Dallas real estate news

Real Estate News: Dallas Apartments Have Few Vacancies, But Significant Rent Growth

By Bethany Erickson / December 17, 2018 /

How did Dallas’s rent growth stack up to the rest of the major metros in the state? Are we in a bubble? We look at this and more in this week’s roundup of real estate news. RENTS PREDICTED TO GROW IN DALLAS IN 2019 Most of the apartments in Dallas are occupied, and rent growth…

Splurge vs. Steal: Enjoy Effortless Entertaining in These Dallas Homes For The Holidays

By Amy Puchaty / December 17, 2018 /

Tis the season to gather round the fireplace, so we found two Dallas beauties to make Santa proud. Hang those stockings, and get ready for visions of sugarplums to dance in your heads. This week, we highlight two Dallas offerings — one in Lakewood and one in downtown Dallas — that will have you doing…

Health Insurance Impacts Timely Rent, Mortgage Payments, Report Says

By Bethany Erickson / December 15, 2018 /

It’s not unusual to see GoFundMe or other crowdfunding efforts for someone who, facing a catastrophic health crisis, can’t afford to pay their rent or mortgage. But until now, those incidents remained anecdotal. But a study released this year by Emily A. Gallagher, Radhakrishnan Gopalan, and Michal Grinstein-Weis, professors and researchers at the University of…

Charming Tudor on Mistletoe Drive Could Be Ho-Ho-Home

By Bethany Erickson / December 15, 2018 /

Our Saturday Six Hundred for this week was an obvious choice — and not just because it happens to sit on Mistletoe Drive in historic Hollywood Heights-Santa Monica neighborhood. It’s also because it’s a charming Tudor that has only been on the market two times in its history — which is remarkable because it was…

Three Adorable Homes Have Equally Adorable — and Affordable — Price Points

By Bethany Erickson / December 13, 2018 /

Earlier this week, we mentioned the October housing report from the Texas A&M Real Estate Center, which provided this interesting tidbit: While home sales may be slowing down in the higher price points, the most affordable price points are still doing robust business. “The market for homes priced less than $200,000 remained the exception, where…