Dallas

Dallas, Fort Worth Don’t Always Get Love in Livability Rankings

By Tommy Cummings / March 31, 2021 /

Once again, Dallas-Fort Worth’s suburbs earned high rankings in a liveability list. In Niche’s recent rankings of its 2021 Best Cities to Live in America, Dallas and Fort Worth didn’t exactly dominate. Dallas ranked 84th out of 228 cities. Fort Worth ranked 115th. Conversely, Plano ranked seventh and Richardson 12th. Irving is 41st, Denton 54th,…

Plano Earns Another ‘Best’ Designation From Forbes, Plus Other Reports

By Tommy Cummings / March 8, 2021 /

Of the 100 largest cities is the U.S., Plano is the best for renters, according to a recent analysis by Forbes Advisor.

D-FW’s Million-Dollar Cities Are The Usual Suspects, But Here’s What Makes Them Unique

By Tommy Cummings / January 18, 2021 /

We all know which Dallas-Fort Worth municipalities carry Zillow’s recent distinction of Million-Dollar Cities. But let’s review, anyway, because a good many of us like talking about luxury homes. Listed in order by typical home value are the usual suspects — Westlake ($1,752,752), Highland Park ($1,695.262), Westover Hills ($1,677,514), and University Park ($1,468,731). Big duh.…

Search Analysis Shows More Renters Checking Out Dallas During Pandemic, Plus Other Reports

By Tommy Cummings / December 17, 2020 /

Dallas might be regarded as a temporary safe haven for renters during the COVID-19 pandemic. That’s the easy conclusion from Apartment List’s quarterly renter migration report, but the data suggests other reasons. In its fourth-quarter report, Apartment List crunched its search numbers and determined that 23.5 percent of people looking for a place to live…

How the Dallas-Fort Worth Area Ranks in Homeowner Equity

By Tommy Cummings / November 9, 2020 /

Are you equity rich? Do you use finance apps to compare your home value against your mortgage statement balance every day? If you’re a Dallas-Fort Worth homeowner, chances are you’re doing fine and better than others nationally. A recent report by Irvine, Calif.-based Attom Data Solutions estimates that, in the third quarter, 39.5 percent of…