Economy

Kelly Perkins: Are Fed Rate Cuts Really the Homebuying Game-Changer You Expect?

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 1, 2025 /

With 33 years in the financial industry, Novēm Wealth’s Kelly Perkins has seen the booms and busts of the Dallas-Fort Worth real estate market and beyond. As co-founder and partner at the Dallas-based firm, she is a qualified advisor, industry leader, and sought-after public speaker — and she’s brought her expertise to CandysDirt.com for a…

Should You Postpone Your Home Purchase During an Election Season?

By Daniel Lalley / August 8, 2024 /

With election season in full swing, we’re witnessing the good, bad, and ugly of the American political machine. Amid the chaos that is the American election cycle, many would-be home buyers find themselves hesitant to make sudden moves. Just days after a bleak job report and subsequent global stock market sell-off, some have put a…

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…

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…

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

By CandysDirt / 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…