Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University

U.S. Home Sales Hit Record High, But Texas Real Estate Market to Cool in Coming Year

By Joanna England / January 25, 2021 /

The National Association of Realtors released a report showing strong growth for existing home sales in December despite economic worries and a pandemic. Total existing-home sales increased 0.7 percent from November to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 6.76 million in December, the report stated. Sales in total rose year-over-year, up 22.2 percent from 5.53…

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Collin, Denton Counties Saw Sizable Increases in Monthly Home Sales

By Marlin Weso / January 5, 2021 /

Sales of single-family homes by real-estate agents were up more than 30 percent from a year ago in Collin and Denton counties, according to the MetroTex Association of Realtors’ November sales reports. The county-by-county market statistics are compiled by the Dallas-based group and supported by the Real Estate Center at Texas A&M University. Collectively in…

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Need an Incentive to Lease? Dallas Rents Decline 2.6% Since Start of Pandemic, Plus Other Reports

By Marlin Weso / November 24, 2020 /

Another day, another study about declining rents. This time, Apartment List’s November 2020 Dallas Rent Report shows that Dallas rents over the past month have declined significantly. Last week, a RENTCafé analysis found that Frisco and Plano ranked first and second in the percentage of renters vs. homeowners over the past decade. Apartment List also…

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D-FW, Texas Still Face Low Housing Inventories, Plus Other Reports and Studies

By Marlin Weso / November 2, 2020 /
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In any business, low inventory is a bad thing. It’s a delicate balance of having a product, moving it, and having something to replace it. Just recall looking for toilet paper in the pandemic’s beginnings. Wasn’t that fun? Like it is on a national scale, the pandemic is impacting the Dallas-Fort Worth housing inventory. Prices…

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Real Estate Center at Texas A&M Returning to its Original Name

By Marlin Weso / October 28, 2020 /

On Jan. 1, 2021, the center will return to its given identity – the Texas Real Estate Research Center.

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