Market Dynamics

Some Eye Fed Rate Cut Next Month

By Charles Grand / June 22, 2025 /

The Federal Reserve announced that it decided to keep benchmark interest rates steady on Wednesday amid continued concerns over inflation and the potential for economic slowdown related to the president’s tariff policy. However, there appears to be some disagreement over the way forward, with at least one Fed official calling for a rate cut in…

D-FW Housing Market Shifts Gears as Inventory Empowers Buyers

By Charles Grand / May 23, 2025 /

If only mortgage rates were lower because the D-FW housing market seems to be giving prospective homebuyers some serious wiggle room for the first time in years. An analysis of market data by M&D Real Estate found that at least one county in the Dallas metro area has officially entered buyer’s market territory, with surging…

Let’s Break Down the Housing Market Signals That Made March Look Like Madness

By Charles Grand / April 25, 2025 /

It can be difficult to wrap your head around all the various signals in the housing market these days. What does it mean that new home sales are going up? Prices coming down is a good thing, right? Is the upcoming end of Jerome Powell’s term as chair of the Federal Reserve a big deal?…

Prospective D-FW Homebuyers Get Glimmer of Hope From Q3 Housing Report

By CandysDirt / November 10, 2024 /

From Staff Reports Homebuyers in D-FW got a little relief in Q3, with the Texas Quarterly Housing Report by Texas Realtors showing a slight dip in median price and a spike in active listings. The median home price in the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area ticked down by 0.8% compared to the same quarter in 2023,…

Report: Housing Markets in California, New Jersey, and Illinois Have Elevated Risk of Downturns in Second Quarter of 2024

By April Towery / September 9, 2024 /

There’s good news and bad news. The good news is Dallas isn’t mentioned in the latest Special Housing Risk Report from ATTOM Data Solutions. The bad news is there’s still a nationwide housing crisis.  In a report released Thursday, ATTOM found that California, New Jersey, and Illinois once again had the highest concentrations of the…