Real Estate Investment

Time to Double Down? North Texas Cities Ripe For Investment, Says Forbes

By Joanna England / March 5, 2014 /

We wanted to get some boots-on-the-ground perspective from North Texas Realtors after Forbes named Fort Worth-Arlington and Dallas-Plano-Irving as the top two “best buy cities,” or areas in the U.S. where buying a home is a good investment. Forbes teamed up with Local Market Monitor to measure the “equilibrium home price,” which strips away several…

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Dallas Real Estate Facts: Baby Boomers Boost Vacation Home Sales As Home Prices Fall

By Candy Evans / April 4, 2011 /

543,000 vacation homes were sold in 2010, ten less than in 2009. 867,000 investment homes were sold in 2010 940,000 investment homes were sold in 2009 Only 25 percent of vacation home buyers plan to rent them. Only 20 percent of investment buyers plan to use their second homes themselves. The median price of a…

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