Dallas-Fort Worth

Dallas-Fort Worth Boasts One of Lowest Home Buy-Rent Breakevens

By Bethany Erickson / May 21, 2018 /
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It takes about a year and a half for a home to hit the buy-rent breakeven horizon in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, research by Zillow economists for the first quarter of 2018 revealed. The Zillow Buy-Rent Breakeven Horizon measures the amount of time it takes for owning a home to make more financial sense than…

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Expanding Mass Transit in Dallas Isn’t Easy, But is Necessary, Says Hayley Enoch

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / February 18, 2016 /

By Hayley Enoch Special Contributor [Editor’s note: The now free Dallas Festival of Ideas kicks off tomorrow and runs through Saturday, with speakers and panels focusing on the future of our city. One subject that comes up time and again is the need for walkable cities and more accessible mass transit. To facilitate that discussion, we…

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Star Wars Real Estate: The Force is Strong With These Dallas-Fort Worth Homes

By Joanna England / December 18, 2015 /

Huge Star Wars nerd that I am, I went to the special screening of The Force Awakens hosted by Keith’s Comics at Studio Movie Grill. Let’s just say that, if you’re a fan of the force, you’ll love this film. Big props to J.J. Abrams for doing right by the franchise. Last night, however, was pretty dang magical as…

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Forecasts For Dallas and Fort Worth Metro Real Estate Predict Year-Over-Year Growth

By Joanna England / February 4, 2015 /

Sure, economists are saying that the Dallas-Fort Worth area have posted new gains in 2014, and that home price growth for the North Texas metro areas is projected to increase in 2015 to the tune of 9 to 11 percent, but more and more people are starting to take a closer look at those numbers…

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U.S. Metro Economic Report Shows a “Booming” North Texas

By Joanna England / June 23, 2014 /

  We know that North Texas’ strong and growing job market keeps people flocking to our metro area, and that population increase, along with corporate relocations and an attractive business environment, is driving our local economy. It’s driving up housing demand and home prices, too. So we’re not surprised to hear that the U.S. Metro…

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