / December 19, 2022 /

From Staff Reports While 2022 hasn’t exactly turned out to be a picnic for the real estate industry, many industry forecasts are predicting 2023 to be a challenging year. Looking into his crystal ball, National Association of Realtors chief economist and senior vice president of research, Lawrence Yun, made his predictions for 2023 at NAR’s…

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Texas Real Estate Research Center Predicts Higher Interest Rates, Slower Housing Market For 2023

By Candy's Dirt / December 14, 2022 /

From Staff Reports Economic forecasts are tricky, what with so many state, national, and global variables at play (to say nothing about how a devastating weather event such as a hurricane or winter storm can reshuffle the deck mid-year). But using their collective understanding of current economic and market conditions and by looking at past…

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Three Things to Know: Are we Witnessing the Advent of a Global Recession?

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / November 28, 2022 /

By Ryan Casey Stephens,  FPQP®Special Contributor Sunday marked the start of Advent for the Christian faith, and my family was among the billion or more who celebrate around the globe. Advents, in the church and in general, mark the arrival of some notable person or event. Many believe that we’re witnessing the advent of a…

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