Real Estate Market News

No Need For Ghostbusting in This Housing Market

By Mimi Perez / October 11, 2021 /
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Owning a haunted house can be a scary proposition for some. My point of reference when thinking about a haunted house is the movie Poltergeist. I am talking about the original movie with JoBeth Williams and Craig T. Nelson. Not only did those ghosts kidnap one of their daughters but it ended up sucking the…

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Investment Firm Introduces 10K-Home Development Northwest of Fort Worth

By Marlin Weso / July 26, 2021 /

When completed, the 10,000-home Reunion master-planned community northwest of Fort Worth will be one of the largest residential communities around.

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Best of 2020: Is It Better To Read The DMN’s Real Estate Coverage Backwards?

By Jon Anderson / December 28, 2020 /

[Editor’s Note: This year has been a decade, right? So many things happened, lots of things were postponed, and houses continued to sell despite it all. While the CandysDirt.com team takes a hot minute this holiday season to recharge the ol’ Energizers, we’re serving up our very favorite stories from 2020. Enjoy!] Jon: You might think my…

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Dueling Market Forecasters: Who’s Right?

By Jon Anderson / July 20, 2020 /

Depending on your source, the Dallas housing market is either doomed or the outlook is relatively rosy. But which one is right? CoreLogic is the often-quoted source for real estate market forecasting. We’ve all read their pessimistic predictions for the coming year. To review, currently, CoreLogic forecasts that from May 2020 to May 2021, home…

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Up or Down? Which Real Estate Report to Believe?

By Jon Anderson / June 29, 2020 /

Two seemingly contradictory reports were issued last week on the state of the nation’s real estate market. Realtor.com trumpeted “What Recession? Luxury Housing Market is Back …” while ATTOM headlined “Home Affordability Increasing …” Reading about luxury’s return could be viewed as contradictory to increases in home affordability. One says wealthy checkbooks are open while…

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