Real Estate Trends

Single Females Strong Force Among Homebuyers

By CandysDirt / January 6, 2019 /

From staff reports Single female buyers made up 18 percent of all homebuyers, National Association of Realtors®’ 2018 Profile of Home Buyers and Sellers revealed recently. That statistic means that for the second consecutive year, single female buyers were the second most common household buyer group, behind married couples, which account for 63 percent of…

Dallas Number 6 in List of Cities Attracting New Residents

By CandysDirt / December 21, 2018 /

From staff reports Dallas remains a go-to destination for many moving in from out of state, coming in at number six in a recent analysis of census data and migration trends. Americans are moving to new states at a fairly rapid clip, despite the fact that only about 11 percent moved to new homes last…

Joel Kotkin: Oligarchal Socialism — aka the Gig Economy — How Could It Affect Real Estate?

By Candy Evans / September 5, 2018 /

  I adore Joel Kotkin and agree with most everything he writes. In fact, I have written for him, and wish I had time to do more. By the way, don’t ever let anyone tell you that blogging is fast and easy. It’s not. All writing sucks up an inordinate amount of time. When I…

Real Estate Slowdown is Real: Surviving the Market Shift

By Seth Fowler / June 5, 2018 /

WOW–tremendous responses and feedback on Part I of this real estate slowdown blog topic from last week.  Thanks so much!  Nice to know people are reading, following and giving thought to #tarrantcountytuesday. Last week we established (with data) that there indeed is a slowdown — or market shift — in the housing market.  One Dirty…

What in the Heck Do Luxury Buyers Want NOW? Adios McModern — Luxury Portfolio’s Stephanie Anton

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / May 3, 2018 /

by Deidre Woollard Special Contributor Affluent buyers are younger, big home footprints (5.000 plus) are returning, and traditional Victorians and Georgians may soon trump the McModern. These are just a few of the revelations we got from the gal who knows luxury buyers like the back of her hand, maybe better! Stephanie Anton is the…