Dallas Housing Market
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…
There’s good news and bad news. The good news is Dallas isn’t mentioned in the latest Special Housing Risk Report from ATTOM Data Solutions. The bad news is there’s still a nationwide housing crisis. In a report released Thursday, ATTOM found that California, New Jersey, and Illinois once again had the highest concentrations of the…
The City of Dallas adopted a Comprehensive Housing Policy in May, but elected officials, city staff, and homeowners alike have criticized the document and called for an overhaul. That’s underway now, with the guidance of consultants from Community Equity Strategies, and a new draft policy is slated for review by the Dallas City Council in…
Last column, I wrote about how single-family home construction is finally getting back on track after the deficit of building during and post-Recession. But it still hasn’t built enough of the right product to drop prices. Now let’s look at multifamily construction, a place designed for younger buyers not ready for pastoral lives in the…
A recent report from Owners.com , a tech-driven real estate brokerage, found that Dallas/Fort Worth was among the top 10 markets nationwide for career-focused single women to live. The analysis was based on a variety of factors, including the percentage of single female homeowners, female median earnings, and female unemployment rate. The Metroplex has some…
