Millenials

Uptown Welcomes First Public Playground and More Young Families

By Amanda Popken / April 20, 2017 /

“Griggs Park is one of the features that makes Uptown more sustainable. Uptown has a tendency to over-invest in private infrastructure and under-invest in public infrastructure,”noted District 14 Dallas City Councilman Philip Kingston at the Tuesday ribbon cutting of Griggs Park’s new playground. “This will soften the hard edges that tend to be created in high-density…

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Should Parents Help Children Buy Their First House? 1 in 17 Silver Spooners Do Get Some Help…

By Candy Evans / May 24, 2016 /

Did your parents help you buy your first house? I know that down payment money is not supposed to be “borrowed,” but it can be a cash gift. Of course, with a Fannie Mae loan, you can put down as little as 3 percent for a down payment, but there are strict limits on the…

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Get Used to Renting: Homes Under $200K Extinct in DFW, Hollywood Hits Heights

By Candy Evans / April 26, 2016 /

Is Dallas becoming LA? We have been harping on this for quite some time, but now the mainstream media seems to have taken a whiff of real estate smelling salts. First-time homebuyers (who don’t get lump sum down payment help from Mom and Dad) are out of luck finding affordable homes and will continue to…

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4 Ways to Satisfy Your Millennial Customers

By Joanna England / November 18, 2015 /

Millennials may not have been homebuyers in the past, but it seems they’re quickly coming around to the idea – especially if you look at recent stats. In fact, according to comScore data, 65 percent of Millennials looked at real estate sites or apps in August alone. The reason? For some, it was income increases,…

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Airbnb, Realtor.com Partnership Targets Millennials Looking to ‘Try Before Buying’

By Leah Shafer / July 31, 2015 /

“Try before you buy” is a hard concept to implement in the world of real estate. But a new partnership between Airbnb and realtor.com aims to do just that for potential homebuyers, letting them experience a specific neighborhood before purchasing there. The partnership is particularly focused on millennials, who now represent the largest group of homebuyers in…

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