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City Rankings Have Dallas Down in the Dumps 

By Charles Grand / July 22, 2025 /

It seems Dallas has a whole lot of work to do to make itself more livable for renters and first-time homebuyers, at least according to a couple of recent analyses surveying the national housing market. Obviously, the issue of affordability has dogged the city for quite some time now, but Dallas isn’t alone on that…

Dallas Brings Up The Rear of Texas Metros in WalletHub’s List of Best-Run Cities

By Joanna England / August 3, 2023 /

If a recent report from WalletHub is any indication, Dallas has some work to do if it wants to call itself world-class. The personal finance website conducted a study of the 149 largest cities in the United States comparing 36 metrics that are compiled into a “Quality of Services” score that is measured against each…

These Collin County Suburbs Rank 1-3 in National Study of Best Places to Buy a Home

By Marlin Weso / September 4, 2022 /

Frisco, Allen, and McKinney rank 1-3 in WalletHub’s rankings of the top-10 best places to buy a home.

This Labor Day, 1 in 3 Americans is Concerned About Keeping Their Job

By CandysDirt / August 31, 2021 /

From Staff Reports In light of the financial struggles faced by workers across the U.S. and in recognition of Labor Day, WalletHub conducted a nationally representative survey, which found that nearly 1 in 3 Americans worry about job security. In addition to examining how the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted Americans’ finances, WalletHub’s survey also took…

Which DFW City Was Named the Best Real Estate Market in the Country?

By Shelby Skrhak / August 25, 2021 /

We knew the Dallas-Fort Worth real estate market was hot, but get this. WalletHub named Frisco as the best real estate market in the country in its 2021’s Best Real-Estate Markets report released yesterday. The country! The personal-finance website compared 300 cities across two key categories, “Real-Estate Market” and “Affordability & Economic Environment.” Specifically, they…