DFW real estate news

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…

Renovated Oak Cliff Home Ready For a First-Time Buyer

By Bethany Erickson / December 11, 2018 /

When we asked Realtors last week to give us their cutest homes during our Thursday call for pitches, Bethanne Carter-Buffington with Colleen Frost, REALTORS told us about this adorable listing in Oak Cliff she said would make a perfect Tuesday Two Hundred. “It’s a gorgeous Oak Cliff reno!” she said. And she’s right. This 1924…

Gates Takes Exception to Laura Miller’s Pink Wall Op-Ed, Both Take to Twitter

By Bethany Erickson / December 10, 2018 /

Sunday may be a day of rest, but it seems that journalists, politicians, and Twitter never really rest, and that was borne out yesterday when Dallas city councilmember Jennifer Gates took to Twitter to air her feelings about a recent op-ed about Preston Center traffic woes that former Mayor and Preston Hollow resident Laura Miller…

The Cedars Collection Aims to Give More People Downtown Views

By Bethany Erickson / December 10, 2018 /

In the beginning, the Cedars was a bustling community that was also a Dallas hot-spot — and it remained so from its beginning in the 1870s until the 1920s, as the more wealthy denizens of the neighborhood moved on. By the 1960s, the neighborhood took a hit from progress, as homes saw the wrecking ball…

Real Estate News: Is a Slowdown a Catastrophe or a Rebalance?

By Bethany Erickson / December 10, 2018 /

Where did Dallas fall in a list of metro areas experiencing a market slowdown? How did home sales in Dallas and Fort Worth compare to statewide numbers? We have all this and more in this week’s roundup of real estate news. DALLAS IN TOP 10 METROS EXPERIENCING BIGGEST SLOWDOWNS After a spate of headlines about…