Dallas County

Masterful Garden Tours Set To Bloom in May

By Joy Donovan / April 26, 2026 /

North Texas garden lovers will get to choose their own adventure because both Dallas County and Denton County Master Gardeners are flinging open the garden gates on the very same Saturday. Uber garden fanatics just might want to catch both on May 9. With a Dallas County tour full of Oak Cliff charm to the…

D-FW Housing Market Shifts Gears as Inventory Empowers Buyers

By Charles Grand / May 23, 2025 /

If only mortgage rates were lower because the D-FW housing market seems to be giving prospective homebuyers some serious wiggle room for the first time in years. An analysis of market data by M&D Real Estate found that at least one county in the Dallas metro area has officially entered buyer’s market territory, with surging…

Should Dallas Look at Land in Taxable Value Per Acre? Asheville Planner Wants City to Shift Perspective on Density

By April Towery / February 6, 2024 /

Experts weighed in recently on introducing higher-density development in single-family neighborhoods and talked about how the city can be more effective in planning for the future as the ForwardDallas comprehensive land use plan inches closer to a July adoption date.  MetroTex Association of Realtors requested a presentation on the “Economics of Land Use” from Joe…

Title Tip: The Truth About Title Theft

By Lydia Blair / August 2, 2022 /

Why pay for something when you can get it free? Have you seen or heard the many ads for title theft services on TV, social media, and talk radio? “Title protection” companies are aggressively claiming that title theft is “sweeping the nation” and is “one of the fastest-growing crimes” in America. These misleading and persistent…

The Housing Market’s On Fire, So Brace For That Appraisal Coming in the Mail

By Tommy Cummings / April 13, 2021 /

The significant jump in home prices in North Texas means a historic high value for your property if you’re selling. But for those not in the market to buy, it means that walk back from the mailbox while scanning the local appraisal district’s notification probably isn’t going to be much fun. An increase in value…