Real Estate Market News

Collin County Association of Realtors Unveils New Name to Reflect Membership

By Shelby Skrhak / October 14, 2023 /

North Texas’ second-largest professional Realtor association now has a new name. The Collin County Association of Realtors rebranded last month to become the Collin County Area Realtors — a move they say will better reflect its changing member demographics. Collin County Association of Realtors was founded in 1957 as a non-profit organization that provides professional…

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In North Texas, Housing Prices Are Down And Foreclosures Are on The Upswing

By Candy's Dirt / July 21, 2023 /
The Dallas-Plano-Irving area joins Houston and San Antonio metro areas as Texas metros having the biggest increases in late payments on federally backed home loans through the end of August, according to the American Enterprise Institute's FHA Neighborhood Warch.

New data shows that, just as our meteoric rise in home values sent our nation’s real estate market topsy-turvy, so has the rapid cooling that the market has seen in the past several months. In new reports from ATTOM and MetroTex Association of Realtors, the number of foreclosure filings has increased while the average price…

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CoStar And Move — A Match Made in Heaven?

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / February 7, 2023 /

By Mark JohnsonCo-Founder of CoRecruit, former CEO of JPAR – Real Estate   The founder and creator of this site recently asked me if the news that CoStar was in the works to acquire Move from Rupert Murdoch was a big deal.   My answer was “Yes!”  The rumor on the street is that the…

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Report: Number of Million-Dollar Homes Sold in Texas Increased in 2022

By Candy's Dirt / January 16, 2023 /

The number of Texas homes that sold for $1 million or higher from November 2021 to October 2022 increased 17 percent compared to the previous year, according to the 2022 Sales of Million-Dollar Homes in Texas Report released today by Texas Realtors using data from the Texas Real Estate Research Center at Texas A&M University. The annual report showed 13,998 total sales of homes priced at…

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Chill Out: Cold Cities Top the List of Best U.S. Housing Markets for October

By April Towery / November 25, 2022 /

At first glance, a headline pronouncing that the “hottest housing markets” don’t include any Texas cities could drive house hunters to dream of a white Christmas up north or on the East Coast.  Dallas-Fort Worth was not among the top 10 metro housing markets for October. In fact, no Texas city showed up in the…

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