North Texas

Outside the Frame Redux: Professional Photographers Offer Expert Advice When it Comes To Shooting Homes Right

By Joanna England / August 28, 2013 /

Last week we published a four-part series by professional stager Karen Eubank with interviews from some of the top real estate photographers in North Texas. They offered some great stories and stellar advice for agents and brokers who are looking to make the most of their listings with professional photography. If you missed this fantastic…

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Thrillist Pits Dallas Against Fort Worth, But Misses Out Comparing Their Dirt!

By Joanna England / August 14, 2013 /

Maybe it’s just me, but how can you compare Dallas and Fort Worth without talking about the dirt, Thrillist? Seriously!? After reading two bartenders, one each from Dallas and Fort Worth, verbally slug it out over which city deserves top billing in North Texas, I was remiss. Sure, the beer, the culture, and the music…

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Sizzling Dallas Real Estate Report: Market Scene is Flying High, High-Fiving 2006!

By Candy Evans / July 19, 2013 /

We have been telling you this for months now: home prices around North Texas have never been higher. Sales of pre-owned home in the first half of 2013 are running more than 20 percent higher than in the same period of 2012. In fact, that is a new North Texas sales record for a single…

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Leasing and New Home Starts Surge in Second Quarter, But Will Optimism Flag Before New Homes and Units Reach The Market?

By Joanna England / July 8, 2013 /

I am very cautiously optimistic about our market, y’all. I want to be just ridiculously, pie-in-the-sky buoyant about North Texas resilience that has us leading multi-family construction as well as seeing gains in new home starts.

According to Dallas Morning News reporter Steve Brown, North Texas is building multi-family developments faster than any other state in the nation, raising rents an average of 3 percent, as well as hitting an annual leasing record in June.

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CoreLogic, Local Market Monitor Reports Both Post Measured Optimism For Dallas-area Markets

By Joanna England / June 6, 2013 /

Dallas is on its way to becoming a residential real estate boomtown, thanks to our growing job market and influx of corporate employers. Interestingly, both CoreLogic and Local Market Monitor show very positive, low-risk projections for our real estate market based on previous months’ performance. According to the CoreLogic report, Dallas-area home prices are up…

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