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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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People Behind on Housing Costs Less Likely to Vote, and Other Reports and Studies

By Marlin Weso / October 27, 2020 /

Americans who are struggling with housing costs today are less likely to vote on Nov. 3.

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D-FW Residents Continue to Pursue Homeownership, and Other Reports and Studies

By Marlin Weso / October 19, 2020 /

The typical home value in September was $270,907, up 4.5 percent year over year, and 0.9 percent month over month, according to the Zillow Real Estate Market Report.

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Even in D-FW, Pandemic Puts Burden on Female Renters, Homeowners

By Marlin Weso / October 12, 2020 /

Nearly half (45 percent) of female-led households spend more than 30 percent of their income on housing as compared with 36 percent of their male counterparts, according to Zillow’s analysis of the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey data.

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