Dallas real estate trends

Ebby App Taps Into Market Trend Toward Digital Homebuying Research

By Candy Evans / April 6, 2016 /

Consumers, especially Millennials, are changing up their house-hunting strategies. More than ever, buyers are relying on smartphone apps to discover available properties and narrow down their searches before getting in touch with a real estate professional. Ebby Halliday Realtors has been on the leading edge of technology in the North Texas real estate market since they…

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From the Archives: Unmarried Couples Buying a House—What Should They Know?

By Leah Shafer / January 1, 2016 /

It has been said that falling in love consists of uncorking the imagination and bottling the common sense, and for many couples, buying a house together is an experience driven by excitement and emotion, especially in a market as hot as ours. When a married couple in Texas buys a house, community property laws offer…

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From the Archives: 6 Ways Millennials Are Changing Real Estate Business

By Leah Shafer / December 23, 2015 /

For years, millennials have largely been thought of as renters, not buyers, but that has changed. Millennials, born from the early 1980s to the early 2000s, now represent the largest group of homebuyers in the U.S. at 32 percent, taking over from Generation X, according to the 2015 National Association of Realtors (NAR) Home Buyer…

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Self Employed? Perhaps a Live/Work Space is Right For You, Says Chase Heckendorn

By Joanna England / October 7, 2015 /

By Chase Heckendorn Special Contributor The growing culture of self-employed folks, creatives/freelancers and start-up businesses in Dallas has spurred quite a bit of demand for live/work space. Pioneered by some early loft developers in Deep Ellum, we’re now seeing a widespread trend of property owners and developers following in their footsteps. The idea of having…

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How the New Bishop Arts Gateway Project Will Really Change the Bishop Arts District… How Do We Keep the Sky From Falling?

By Amanda Popken / June 1, 2015 /

We knew this day was coming. The day we’d see new construction of high-density, mixed-use projects all over North Oak Cliff. We rezoned less than a year ago to allow the growth we knew was coming, and hopefully have some control over how it transpires. So here we are, faced with a developer wanting to listen…

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