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Today is The Last Day to Protest Your Property Tax Appraisal

By Joanna England / June 15, 2020 /

Remember how Dallas County Judge Clay Jenkins told everyone to protest their property tax appraisal? Basically, Jenkins said that because Governor Greg Abbott wasn’t working to freeze appraisals due to the economic havoc that COVID-19 has wrought, everyone needs to protest their property tax appraisal to ease the sting. Well, if you were going to…

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NAR President-Elect is Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate’s Leslie Rouda Smith

By Joanna England / June 1, 2020 /

Dave Perry-Miller Real Estate broker associate Leslie Rouda Smith was just elected as the National Association of Realtors’ 2021 president-elect. Rouda Smith, who lives in Plano, is also a past president of the Collin County Association of Realtors. Rouda Smith has real estate in her blood. She was not only raised by real estate professionals,…

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Some Landlords Practice Compassion as 24 Percent of Americans Can’t Pay April Housing Costs

By Joanna England / April 14, 2020 /

With jobless claims at record levels, the obvious concern for a broad swath of America is what to do when the rent or mortgage is due. Unfortunately, because of such overwhelming unemployment rates, nearly a quarter of Americans couldn’t make a full housing payment in the month of April. Luckily in Dallas, many landlords are…

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Half Of Renter Households Struggle With Affordability

By April Towery / October 20, 2019 /

About half of all renter households are cost-burdened, with tenants spending more than 30 percent of their incomes on rent, according to a recent Apartmentlist.com study. “The number of cost-burdened renter households in Dallas has increased by 116,053 since 2008,” said Olyvia Ruhlmann of Apartmentlist.

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Dallas Rent Growth Remains Steady, Below National Average

By Candy's Dirt / December 3, 2018 /
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From staff reports Dallas rents are rising, but are still doing so at a rate below the national average, the December 2018 Dallas Rent Report from ApartmentList.com revealed today. Year-over-year, Dallas rents have increased by 1.1 percent, with median rents at about $890 for a one-bedroom apartment, and $1,110 for a two-bedroom. That year-over-year growth…

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