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Looking to Downsize? Study Shows D-FW Creates Positive Choices

By Marlin Weso / October 5, 2021 /

In the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metro area, downsizing from a four-bedroom to a two-bedroom results in overall savings of roughly $190,000 for homeowners.

Q&A: A&M Professor Weighs in on Texas’ Future in Housing Growth, Changes

By Marlin Weso / August 10, 2021 /

James Tate, assistant professor for landscape architecture and urban planning at Texas A&M University, say metros such as Dallas-Fort Worth are becoming megaregions.

Plano Gets Top Marks for Most Apartment Amenities in Texas

By Marlin Weso / June 21, 2021 /

Plano is the Marcia Brady of real estate studies. Like The Brady Bunch overachieving big sister, the Collin County city is always scoring high in best-of studies. You might think it’s all “Plano, Plano, Plano.” This time, Plano is tops in Texas for apartment community amenities, according to a STORAGECafé analysis. This comes on the…

Where Do We Keep All Our Stuff? Study Cites Dallas-Fort Worth as a Self-Storage Force

By Marlin Weso / May 17, 2021 /

As metro Dallas’ apartment market surged in the past decade, the business of storing people’s belongings boomed along with it.

Pandemic Changes What Renters Want in Apartment Amenities, Plus Other Reports

By Marlin Weso / April 21, 2021 /

What apartment amenities did renters prioritize the most during the pandemic? You’d think it was charm and character, like the House Hunters folks say. But not so much. Zumper crunched the data in search rates and came up with some interesting findings, revealing differences in desired amenities and how generational age groups differed from each…