Real Estate

Only 20% of 27-year-old Americans Own Their Home, 22% Live With Their Parents

By Joanna England / January 30, 2014 /

Talk about an eye-opener. This story from the Atlantic’s Jordan Weissman takes a look at a recent study from the U.S. Department of Education analyzing where a group of 27-year-olds are today. The study found that today’s 27 year olds are educated, in debt, and living with their parents. To us, the most interesting finding…

More Competition, Higher Prices Mean Fewer First-Time Homebuyers Finding Way Into Dallas Market

By Joanna England / January 30, 2014 /

First-time homebuyers are finding it harder and harder to get into their dream home.

The National Association of Realtors said that first-time homebuyers make up only 28 percent of the national housing market in a Jan. 28 new story, the lowest number since the organization started measuring the demographic in 2008. According to the NAR, first-time homebuyers typically make up about 40 percent of the market, but several factors are keeping them from purchasing a home, including higher competition for lower priced properties, which are being swept up by investors at increasingly high rates.

Build It, and They Will Come… in Droves to Lease in North Texas

By Candy Evans / January 30, 2014 /

If it appears that apartments are going up on every street corner in Dallas, well, they are. The Dallas-Fort Worth are is going to be the nation’s top apartment leasing market over the next three years, according to a new report by the folks at Jones Lang LaSalle. Perhaps you, like me, see the cranes…

The Williamsburg (and Bushwick) of Dallas? Oak Cliff and Deep Ellum?

By Candy Evans / January 29, 2014 /

Gawker asks, “What is your city’s Williamsburg? What’s its hippest—or formerly hippest—or sometimes just youngest—neighborhood, the one with the art galleries and the boutiques and the lines for brunch? (And what, for that matter, is its Bushwick, or “Next Williamsburg”?) If you don’t know off the top of your head, don’t worry. We do, thanks…

Should I Rent or Buy? 30- to 40-Somethings More Likely to Buy a House, Fresh From College Crowd More Likely to Rent

By Candace Tharp / January 29, 2014 /

To rent or buy. This is a topic swirling among my 30-something friends and seems to be in constant discussion. Based on a brief survey CandysDirt.com conducted on a group of 25 to 40 year olds, results showed that 25 to 30 year olds are significantly more likely to rent compared to any other age…