Dallas Economy

Can’t $top, Won’t $top: Dallas Luxury Home Sales Rake in Big Numbers for 2015

By Joanna England / January 25, 2016 /

Demand for high-end dirt in Texas was quite robust in 2015, according to the just-released 2016 Texas Luxury Home Sales Report from the Texas Association of Realtors. Dallas luxury home sales and Fort Worth high-end real estate sales grew by 12.4 percent from January to October 2015, with 1,088 homes priced at $1 million or more…

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Shall We Freak Out About Rising Interest Rates???

By Candy Evans / December 16, 2015 /

Get ready for the media freak out. Besides a re-hash of last night’s Republican debates — the most substantive thus far, in my opinion — everyone is talking about an expected interest rate hike today from the Fed. I had two media calls yesterday asking me if I thought a rise in interest rates might hurt…

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Dallas-Fort Worth Housing Starts are Up, But You’re Going to Pay More For New Construction

By Joanna England / December 14, 2015 /

  More confirmation that Dallas has pricey dirt in this latest report from Metrostudy: While housing starts are up to the tune of 12.4 percent year-over-year and 8.3 percent over last month, few of those have been in more affordable price ranges. More people who would have preferred to buy new construction have turned to…

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Onward and Upward: CoreLogic Predicts Higher Sales, Prices, and Interest Rates for 2016

By Joanna England / December 7, 2015 /

Yes, it’s that time of year again. CoreLogic has come in at the head of the pack for 2016 predictions, issuing its forecast and data brief today. And while we’ve heard a bit of “doom and gloom” from Steve Brown, CoreLogic’s report says that not only will we see more home sales and more demand,…

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Report Roundup: It’s Not Just The Temps Outside — CoreLogic, Realtor.com, and Local Market Monitor Say Dallas Real Estate is HOT

By Joanna England / September 8, 2015 /
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We love graphs and data, especially when those graphs and data show Dallas and Fort Worth at the very tip top. Not only did Realtor.com call the Dallas metro the second-hottest real estate market in America for August (up from third-hottest in July), but CoreLogic has D/FW at the top of its Housing Price Index rankings…

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