North Texas Market Trends

2022’s Hottest ZIP Code in North Texas is Found in Forney

By Joanna England / January 6, 2023 /

When I moved to the Dallas area in 2005, Forney was a tiny town with maybe two exits and a giant jackrabbit stationed just down the road from the town’s true claim to fame: a petite replica of the Statue of Liberty. Over the past 17 years, the Kaufman County town has morphed into a…

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Dallas Is a Big Part of the Increasingly Popular Live-Work-Play Trend

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / June 21, 2022 /

According to a RentCafé study, apartments in live-work-play buildings have grown from niche to trendy. They are rapidly rising in popularity, quadrupling in number compared to 10 years ago.

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How Does Your County Rank in the MetroTex May Housing Report?

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / June 20, 2022 /

According to the MetroTex Association of Realtors’ May housing report, home inventory is increasing across North Texas as more homebuyers are priced out of the market because of rising prices.

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North Texas Housing Market Greets Spring with Record Prices and Continued Low Inventory

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / May 12, 2022 /
As Spring Homebuying Season Nears, Inventory Hits Historic Low in Dallas-Fort Worth

MetroTex Association of REALTORS released its March housing report on the 14 counties that it tracks. The numbers for the first month of spring reflected a months-long trend.

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Whether Existing or New Construction, Home Prices in North Texas Are So Hot They’re Boiling Over

By Joanna England / April 22, 2022 /

Prices are up and inventory is down, which is not news to anyone in the North Texas real estate industry. However, the price of a new home in the Dallas-Fort Worth region continues to skyrocket, too. New numbers from Texas Realtors and Dallas-based HomesUSA.com show the median sales price of an existing home in the…

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