MetroTex Association of Realtors

How North Texas Residents Can Find Winter-Storm Help or Donate

By Tommy Cummings / February 21, 2021 /

The ice has mostly melted, but thousands of Dallas-Fort Worth residents have sustained property damage, endured power outages, and dealt with frozen water pipes. Texans will be dealing with the aftermath of this winter storm for a while. Two questions come to mind: Do you need help? Do you want to help? Here’s our checklist…

Collin, Denton Counties Saw Sizable Increases in Monthly Home Sales

By Tommy Cummings / January 5, 2021 /

Sales of single-family homes by real-estate agents were up more than 30 percent from a year ago in Collin and Denton counties, according to the MetroTex Association of Realtors’ November sales reports. The county-by-county market statistics are compiled by the Dallas-based group and supported by the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. Collectively in…

Study: After ‘Race to The Bottom,’ Real Estate Industry Sees Recovery in Future

By Joanna England / July 7, 2020 /

I think we say this for everyone, but 2020 can take a hike. The good news is that a majority of real estate professionals surveyed by RCLCO in their mid-year real estate sentiment index believe that some of the more economically significant sectors of the real estate industry will start to bounce back in the…

Real Talk: How Do We Clear Obstacles to Black Homeownership in Dallas?

By Candy Evans / July 3, 2020 /

It was a hot June, and I am not talking about the temperature. I am talking about the emotions in our cities. Just as we came out from under the Shelter-In-Place to keep Covid-19 under control, the nation was shocked by the murder of a Black man as he was arrested in Minneapolis, setting off…

NTREIS Has No Plan to Stop Using ‘Master’ to Describe Largest Bedroom And Bath

By Joanna England / June 29, 2020 /

As far back as 2013, MLS organizations have been moving away from the term “master” when describing the largest en suite bedroom in a home. Just last week, the Houston Association of Realtors joined the west and east coast associations and will ditch the term, too. However, North Texas Real Estate Information Systems (NTREIS), the…