Dallas Builders

Dallas Real Estate News: With a Hot Market Ahead, Texas Homeowners Remodel to Boost Value Before Listing

By Joanna England / April 4, 2014 /

  Stager Karen Eubank said it best when she told me why some homes were flying off the market and others weren’t: If you’ve upgraded and invested in your home before listing, you’re almost certain to sell. If you haven’t, good luck. Apparently that’s the advice a lot of Texas homeowners are getting from their…

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Housing Starts Are Up, Builders Stocks Are Rebounding: Is it Time To Crack One Open And Celebrate?

By Joanna England / December 19, 2012 /

I bet big builders like Lennar Corp., Fort Worth-based D.R. Horton, and Pulte Homes are breathing a collective sigh of relief. According to a report from the U.S. Census Bureau and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, housing starts are up — way up, as a matter of fact — from November 2011. According…

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A Week of Fireworks — In the Dallas Home Building Real Estate Market, That Is

By Candy Evans / July 6, 2012 /

During the Real Estate bubble, Dallas Realtor extraordinaire Della Lively told me every home builder in town was drinking champagne. Then the bubble burst, and now, with the exception of a very few, they can barely afford beer. The real estate downturn sliced and diced home starts in the Dallas-Fort Worth area by more than…

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