Texas real estate news

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

By Candy's Dirt / 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…

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Vista Bank Announces New Fort Worth Market President

By Bethany Erickson / May 7, 2019 /
Fort Worth

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…

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

By Bethany Erickson / May 6, 2019 /
Dallas ISD

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…

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State Economy Growing, Job Numbers Continue to Increase

By Bethany Erickson / April 29, 2019 /
economy

As the state economy grows and employment continues to rise, how are new home sales in North Texas faring? We have the answers in this week’s roundup of real estate news. Texas Economy Still Growing Faster Than Nation The Texas economy is still going like gangbusters, adding 271,000 nonagricultural jobs year-over-year in March, the Texas…

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North Texas Market Shifts — Slightly — to Buyer-Friendly

By Bethany Erickson / April 22, 2019 /
buyer-friendly

How big of a shift to a more buyer-friendly housing market did DFW make? What locals were appointed to a TREC advisory committee? What is MetroTex up to? We have all this and more with this week’s roundup of real estate news. Market Shifts to Buyer-Friendly As DOM and days of inventory begin to lengthen…

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