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Dallas Real Estate Market ‘On Fire’ for 2025, Top Group Reports

By CandysDirt | February 6, 2025 |

After months of uncertainty, the 2025 Dallas real estate market looks strong, with buyers and sellers expressing a positive sense of change in the economy, according to the experts with the Perry Wisdom Barrett Real Estate Group. “I’m seeing the market being on fire this year,” said Alex Perry, a top-ranked luxury real estate agent…

Builders Spared Additional Tariffs on Lumber for Now

By Charles Grand | February 6, 2025 |

An impending wave of import tariffs poised to drive up the cost of construction was narrowly averted on Monday after President Donald Trump put a pause on their implementation. Trump touted tariffs on the campaign trail as a tool to raise revenue and remediate the nation’s trade deficits. Rhetoric became official U.S. policy this past…

Will Dallas City Council Pass the Lakewood Conservation District Expansion? I Hope

By Karen Eubank | February 6, 2025 |

After more than three years of debate and at least 18 community meetings, the proposed Lakewood Conservation District expansion is finally going to the Dallas City Council for a vote on Feb. 26. With the City Plan Commission’s unanimous approval in November, there’s reason to be hopeful. People move to Lakewood for many reasons. Certainly, location is…

Open Houses This Weekend: Host Next Year’s Super Bowl Shindig in One of These Gems

By April Towery | February 6, 2025 |

Super Bowl Sunday is upon us, and there’s nothing better than having all your friends and family under one roof to yell at the referee and criticize the halftime show, right? This week’s selection of open houses offers the best in entertaining, dining, and outdoor space.  According to personal finance website WalletHub, Dallas is the…

Priced Under $1M: This Cedar Hill Home With 2-Bedroom Guest House, Greenhouse, and Gazebo

By Brenda Masse | February 5, 2025 |

This week’s Highlight Home of the Week sponsored by Lisa Peters, Senior Loan Officer with First Horizon, is a unique opportunity for buyers looking for a multigenerational home in Cedar Hill. This listing offers not one, but two homes on a lush, two-acre treed lot, close to Joe Pool Lake and Cedar Hill State Park.…

North Cliff Rezoning Moves Forward to Allow ADUs, Single-Family, Commercial Uses in Conservation District

By April Towery | February 5, 2025 |

Dallas plan commissioners spent just seven minutes last month discussing a rezoning in North Oak Cliff that would clean up some antiquated zoning and allow for more diverse businesses and accessory dwelling units by right. The North Cliff neighborhood, within a conservation district approved in 1996, is the third of five neighborhoods to move forward…