Tuesday, December 20th, 2016 and is filed under Construction, Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market
The Texas economy has been undergoing a mild recession, due to the oil price slump. The better news, however, is the Federal Reserve Bank of…
Monday, November 28th, 2016 and is filed under Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts
ARE FIRST-TIMERS RETURNING TO THE HOUSING MARKET? There is plenty of pent-up demand in the housing market, according to industry experts. Sooner or later, these…
Monday, November 28th, 2016 and is filed under Economy, Financing / Mortgage, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts
PINPOINTING HOUSING TRENDS UNDER A TRUMP PRESIDENCY The Nov. 8 U.S. presidential election capped off a nasty, volatile and uncertain political cycle. In between the…
Tuesday, November 15th, 2016 and is filed under Construction, Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market
MORE JOBS, MORE PEOPLE . . . LESS HOUSING? Recent good news for the Dallas-Fort Worth economy came from Jacobs Engineering Group and its announcement…
Thursday, November 3rd, 2016 and is filed under Economy, Financing / Mortgage, General, Housing Market
Texas Top-Outs Two noteworthy items coming out of the recent Urban Land Institute’s (ULI) Fall 2016 conference in Dallas were that Austin and Dallas were…
Monday, October 24th, 2016 and is filed under Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts
MILLENNIAL METRICS As we’ve written in previous blogs, millennials are regarded as the next age group to bring a lot of activity to the housing…
Tuesday, October 18th, 2016 and is filed under Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Starts
THE FRISCO EFFECT In 1996, Frisco, TX was a quiet suburban town in the far-north Dallas Metro, boasting a population of approximately 10,000. There was…
Tuesday, September 27th, 2016 and is filed under Construction, Economy, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market, Housing Starts
In a recent article, we reported that Dallas-Fort Worth area home sales skyrocketed in August, with prices not so far behind. We also noted that…
Monday, September 19th, 2016 and is filed under Construction, Dallas Fort Worth, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market
Dallas-Fort Worth is, once again, breaking a few records when it comes to home sales. According to a recent article in the Dallas Morning News[1],…
Tuesday, September 13th, 2016 and is filed under Construction, Economy, Financing / Mortgage, General, Housing Affordability, Housing Market
Beginning in the early 2000s, some residential home builders began mass-producing larger houses. In some areas, developers found plenty of lots on which to build…