North Texas Real Estate News

Texas Will Add 294,100 Jobs In 2019, Dallas Fed Says

By Bethany Erickson / May 27, 2019 /

Texas will add almost 300,000 jobs this year according to the Dallas Fed, the Offices Two at Frisco Station topped out recently, and DFW ranked fifth overall in a recent ranking of best summer travel destinations. We have details in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Texas Will Add 294,100 Jobs In 2019, Dallas Fed Says…

Dallas-Fort Worth Tops List of Best Cities for STEM Jobs

By Bethany Erickson / May 20, 2019 /

Dallas-Fort Worth is at the top of a list ranking the best cities for science, technology, engineering, and math jobs, the new home market is percolating in DFW, and we find out where North Texas falls in a look at underwater mortgages and home equity, all in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Dallas-Fort…

Local Market Cool Down? Research Indicates Wave of New Buyers Coming

By Bethany Erickson / May 13, 2019 /

While the housing market might be lightly tapping the brakes as of late, a new report found that a wave of new buyers is coming — although how robustly they arrive will vary from city to city. While there was an impressive wave of first-time home buyers over the last decade, Zillow did the math…

Dallas County Posts Some of the Highest In-and-Out Migration Numbers

By Bethany Erickson / May 13, 2019 /

How many people are coming — and leaving — Dallas County? Has there been a local shift to more affordable new homes? What local journalist has been tapped to be a keynote speaker at a financial services conference? We have all this in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Dallas County Posts Some of…

When It Comes to Housing, Dallas-Area Teachers Feel the Crunch

By Bethany Erickson / May 12, 2019 /

Rents and home prices continue to rise (even with a slight cooling), and much like salaries across the country, the salaries of teachers in Dallas-Fort Worth have not kept pace with those rising housing costs, a new analysis by Apartment List revealed. In DFW, almost 24 percent of primary-earner teachers were burdened by the cost…