COVID-19

D-FW Real Estate Brokerages And Businesses Plan For Coronavirus Fallout

By Candy Evans / March 12, 2020 /

This story will be updated as new closures and postponements are announced. Business is anything but usual as the Coronavirus pandemic forces real estate executives to make a difficult decision. As of noon on Thursday, the Texas Department of Health and Human Services reported 23 confirmed cases in the state. Seven of them are in…

COVID-19’s Arrival in North Texas Impacting Millions as Churches, Sports, Schools Shut Down

By Shelby Skrhak / March 12, 2020 /

Updated March 13 North Texas officials announced this week the Dallas area’s first “presumptive positive” cases of COVID-19, prompting schools to close, sports to cease, and churches to halt services. Late Friday afternoon, Bishop Edward Burns of the Catholic Dioscese of Dallas announced that daily and Sunday Masses will be canceled, as well as activities…

Have Y’all Really Only Started Washing Your Hands This Week?

By Adlene Neely Dealey / March 11, 2020 /

We’re taking a break from the usual macular atrocities of the Wednesday WTF to ask one specific question: Have you all really only started washing your hands this week? I mean, personally I’ve been washing my hands like I’m about to scrub in on Grey’s Anatomy and poke my finger in a brain for a…

Real Estate Events Canceled In Wake of Coronavirus Outbreak

By April Towery / March 10, 2020 /

As panic surrounding COVID-19 increases, and the number of diagnosed cases in Texas continues to climb — including a just-announced case of Coronavirus in Colling County — officials in every industry, including real estate, are taking precautions.  NAR Cancels California Events The National Association of Realtors announced last week it will no longer hold events…

The State of Dallas Real Estate: Coronavirus

By Candy Evans / March 9, 2020 /

We were supposed to be in Barcelona this week, enjoying a city I have always wanted to visit, attending a friend’s wedding, basking in a pre-celebration of our 40-year marriage. Instead, we went to Boot Ranch in Fredericksburg. I cannot tell you how relaxing it was for one main reason: little or no mention of…