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Housing Affordability Continues to Decline in North Texas as First-Time Buyers Dwindle

By Joanna England / November 9, 2022 /

It seems cruel that, just when listings are posting “price improvements” and the number of days on market are inching upward, interest rates are making what was once buying power for a $400,000 home barely enough to snatch up something in the $300s. According to the most recent housing affordability report from the Texas Real…

Report Shows European Buyers Having a Bigger Interest in Texas Homes

By Marlin Weso / October 16, 2022 /

For some reason, Texas seems to be appealing to the Euro crowd. The latest Texas International Homebuyers Report released by Texas Realtors showed that our state ranked third nationally for homes sold to international buyers from April 2020 to March 2021. Texas again ranked behind Florida and California in homes sold to international buyers. Texas…

Is it a Buyer’s Market? Home Sales Are Down And Inventory is up, But Interest Rates Aren’t Helping

By Joanna England / August 21, 2022 /

The National Association of Realtors just released a report showing existing home sales sliding by 5.9 percent in July from the previous month. That’s the sixth month in a row of declining sales numbers. Statewide statistics reflect a cooling market, too, with closed sales down 16.1 percent for July according to recently released numbers from…

A Hot Market Means Institutional Investors Are Buying up Almost Half North Texas Homes

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / June 10, 2022 /

By Mike AlbaneseSpecial Contributor Dallas led the nation with the most investment volume of any real estate market in Q1 2022, bringing in $12.6 billion — increasing 119 percent year-over-year — according to a capital markets report from Newmark. Dallas’ volume for institutional investors outpaced all the top international markets, including London, Shanghai, Beijing, and Paris. …

Why Real Estate Agents Need to Think Like a Billionaire

By Candy Evans / May 20, 2022 /

This is probably the most unusual market in the history of real estate: inventory is at record lows, buyers are at record highs (at least in Texas), and there are more agents out selling and buying homes on behalf of clients. In fact, according to the Association of Real Estate License Law Officials, there have…