Suburb Sunday

Frisco Dominates When it Comes to Single-Family Home Permits

By Tommy Cummings / December 13, 2020 /

Where’s the hottest suburb for new home construction in Dallas-Fort Worth? You have two guesses, and the first one doesn’t count. Frisco. Obviously. Builders seem to gravitate to the northern suburb of Frisco, an affluent city that’s split between Denton and Collin counties. Frisco has received 2,011 single-family home construction permit requests from Jan. 1…

How Corby Davidson, Interlochen’s Favorite Son, Coped With Arlington Neighborhood’s Holiday Light Tour

By Tommy Cummings / December 6, 2020 /

Dallas radio personality Corby Davidson, perhaps Interlochen’s most famous native son, remembers the herculean effort put forth in decorating the family’s residence in preparation for the Arlington neighborhood’s blowout holiday lights tour.

Study Shows Plano With Nation’s Largest 1BR and 2BR Apartments

By Tommy Cummings / November 22, 2020 /

A new ApartmentGuide.com study has determined that Plano has the biggest one- and two-bedroom apartments in the country.

Not the Time to Buy? Frisco, Plano Lead Nation in Rising Number of Renters

By Tommy Cummings / November 15, 2020 /

Out of 314 U.S. cities, Frisco and Plano ranked first and second in a new study that tracked the increase in the percentage of renters vs. homeowners over the past decade. Yes, that’s correct: Frisco and Plano lead the nation in residents choosing to rent an apartment versus buying a condo or home. Frisco more…

India Developer’s Grass-Topped Community in Frisco is ‘Very Close to Nature’

By Tommy Cummings / November 8, 2020 /

Kamal Sagar’s unique vision of high-end homes coming to Frisco is finally coming into complete focus this month. India-based Total Environment Homes’ Tapestry community is starting a sales campaign this month on its 121-home residential community that features Texas native grasses on rooftops. We first heard about this in 2017 in a review by Frisco…