Dallas Economy
According to the most recent report from CoreLogic, the Dallas-Plano-Irving MSA ranked seventh in year-over-year home price growth among the 100 statistical areas the firm measures in its Housing Price Index with a 9.4 percent increase in prices (excluding distressed sales) through the year ending in December 2013.
Read MoreTo rent or buy. This is a topic swirling among my 30-something friends and seems to be in constant discussion. Based on a brief survey CandysDirt.com conducted on a group of 25 to 40 year olds, results showed that 25 to 30 year olds are significantly more likely to rent compared to any other age…
Read MoreWord comes that Manhattan real estate brokerage Bond New York is now accepting Bitcoins as payment for real properties. Bond, a firm launched at the beginning of the new millennium, says it’s the first brokerage to the accept alternative peer-to-peer currency. Here’s what they had to say in a news release: “Right now a bitcoin…
Read MoreWhile Trulia consider’s Dallas to be overvalued, Local Market Monitor‘s report says that the Dallas-Irving-Plano market is actually under-priced in the neighborhood of 12 percent. That’s interesting news from these economic analysts. Local Market Monitor is predicting that home prices will grow 9 percent over the next 12 months, but will top out at 10…
Read MoreIt’s definitely an improvement over last year’s ranking of 14th, with Dallas coming in 7th in this year’s Best-Performing Cities poll from the Milken Institute. The Dallas-Plano-Irving MSA beat Houston-Sugarland-Baytown (8th) but came in behind top-ranking Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos. The poll tries to objectively measure job creation and retention, as well as the economic vitality…
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