DFW real estate news

MetroTex Announces Slate of Officers, Directors

By Bethany Erickson / July 9, 2019 /
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MetroTex announced its proposed slate of 2020 officers and 2020-2021 directors after receiving applications from general membership, which were then reviewed by a nominating committee. Nominated were: President: Terry Tremaine, Century 21 Mike Bowman; President-Elect: Bill Jordan, Longhorn Real Estate; Secretary/Treasurer: Taylor Walcik, Blair Group Real Estate; Past President: Cathy Williams, Keller Williams.

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Millennials Don’t Want Your Big Houses, Unless They Do

By Bethany Erickson / July 8, 2019 /
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It started as a drumbeat last March, as Candace Taylor of the Wall Street Journal wrote that Baby Boomers who built million-dollar, large homes, suddenly were finding it difficult to unload them because Millennial buyers (the next market of age to buy a home after Gen Xers) were disinterested in (or couldn’t afford) the homes.…

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Purplebricks Hits the Bricks, Leaves U.S. Market

By Bethany Erickson / July 8, 2019 /
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Flat-fee brokerage Purplebricks pulls out of the U.S. market, we have May housing numbers for Texas, and we find out what Dallas-Fort Worth town was named to a list of the 34 richest towns in the U.S. – all in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Purplebricks Hits the Bricks, Leaves U.S. Market Less than…

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Texas Leads Pack in Home Value Appreciation — Where Is Dallas?

By Bethany Erickson / July 1, 2019 /

Five of the top 25 cities for home value appreciation are in Texas, but where does Dallas fall? Where does the state fall when it comes to affordability? And how many Texans (and Dallasites) can afford the median home price? We have all this in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Texas Leads Pack…

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SEC Names New Director of Fort Worth Regional Office

By Candy's Dirt / June 26, 2019 /
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The new director of the Security and Exchange Commission’s Fort Worth office is a familiar face, having served at the regional office previously as an associate director. The agency named David Peavler the new director earlier this month. Peavler served for 15 years in various roles at the regional office’s Division of Enforcement before leaving…

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