Dallas housing trends
There’s no doubt that Dallas-Fort Worth is one of the hottest real estate markets in the U.S. Zillow recently named it No. 3 in the country, noting a 4 percent unemployment rate and solid income growth. Additionally, the Zillow Home Value Forecast predicts the Dallas-Fort Worth median home value will go up by 5.6 percent in 2016. But some housing analysts and mortgage…
Read MoreTexas is the place to be for economic prosperity and job growth, which in turn has made our real estate market one of the best in the nation, according to the 2014 Texas Annual Housing Report, released this week by the Texas Association of Realtors. Nearly every area of real estate in the Lone Star State continues…
Read MoreCoreLogic Inc. says home prices in the Dallas area rose by 4.5 percent in October, up from a year earlier. Nationwide, some areas saw a 6.3 percent increase when looking back at October 2011. Pulling out those distressed home sales, which CoreLogic does so well and why I like this index better than Case-Shiller, we…
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