North Texas Real Estate News

Want To Start a Business? DFW Is Not a Bad Place to Start

By CandysDirt / May 11, 2019 /

From staff reports Thanks to the Internet, you can start a business just about anywhere, but 20 cities are better for budding entrepreneurs — and Dallas-Fort Worth appears there, WalletHub said this week. Fort Worth ranked 11th on the list of 100, while Dallas and Irving were 15th and 17th, respectively. Three more North Texas…

Apartment Rents Up Slightly in Dallas, But Still Lower Than National Average

By CandysDirt / May 9, 2019 /

Apartment rents in Dallas have increased slightly, but the city is still a relative bargain compared to other spots in North Texas, a recent analysis revealed. Rents in Dallas have increased 0.5 percent from April to May, and are up 1.6 percent year-over-year, Apartment List said in its May rent report. The median two-bedroom rent…

Want To Sell Your House in a Week? Live In a Hot Zip Code

By CandysDirt / May 7, 2019 /

From staff reports If you want to sell your house in less than a week, you might want to live in the zip codes for Euless, Lancaster, Irving, or Balch Springs, new data from iBuying start-up OpenDoor revealed. The hottest zip codes were gleaned from data from the first three months of 2019 and have…

Vista Bank Announces New Fort Worth Market President

By Bethany Erickson / May 7, 2019 /

Vista Bank named a new president for its Fort Worth market, Cushman and Wakefield announced a new hire, and Governor Greg Abbott named a new chair of the Texas Real Estate Commission. The 107-year-old Vista Bank announced last week that it had hired Fort Worth banking veteran Grant James to head its market there, where he…

Texas Sellers Spend About 10 Years In Their Homes, New Report Says

By Bethany Erickson / May 6, 2019 /

Two Dallas ISD schools make a national list of best high schools, the 2019 Texas Homebuyers and Sellers Report​ is out, and we take a look at how the state housing market fared in March, all in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Two Dallas ISD High Schools Ranked in Top 20 Nationally The…