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State Economy Growing, Job Numbers Continue to Increase

By Bethany Erickson | April 29, 2019 |

As the state economy grows and employment continues to rise, how are new home sales in North Texas faring? We have the answers in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Texas Economy Still Growing Faster Than Nation The Texas economy is still going like gangbusters, adding 271,000 nonagricultural jobs year-over-year in March, the Texas…

Hurst Homes for First-Timers and Empty Nesters Alike

By Shelby Skrhak | April 28, 2019 |

Hurst is the featured city for this week’s Suburb Sunday, and for good reason. It’s been ranked one of the best places to raise a family for its stellar H-E-B ISD schools, safe community, and central location for commuters. With its nearby neighbors Euless and Bedford, Hurst makes up the popular mid-cities often referred to…

Historic McKinney Home Waiting to Add New Buyer’s Story

By Bethany Erickson | April 28, 2019 |

To say the W.D. Smith home in McKinney, built in 1902, has been around for a great deal of North Texas history is an understatement — from its early beginnings as a farmhouse to its life as an abode for an alleged bootlegger and later as home to a McKinney mayor, the quintessential Victorian farmhouse…

Is North Texas the Best Place To Be a Realtor?

By CandysDirt | April 28, 2019 |

From staff reports The good news is, North Texas isn’t dead last. The bad news is, North Texas barely cracked the top 50 best places for Realtors to live. But even that bad news is actually fairly good news, when you consider that WalletHub’s rankings were based on 170 cities. Of North Texas cities, Fort…

American History: Philadelphia Treasure on Nation’s Oldest Residential Street

By CandysDirt | April 28, 2019 |

Stop Everything: Have You Filed Your Homestead Exemption?

By Bethany Erickson | April 28, 2019 |

  Easter is over, but we’re going to quote a rabbit anyway — if you’re waiting to file your homestead exemption for your property taxes, you may find yourself late, late, for a very important date.